Where does the justification for The New Testament doers of the law in Romans 2:13 originate from?
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Therefore, since Christ is the only one who completely, without sin, obeyed the law, Christ is the Just one. Through the faith of Christ the believer is justified without works. Read again...for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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God's law was never given as a means of attaining righteousness in the first place, so it can't be abolished as a means of doing that. In Matthew 5:17-19, Jesus specifically said that he came not to abolish the law and warned against relaxing the least part of it or teaching others to do the same, and in Romans 3:31, Paul confirms that our faith does not abolish the law, but rather our faith upholds it. All of God's righteous laws are eternal (Psalms 119:160), so none of them will ever be abolished. Furthermore, instructions for how to act in accordance with God's nature can't be abolished without first abolishing God. God's law is God's word, so it is contradictory for you to claim that establishing God's law is rebelling against God's word.
Jews were responsible for copying, maintaining, and teaching from Torah scrolls, which Gentiles did not have, so if a Gentile wanted access to a Torah scroll, then they needed to go through a Jew to do it. However, if you own a copy of the Bible, then you do have the law, you can see what God has revealed to be holy, righteous, and good, or to be sin, and you can decide whether to repent and obey in accordance with believing the Gospel or whether to do what is right in your own eyes.
Indeed, you were responding to someone else, but you made a statement that you falsely attributed to God, so I objected.
In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contacted the Law of God with the law of sin and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus and the Law of Moses is referred to as the Law of God in verses like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23. Christ walked in obedience to the Mosaic Law, so this is also why those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6). God is not in disagreement with Himself about which laws we should follow, so the Law of the Spirit is the same as the Law of Christ and the Law of the Father, which was given to Moses.
In Acts 5:32, the Spirit has been given to those who obey God. In John 16:13, the Spirit has the role of leading us in truth, in Ezekiel 36:26-27, the Spirit has the role of leading us in truth, and in Psalms 119:142, the Mosaic Law is truth. In John 16:8, the Spirit has the role of convicting us of sin, and in Romans 3:20, it is by the Mosaic Law that we have knowledge of sin. In Romans 8:4-7, those who walk in the Spirit are contrasted with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Mosaic Law. In Galatians 5:19-23, everything listed as works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Mosaic Law while all of the fruits of the Spirit are in accordance with it. In Romans 2:25-29, the way to recognize that a Gentile has a circumcised heart is by observing their obedience to the Mosaic Laws and circumcision of the heart is a matter of the Spirit, which is in contrast with Acts 7:51-53, where those who have uncircumcised hearts resist the Spirit and do not obey the Mosaic Law. After all, the Spirit is God and the Mosaic Law was given by God.
In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contacted the Law of God with the law of sin and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus and the Law of Moses is referred to as the Law of God in verses like Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23. Christ walked in obedience to the Mosaic Law, so this is also why those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6). God is not in disagreement with Himself about which laws we should follow, so the Law of the Spirit is the same as the Law of Christ and the Law of the Father, which was given to Moses.
In Acts 5:32, the Spirit has been given to those who obey God. In John 16:13, the Spirit has the role of leading us in truth, in Ezekiel 36:26-27, the Spirit has the role of leading us in truth, and in Psalms 119:142, the Mosaic Law is truth. In John 16:8, the Spirit has the role of convicting us of sin, and in Romans 3:20, it is by the Mosaic Law that we have knowledge of sin. In Romans 8:4-7, those who walk in the Spirit are contrasted with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Mosaic Law. In Galatians 5:19-23, everything listed as works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Mosaic Law while all of the fruits of the Spirit are in accordance with it. In Romans 2:25-29, the way to recognize that a Gentile has a circumcised heart is by observing their obedience to the Mosaic Laws and circumcision of the heart is a matter of the Spirit, which is in contrast with Acts 7:51-53, where those who have uncircumcised hearts resist the Spirit and do not obey the Mosaic Law. After all, the Spirit is God and the Mosaic Law was given by God.
I disagree that no person in the future will be able to follow the law. With God anything is possible.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 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.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 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.
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the law of Moses was/is not eternal. Abraham was not under the law of Moses. Jesus came to fulfil the law.
The law is fulfilled. The fulfilment of the law is death, the soul that sinneth it shall die. So Jesus died thus fulfilling the law.
The law has lost it's jurisdiction over those who believe in Christ.
The law is fulfilled. The fulfilment of the law is death, the soul that sinneth it shall die. So Jesus died thus fulfilling the law.
The law has lost it's jurisdiction over those who believe in Christ.
What does it mean to put new wine in to an old skin? I submit it means as Paul said, Our current corruptible bodies cannot truly accept the Spirit of God the way intended until we have new Spirit Bodies as Christ does.
1 Cor 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1 Cor 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.