Works of the Law

Soyeong said:

The way to love God is by embodying His character traits, so for example the way to love justice is by being a doer of justice, the way to love holiness is by being a doer of God's instructions for how to be holy as He is holy, and so forth. In other words, the goal of everything that God has instructed is to teach us how to love different aspects of His character traits, which is why the Bible repeatedly states in both the OT and the NT that the way to love God is by obeying His commandments. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact likeness of His character, which he embodied through his works by setting a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to the Law of Moses, so the way to love the Father is exactly the same as the way to love the Son. For example, in John 14:23-24, Jesus said that if we love him, then we will obey his teachings, if we don't love him, then we will not obey his teachings, and that his teachings were not his own but that of the Father, so he did not teach his own commandments. Likewise, in John 15:10, Jesus used a parallel statement to equate his commandments with that of the Father, so Jesus was not in disagreement with the Father about which commandments we should follow.


In Matthew 4:4, Jesus said that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God, so there is no justification for thinking that the commands of Jesus are not in perfect accordance with every word that has come from the mouth of God.

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The only way to know God the father is to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ his son .

“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭1:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:6-7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

you are missing a lot about the law

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,

till the seed should come to whom the promise was made;

and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:19-20‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭7:52-53‬ ‭KJV‬‬

When you read Moses law you have to realize this part

“Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭23:20-21‬

So for instance

“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭15:32, 35-36‬ ‭KJV‬‬

to know Gods judgement and dispostion towards us we have to look at Jesus so in the law it’s this angel ordaining things

“Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: “

But the gospel is ordained from this disposition

“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:34‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭3:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It’s like you have never heard of the promise of a new covenant or haven’t heard of Christ the law giver

So for instance

“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭15:32, 35-36‬ ‭KJV‬‬

to know Gods judgement and dispostion towards us we have to look at Jesus so in the law it’s this angel ordaining things

“Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: “

But the gospel is ordained from this disposition

“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:34‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭3:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

It’s like you have never heard of the promise of a new covenant or haven’t heard of Christ the law giver[/QUOTE]


Comment:

"""It was added because of transgressions,""

Question??

How can a law be added because of transgressions??
Explain how transgressions are even possible unless the Law was in place?
how is it possible to transgress a non-existing law?

Your premise is not logical. 2 + 2 does not equal 4

According to the OT what was added to the Torah, because of transgressions of Torah, was the sacrificial law.
The OC contains no requirement for sacrificing animals, none. See Leviticus 26: 1 -39

Christ instituted animal sacrifice, which is to demonstrate the need for HIS ONE Sacrifice.

Transgressions of any one of the 10 Commandments, puts the transgressor "Under" the penalty of death, under the law.

not all Torah statues carry the penalty of death, only the 10 Commandments.

The sacrificial law; its purpose: showing the requirement for payment for the sins, was completed at the death of Jesus Christ.

. Hebrew 9: 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

the sacrificial law, as Paul explained is the "school master' bringing us to the ONE Sacrifice of Christ, without which eternal life is impossible. If the blood of Christ was not poured out on the ground --no eternal life is possible.

21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice,