Is the law a blessing or a curse?

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Dino246

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echoChrist said:
I never mentioned feasts days once although I do think you should acknowledge communion with non alcoholic grape juice.
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No, but you did say this: "Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments plural." Keeping the feasts is commanded by God, as I noted in post 252. So according to you, Christians must keep the feasts.
 
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Dino246 said:
No, but you did say this: "Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments plural." Keeping the feasts is commanded by God, as I noted in post 252. So according to you, Christians must keep the feasts.
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Before you put words in my mouth which is all your good at why don't you just ask my belief which is Christ's sacrifice fulfilled those feast that were in preparation for his coming and sacrifice.
 
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Magenta said:
Coming back from what or where, though? As if I had left?

That is what I wondered. Did I leave?
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I just knew but don't bother I'm not buying in to one commandment of love.
 
Dino246

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echoChrist said:
Before you put words in my mouth which is all your good at why don't you just ask my belief which is Christ's sacrifice fulfilled those feast that were in preparation for his coming and sacrifice.
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Fine, you can state your beliefs and explain why, although you don't follow the Law yourself, you attempt to impose it on others.
 
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Magenta said:
Looking at your post stream, there are a number of recent posts where you mention feast days...
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Really if you can show me one where I said keep them I will never say another word.
 
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Dino246 said:
Fine, you can state your beliefs and explain why, although you don't follow the Law yourself, you attempt to impose it on others.
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I'm not imposing anything Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments but others are telling me there are none to keep but love.
 
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echoChrist said:
Really if you can show me one where I said keep them I will never say another word.
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You simply said you did not mention them (when you had), nor did I say anything about you saying you kept them.
 
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Magenta said:
You simply said you did not mention them (when you had), nor did I say anything about you saying you kept them.
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Mentioned yes said to keep no thats what Dino246 is implying I'm saying.
 
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Dino246 said:
In Exodus 23:14-17, God says,

14 “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. 15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt. And no one is to appear before Me empty-handed. 16 Also you shall keep the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.

"You shall" and "as I commanded you" don't sound like "suggestions" to me. Rather, they sound like laws which is appropriate as they are part of the Law.
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This has been a subject I have studied, prayed and wrestled with. You say they are a commandment, but you have posted that we are we are have no obligation to celebrate them and scolded me for struggling with this. Please explain.

Some say that through the forgiveness Christ offers, we are exempt from wanting to follow the commandments of the Lord, and add that we can not do this any way with the implication of if we can't, why try--why repent. I don't find any scripture telling us this is the way to follow Christ.
 
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I think the interpretation of law in scripture that is posted here has far reaching bad effects. The law is not as is presented in so many of these posts, the law is holy and good. When we are under grace instead of law for salvation, we put on Christ as our Savior and try our best to live with Christ, not with sin.

In civilized countries and times, it is the church that leads, and if people who have God within do not try to act in the way of Christ, the entire nation is harmed.
 
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Blik said:
I think the interpretation of law in scripture that is posted here has far reaching bad effects. The law is not as is presented in so many of these posts, the law is holy and good. When we are under grace instead of law for salvation, we put on Christ as our Savior and try our best to live with Christ, not with sin.

In civilized countries and times, it is the church that leads, and if people who have God within do not try to act in the way of Christ, the entire nation is harmed.
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(Romans 7:12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. [God doesn't ask anything of us thats burdensome all his ways are a blessing if followed and if you think about it there's not many commands to keep everything else is basically precepts to live Godly.]
 
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Blik said:
I think the interpretation of law in scripture that is posted here has far reaching bad effects.
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You mixing in the physical laws of the universe does not help, as if they were laws given for man to keep at any time :oops:
 
ewq1938

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if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law - Galatians 5:18

echoChrist said:
(Romans 7:12) Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. [God doesn't ask anything of us thats burdensome all his ways are a blessing if followed and if you think about it there's not many commands to keep everything else is basically precepts to live Godly.]
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