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Our salvation from sin would be incomplete if we were only saved from the penalty of our sin, but not from continuing to live in sin, so there must be an aspect of our salvation from sin that we are experiencing in the present by being a doer of God’s law. God did not give His law as...

The NT speaks against sin, sin is the the transgression of God's law, and God's law commands to keep the Sabbath holy. Jesus taught to keep the Sabbath holy both through his interactions with the Pharisees on the topic and by example. In 1 Peter 1:16, we are instructed to be holy for God is...

It is completely straightforward that Jesus saves us from not obeying God's law by graciously teaching us to obey it. What is ridiculous about that? In Titus 2:11-13, our salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is...

Jesus saves us from our sin (Matthew 1:21) and sin is the transgression of God's law (1 John 3-4), so while obeying God's law has nothing to do with trying to earn our salvation as the result, Jesus graciously teaching us to be a doer of it is intrinsically the way that he is giving us his gift...

Jesus was circumcised on the 8th day as a member of the Mosaic Covenant (Luke 2:21) and he was born under the law (Galatians 4:4), so he was obligated to obey the Mosaic Law, and he was sinless, which means that he never broke it, which includes Deuteronomy 4:2. If Jesus was free to change...

In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to add to or subtract from the law, so Jesus did not reform it, rather he set a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to it, and he did not hypocritically preach something other than what he practiced. In John 15:10, Jesus used a parallel...

I showed that the Gospel that Jesus taught that called for our obedience to God's law was the same as the Gospel that was made known in advance to Abraham, so the OT and NT Gospels as the same. About 1/3 of the verses in the NT contain quotes or allusions to the OT, which the NT authors did...

I grew up as a Baptist being taught to have a negative view of obeying the Law of God. The Psalms express an extremely positive view of obeying the Law of God, such as with David repeatedly saying that he loved it and delighted in obeying it, so one day I realized that if I was going to...

Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah of Judaism and he set a perfect example for us to follow of how to practice Judaism by walking in sinless obedience to the Torah. In Acts 21:20, they were rejoicing that tens of thousands of Jews were coming to faith in Jesus who were all zealous for the Torah...

John the Baptist called for people to repent from their sins, Jesus continued the call for repentance by spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom, and the Torah was how his audience knew what sin is Romans 3:20). In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious...

I agree that the NT commands faith in Christ, though I see that as being perfectly compatible with commanding obedience to the Torah because that is the way to have faith in Christ. In other words, God's word is His instructions for how to have faith in Christ, which is by the Bible frequently...

It is important to recognize that the Bible can speak against obeying the Torah for incorrect reasons without speaking against obeying it for corrects and that the correct solution to doing something incorrectly is to start doing it correctly rather than to cease doing it. For example, in...

It is contradictory to contrast faith in God with faith in God's instructions or to contrast faith in God's word made flesh with faith in God's word, rather God's word is His instructions for how to have faith in God's word made flesh. God has straightforwardly made His will known through His...

Grace is a gift and gifts can't be earned, so grace is incompatible with works insofar as those works as done in order to earn a wage as the result, however, there can be many other reasons for doing works that are not incompatible with grace. For example, a gift can be the experience of doing...

The existence of amoral commands would mean that we can be acting morally while disobeying those commands, however, the Bible never describe any of God's commands as being immoral, there are no examples in the Bible where disobedience to any of God's laws was said to be moral, and I see no...

I don't think that Hebrews should be interpreted as speaking against obeying God's commands. In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to ad to or subtract from the Torah, so it has not been supersede. God did not make any mistakes when He gave the Torah that needed amending. The greatest two...

In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus said said that he came to fulfill the law in contrast with saying that he came not to abolish it and he warned against relaxing the least part of it or teaching others to relax the least part of it, so you should not interpret fulfilling the law to mean essentially the...

You should have major problems with you interpreting Paul as speaking against obeying God, so it is important to recognize that the Bible can speak against obeying God for an incorrect reason without speaking against obeying God. For example, if Paul had been speaking against circumcision for...

Acts 23:6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” I do not see how you can deny that Paul...

Nowhere does the Bible state that Paul repented of the works of the Pharisees, but rather it states that he still claimed to be a Pharisee. In Acts 21:20-24, Paul planned to take steps to disprove false rumors that he had been teaching against the Torah and to show that he continued to live in...