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1 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57842 | ||
Dear Johnny, Thanks for your response. I do believe that He did fulfill the Law despite the things He did that seemed to go against how the Pharisees defined keeping the Law. The Law reflects the moral character of God and Christ, being God, could not have broken it. You wrote: Jesus Christ gave us the two commandments to love God with all thy heart, soul, strenght and love our nieghboors as thyself! if we observe this two commandments there is no single teaching of law we are going to disobey. I agree. If we observe these two commandments, we will keep the Law. The problem lies with the fact (I believe) that we can NEVER completely observe them. I have been a Christian for 30 years and I honestly admit that I have NEVER been able to love God with ALL of my heart, soul, and mind or to love my neighbor as completely as I do myself. Sure, I try. I make some progress in some areas. But the fact is that I have NEVER been able to do it PERFECTLY - 24/7. So why would God give the Law or Jesus issue to more "impossible" commands that He knows that we cannot keep? If I lived a perfectly moral life (which I admit I can't) and sinned only ONE time before I died, according to James 2:10, I would be guilty of breaking the WHOLE Law and I would die and go to hell. So why would God keep us under the Mosaic Law or the two new commandments if He knows that 1) we cannot keep them and 2) the wages of sin is death? I agree with your last statement: "So if we follow the example of Christ of observing the commandments we are not abolishing the law but fulfilling it with a deep meaning." I just find that I cannot consistently do it. McGracer |
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2 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | jlpangilinan | 57972 | ||
McGracer, You are welcome! You said"I just find that I cannot consistently do it." That is true, the two commandments is very hard to follow, but we have to do our best to follow Christ, dont worry that is my problem too. Just keep doing our part and let the lord God help us. God bless, Johnny |
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