....But...they didn't ask for anything but deliverance from their bondage to pharaoh, Grandpa. They didn't ask for laws or statues or commandments. That's what the almighty asked from them. He asked, "will you obey me", and they answered "yes".
Now do I think He knew they wouldn't or couldn't obey? Yes, 100% in agreement with you.
But that doesn't mean He's going to get rid of what he asked for, because that's what he wants. His word can't return void once it's put out there.
Now do I think He knew they wouldn't or couldn't obey? Yes, 100% in agreement with you.
But that doesn't mean He's going to get rid of what he asked for, because that's what he wants. His word can't return void once it's put out there.
By faith, and only by faith, are the 10 commandments established.
In other words, your work doesn't obey commandments. Only the Work of the Holy Spirit obeys commandments.
We haven't imagined the bride he wants. No one imagined the 10 commandments. Everything came from Him. The only words recorded that were actually shouted by the living God to a mass of people all at once were the commandments. What getting rid of his words suggests is that he didn't know the bride he wanted the first time around. That He's the unstable one.
He didn't shout those words to you. You didn't reject His Grace in the wilderness.
No Instead, He's going to make it possible to become the very bride he wants, as eventually Christ came to give us the very strength to use to obey...but WE have to use that strength.
If you are relying on Christs strength to obey why would you turn away from that and then begin to rely on your own strength and understanding?
Because your circular reasoning tells you to continue your work at the law?
I wonder if you can see this makes no sense.
Think about this...
How much of the total bible do you think speaks about obeying the Almighty and his commandments versus what can be interpreted as instructions not to try at all?
Have you ever notice? It's not even a 50/50 split. In fact only portions of Galatians, Romans and Hebrews come to mind that can be directly interpreted as "do not try".
The rest of Paul's letters, the other apostles letters, the record of Paul's words in acts, the gospels, the "OT" and the book of Revelation ALL speak about or include obeying God's commandments.
And then, we have testimony of one of the original apostles warning folks about misinterpreting Paul's words, which - regardless of whether Peter meant it one way or the other (and I'm not diving into that discussion again) - proves Paul's words can be misconstrued somehow.
So we have 95% of all of scripture saying also obey the commandments with effort and 5% that can be interpreted as "do not try", and that 5% comes from the one person that an *original* apostle said can be misunderstood...
Do you see what I mean?
How much of the total bible do you think speaks about obeying the Almighty and his commandments versus what can be interpreted as instructions not to try at all?
Have you ever notice? It's not even a 50/50 split. In fact only portions of Galatians, Romans and Hebrews come to mind that can be directly interpreted as "do not try".
The rest of Paul's letters, the other apostles letters, the record of Paul's words in acts, the gospels, the "OT" and the book of Revelation ALL speak about or include obeying God's commandments.
And then, we have testimony of one of the original apostles warning folks about misinterpreting Paul's words, which - regardless of whether Peter meant it one way or the other (and I'm not diving into that discussion again) - proves Paul's words can be misconstrued somehow.
So we have 95% of all of scripture saying also obey the commandments with effort and 5% that can be interpreted as "do not try", and that 5% comes from the one person that an *original* apostle said can be misunderstood...
Do you see what I mean?
I just disagree with their means of getting there. Its not through a carnal means that obedience is possible.
Otherwise there really is no reason for Christ.
Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
This doesn't mean the 10 commandments are abolished. It just means your work at them is abolished when you come to Christ and receive rest. It is the Holy Spirit that does the work of the 10 commandments. The 10 commandments were always a description of the work of the Holy Spirit.
Will you do the work of the Holy Spirit? Yes, we will... LOL How? We will try real hard this time.
Ezekiel 36:24-28
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Can't you see this is the Work of God?
Can't you see that human effort wasn't able to measure up? Which is why the Mosaic covenant failed.
Can you see what Rest in Christ truly is? Its basically receiving from God what He already wants to give you.
He wants you to be the workmanship of Christ. He's not asking you to follow your own understanding of what your carnal mind is telling you the commandments say. Or anyone elses understanding of what the commandments say.
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
This is fun showing you these things. It re-inforces what my thoughts about Christianity are. And why I think them.