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1 | romans 1:24-27 | Romans | DocTrinsograce | 197130 | ||
Dear feet... Welcome to the forum! Christ fulfills the law in what is called a forensic or legal sense. We call this the doctrine of Justification. Christ fully satisfies the law of God in every respect. His righteousness is imputed -- credited to the account -- of the believer, and the believer's sin is imputed to Christ. (This is called Double Imputation.) Yes, Paul dealt with a heresy that crops up from time to time through history called Libertinism. Augustine and John Calvin also spent considerable time and effort fighting this error. It is common in some circles even today. I'd not say that that was the sole purpose or even primary purpose for Romans, though. The Reformation was founded on grace and not upon law. Yet the law of God was not repudiated [rejected] by the Reformers. Martin Luther and John Calvin, for example, taught what has become known as the "Threefold Use of the Law" in order to show the importance of the law for the Christian life. The first purpose of the law is to be a mirror. On the one hand, the law of God reflects and mirrors the perfect righteousness of God. The law tells us much about who God is. Perhaps more important, the law illumines human sinfulness. Augustine wrote, "The law orders, that we, after attempting to do what is ordered, and so feeling our weakness under the law, may learn to implore the help of grace." The law highlights our weakness so that we might seek the strength found in Christ. Here the law acts as a severe schoolmaster who drives us to Christ. A second purpose for the law is the restraint of evil. The law, in and of itself, cannot change human hearts. It can, however, serve to protect the righteous from the unjust. Calvin says this purpose is "by means of its fearful denunciations [condemnations] and the consequent dread of punishment, to curb those who, unless forced, have no regard for rectitude [what is right] and justice." The law allows for a limited measure of justice on this earth, until the last judgment is realized. The third purpose of the law is to reveal what is pleasing to God. As born-again children of God, the law enlightens us as to what is pleasing to our Father, whom we seek to serve. The Christian delights in the law as God Himself delights in it. Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments" (John 14:15). This is the highest function of the law, to serve as an instrument for the people of God to give Him honor and glory. By studying or meditating on the law of God, we attend the school of righteousness. We learn what pleases God and what offends Him. The moral law that God reveals in Scripture is always binding upon us. Our redemption is from the curse of God's law, not from our duty to obey it. We are justified, not because of our obedience to the law, but in order that we may become obedient to God's law. To love Christ is to keep His commandments. To love God is to obey His law. For the other topics you have asked about, I suggest you use the Search box to the upper right of the screen. In Him, Doc |
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2 | romans 1:24-27 | Romans | feetxxxl | 197135 | ||
i dont see why you want to continue to put yourself under the law? according to the law david didnt sin until he had sex with bathsheba, but according to christ, he sinned the moment he lusted after his neighbor's wife. scripture says the law is weak and is without perfection. but in christ there is perfection. according to paul there is no law for love. yet if we follow the three love commandments we automatically follow the law, fulfill it, and in addition do much, much more. paul never used the law in instructing. instead if he said dont do something, he always offered a positive as an alternate choice. in so doing this his emphasis was the spirit, of which we now serve. |
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3 | romans 1:24-27 | Romans | Val | 197136 | ||
Could you offer scripture references to your statements. Thanks. | ||||||