So does Jesus remove the sin (condemnation) by removing the law or by removing the penalty of transgressing the law?
The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?
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Rom 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
The Carnal mind, the flesh can not obey the law, but with the Spirit...
Rom 8: 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
2Co 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
A Spirit filled person has the law in their hearts and live it in their lives..
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:23-25
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Do you see how we are free from the Law When we are walking in the Spirit..
No lusts of the flesh = no transgression of the law = no sin.
By faith we are given the Spirit.
The primary law of the New Covenant is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ and other like laws that are associated and subjective to it. If it were the ten commandments, then that would make the New Covenant another version of the Old Covenant, not a New Covenant. For the New Covenant to actually be new, it must have new law. And the law of the NC must be consistent with its other stipulations not in direct conflict to them
[Rom 8:2 KJV] 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
The New Covenant is not established on new laws- you will not find this anywhere in Scripture.
The New Covenant is established on better promises
Heb 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
A covenant is not laws, a covenant is an agreement. The old agreement, was established on faulty promises, of what the people would do.
Exo 19:8 Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.
God said He would have never made another agreement/covenant had it not been for the people breaking it, so His words were never the issue.
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
Because the people did not continue in their promises.
God promised not to change the words of His covenant- God's laws, because you can't make something written by God, more perfect Psa19:7 you can't make something that is holy by God, more holy Rom7:12
Psa 89:34 My covenant I will not break,
Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
So God said, I will write a new covenant- it will still have My laws - that only God can define and He did Deut4:13 Exo20:6 Exo34:28 but now I am going to write them in our your heart and your mind and it will be established on better promises of what I will do. We still need to cooperate with God and sadly many do not Rom8:7-8
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Why Jesus taught not to break or teach others to break the least of these commandments Mat5:19-30 and in doing so one will be in fear of sin and judgement. Mat5:19-30. If we are in Christ we are subjecting ourselves to His Spirit and keeping His commandments through what He does John14:15-18. God's laws went from tablets of stone to tablets of the heart 2Cor3:3 Heb8:10 based on the better promises of what He will do, if we love and cooperate with Him.
Is "do His commandments" descriptive of believers who may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city or is it the basis or means (salvation by works) by which they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city? Revelation 22:15 is descriptive of unbelievers.
Multiple translations read, "Blessed are those who wash their robes"
(Revelation 22:14) https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Revelation 22:14
which symbolizes those who have been forgiven of their sins through the blood of the Lamb. (Romans 3:24-26) Also see Revelation 7:14.
I don't plan to take the time and effort to go through all of your post to refute it but will just reply to your first one.
The New Covenant was established upon better promises when it was established.
Do you see the "was established" quoted in the verse you posted? When it WAS established - when the promise was made - was in the Old Testament and it contained better promises. The NC wasn't brought to fruition WHEN it was promised though - God made the promise that established it in the Old Testament, but it became realized and effectuated by Christ - through Christ, its promises were brought to fruition, being realized and given to the covenant's heirs.
The promise became possible through the new law that it contains. When the New Covenant was promised in the Old Testament, God gave it with promises that were far better than those of the Old Covenant.
[Heb 8:6 KJV] 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[Jer 31:31 KJV] 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
The text says nothing about the people’s promises being faulty. You made that up.
They were faulty promises, because they did not keep their promises to obey God Exo19:8 and they did not continue in the covenant, they broke it.
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
Heb 8:9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
an empty post, you know very well these parts of the law of Moses are not necessary, and were fulfilled by Christ, Why mention them at all if not to contradict and cause trouble like you always do with anything that you do not approve of.
The better promise is the help of the Holy Spirit. it was not sent to those who believe before Jesus ascended to heaven but later to those who believe in him. why do you not understand this? see ; Jer 31:33
"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Who is the one that puts God’s law into our inward parts and writes it on our hearts? It is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of life, the Spirit of truth, the Comforter that the Father sends in the name of Jesus. He is the breath of God that gives life, the One who teaches us, guides us, and helps us remember the word of God so we can walk in it each day.
so in essence very vague and subjective laws that one can pick and choose from? this is NOT what Jesus said. again please define the new covenant what does it contain? give me examples?
Christ Himself is the law. It is not subjective, and you don't get to be His judge
Those who believe that man has the ability to live without sin in this life need only to examine themselves and ask {Have I actually quit sinning? Have I ever felt the guilt that it causes? Have I ever felt the need to repent once again?}. Then, if they still feel that they do not sin occasionally, they are a liar!
Although we grow in perfection, our sinful nature is still with us. That's why we must believe and trust that Christ has taken it upon Himself.
Although we grow in perfection, our sinful nature is still with us. That's why we must believe and trust that Christ has taken it upon Himself.
The Holy Spirit is who wrote the Ten Commandments
Exo 31:18 And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
The finger of God is the Holy Spirit
Luke 11:20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Mat 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
The Holy Spirit writes God's laws in the NC believers heart
Heb8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
The Holy Spirit is the one who enables the NC believer to keep God's commandments through our love and cooperation.
John 14: 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another [e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.