No. The law of which you speak was done away with in Christ
[2Co 3:11 KJV] 11 For if that which is done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?
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No. The law of which you speak was done away with in Christ
[2Co 3:11 KJV] 11 For if that which is done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
The ministry of death was done away with if we are under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The law itself is holy, just and good Rom7:12 and perfect Psa19:7 how can it not be written by the Holy Spirit.
Those who are in Him, are keeping God’s commandments Rev 14:12 through His Spirit, the same Holy Spirit of Truth who wrote the Ten Commandments.
John 14:15 ‘If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you for ever – 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
I know this can’t be reasoned so I am okay agreeing to disagree. This will get sorted out in God’s time. Be well.
Do you see the "law of liberty" in v12? That is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus by which we will be judged, not the keeping of the Old Covenant's laws and commandments.
[Heb 7:12-14, 18-19 KJV]
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. ...
18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
The context was quoted verbatim in the verse before James2:11-12 its the law of liberty because when keeping we are free from the law of sin and death. If everyone was keeping the Ten Commandments the way Jesus taught Mat519-30 there would be no more sin just peace and righteousness Isa 48:18
That is referring to those who try to justify themselves by the law - that they must satisfy all of it perfectly. You didn't post enough verses to see that. He is saying that the law of Christ will find everyone guilty who is not under the law of Christ because they therefore must keep the whole law themselves, since they are not justified by Him. Here:
[Jas 2:10-12 KJV]
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Your not understanding that Matt. 22:37-40's command to love the Lord prohibits love for other gods/idols illustrates why your
interpretation of Scripture is so flawed.
Objective readers of the Scriptures I cited will decide which understanding is non-responsive.
God put ten commandments on the tablets but then ran out of room, so He put more in those Scripture passages.
The 10 commandments were written on stone by God Himself and Moses broke that copy in anger when he went down into the camp and found the Israelites having a good ole fashionned orgy. He smashed those tablets. (bet he wanted to hit them over the collective heads of the assembled revelers) And yet there are some people round here that will tell you that nobody knew what sin was until those 10 commandments were flashed around. Seems they have not actually been needed considering the stench of the first world order after the garden, was flooded out by God in His wrath at the sin that, apparently, this world has not yet quite reached, comparatively speaking. People are trying awful hard though.
The commandments have already been sorted out and they are not the covenant. If you are a fan of scripture as you seem to indicate, why is it you seem unawares that scripture says that only blood can atone for sin?
No one could touch the ark of God
Only the Levis could carry the ark because they were the only ones ordained to be priests.
Num 4:15…after Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.”
Uzzah died touching it and he was a Jew, because he did not follow the instructions of God. The ark represented God’s throne and inside the ark is God’s Testimony Exo31:18 Exo40:20 which is also in heaven Rev15:5 Rev 11:19 because God’s commandments belong to God and God’s people keep them through love and faith Rev 14:12
Moses broke the Ten Commandments because the contract was void after the Israelites agreed to keep them they broke them and were worshipping idols, before they even received the written copy.
But God re-wrote the exact commandments, we can’t make something perfect more perfect Psa19:7 or something holy more holy Rom7:12 God makes no mistakes, we do by following in the same path of disobedience Eze20:15-16 Heb4:11
Deut 10:4 And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the TenCommandments, which the Lord had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me.
So how were people saved before Christ?
Was salvation free in Abraham's and Moses' day. ???
I am aware. The Ten Commandments is what describes what sin is 1John3:4 James2:11 Mat5:19-30 Rom7:7
The law of Moses was added because of sin, which was the prescription of sin until the Seed. However the blood of animals in the law of Moses would never really take away the stain of sin, why Jesus had to come Heb10:1-15
While Christ’s blood takes away all of our sins, we still need to confess/repent and turn from sin 1 John1:9 Pro28:13 , why when Jesus healed He taught, go and sin no more- not that its okay to continue in sin. Jesus came to save us from our sins Mat1:21 we are not saved in sin Hen10:26-30- we need a transformation in Christ. Most people come to God and He will accept us where we are called justification, but many never want to accept God’s sanctification and Scripture tells us why John3:19-21 Rom8:7-8
No one is saved based on some attempt at repentance as repentance is not the gospel.
I notice that you have to add the word ATTEMPT to REPENTANCE (possibly to make a case for your apparent) belief in "monergism" I would point out that neither Jesus nor any apostle or prophet ever told people to ATTEMPT to repent but just to REPENT. Just how does one go about ATTEMPTING to repent anyway? Repentance cannot happen until the Holy Spirit in concert with our conscience and the word of salvation convinces us that we are sinners. Before my father ever received treatment for his cancer he first had to accept that he HAD cancer and that he could not solve it through healthy living
Jesus said: 8And when He (the Holy Spirit) comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;…(John 16:8-9)
The word convict is from the Greek word elegchó [ἐλέγχω: to convict, to reprove, to expose, to refute, to correct] Thayer adds this:
1. to convict, refute, confute, generally [with a suggestion of the shame of the person convicted ] A person has to see the bad news about himself before he will dare to trust in such a radical proposition as the cross. Conviction is not our attempt to reform ourselves it is about abandoning all hope of reformation and turning ourselves over to Him.
"You said REPENTANCE is not the gospel" However, repentance is an essential part of the gospel since encountering God is possible only through both REPENTANCE and FAITH. The earliest proclamation of the gospel was two-fold: "repent of your sins and believe in the Savior"
(see Mark 1:15 or Acts 20:21)
The work of repentance, which is born out of the godly sorrow we feel for our sins, persuades us to abandon all hope in ourselves. Following that is being drawn to trust in Christ. This pattern is the first order of business God does in saving souls, as Hebrews says:
1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God
(Hebrews 6:1)
This is preaching at people and not really addressing what I posted. Have you done an extensive survey and can absolutely assure us that most people want to be sanctified?
Is there some reason you cannot post the actual scripture instead of just the references? That would be good to do I think and maybe you could also give some reasons for why you choose those scriptures. But again, if most people will not be sanctified, how is God growing His church? I think you might be just a little prejudiced as to your own interpretations to make such sweeping claims
Romans 5:14 - Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So no sin before the 10 commandments? There are far lengthier descriptions of sin in scripture than just the commandments