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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: McGracer Ordered by Verse |
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61 | Weird to act like a jew when your not? | Gal 5:1 | McGracer | 53724 | ||
In the Andes, I don't think it is weird, I think it is full-blown Galatianism. :) It is natural that man, with the absence of relational reality, will resort back to religious ritual. Of course, we "Christianize" it by sticking Jesus' name in here and there, but the bottom line is that it is a subtle attempt to blend OT worship in with NT worship. What should NT worship look like? What is the best way to have a NT worship service? I think that Rom 12:1 tells us - allow the Person of Jesus Christ to live through your body - this is your worshipful act. But if, for whatever reason we can or won't do that, we go for the externals. :) McGracer |
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62 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57718 | ||
Dear NASB forum, Jesus said in Matt 5:17: Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Yet Paul writes in Eph 2:15: by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace. The verse in Matthew says that Christ didn't come to abolish the Law but the verse in Ephesians says that He did abolish the Law. How do we reconcile these two verses? Thanks. McGracer |
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63 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57738 | ||
Packer, Are you saying that He first fulfilled it and then abolished it? I.e. that His life fulfilled it but that His death abolished it? Could you clarify your post, please? These two scriptures do seem to contradict each other and I'd like to find out how other believers have reconciled them. Sincerely, McGracer |
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64 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57742 | ||
Packer, I am thankful that we are no longer under the curse of the Law. There is no condemnation for those in Christ. But I would like to know if these two scriptures contradict each other. One says that Christ came to fulfill the Law, the other says that He abolished it at His crucifixion. Are these in conflict? McGracer |
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65 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57751 | ||
Packer, Okay, I think I understand your answer better now. Thanks. McGracer |
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66 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57776 | ||
Dear kalos, I do have my own thoughts and ideas on how these two verses might reconcile, but the point of my asking a question to the forum is not so that I can answer it. :) If I want to know ONLY what I think about a question, it would be a waste of time for me to post a question. Do you have an answer to this question, kalos, or is it your policy to tell posters to answer their own questions? McGracer |
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67 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57795 | ||
Dear Ray, Thanks for your answer(s). The sermon on the mount sure did make it more difficult. The Law said "Don't commit adultery." Jesus said "Don't even lust." The Law said, "Don't kill." Jesus said, "Don't even hate." The New Testament commands bury me even quicker than the Law does. "Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind. Love your neighbor as yourself" "Be as perfect as your heavenly Father." Who can possibly keep these commands 24-7? We can try, but does trying cut it? I don't see anywhere where Jesus said, "Try! God will accept your best effort." He commanded, "Do! The Father demands perfection." James says something similar in James 2:10. I like what you said about seeking HIS righteousness instead of our own. An interesting challenge indeed. Thanks. McGracer |
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68 | 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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69 | Can we put doctrine into practice? | Eph 5:25 | McGracer | 54000 | ||
Andes, We are to love our wives as Christ loves His church. This entails unconditional love and acceptance. When we think about it, God treats us from complete grace. We never get what we deserve - death. That's mercy. Instead, we get what we don't deserve - life and life abundant. That's grace. The question is, can we do it? In ourselves, nope. Every commandment that is given in the Bible is IMPOSSIBLE for man, apart from God to fulfill. Even those who attempt to put the Christian under the Mosaic Covenant cannot keep it. God gives us these commands that we can't keep so that we will see His righteous standard and turn to Him for salvation. Once He comes to indwell us, because Christ has ALREADY fulfilled the requirements of the Law, He lives in us keeping the law of Christ. As we abide in Him and trust Him to live His life in us, He (in us) will treat our wives as He treats His church. We are in active participation with Him but it is God who is at work in us to do His good pleasure and perform His will. Hope this helps. McGracer |
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70 | Can we lose our righteousness? | Heb 10:14 | McGracer | 54246 | ||
Dear Forum, If God justifies us "declares us righteous" as a gift, then are we, for all practical purposes, always righteous before Him or can we lose our justification? McGracer |
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71 | What commandments to keep? | 1 John 2:4 | McGracer | 53726 | ||
Faith531, Sorry, my friend, you can't keep any of them. Not the Big 10, not the New 2. You can't do it. Only Christ ever did. He has fulfilled the righteous requirements of the Law (be perfect) and, because of our union with Him, they are thereby fulfilled in us also. Christ has met the standard. We never did and never can. He now fulfills the law of love in and through us. This is the law of Christ whereby He lives His life in His own to manifest the invisible God to a visible world. As He does this in us, it will certainly look like we are living under the Law (the Mosaic Covenant). But we are not. We are living by faith in Christ in us, the hope of glory. I hope this helps. McGracer |
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72 | What commandments to keep? | 1 John 2:4 | McGracer | 53782 | ||
Reasnerm, Yes, we are to leadly godly lives. And though it may look like the Law, it is grace. Paul wrote to Titus in 2:11,12, "For the GRACE of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age." It is God's GRACE, not the Law, that teaches us to "just say no." :) Just because the Christian is no longer under the Mosaic law does not leave Him without a moral compass. The Person of Jesus Christ is in us and as we abide in Him, He will morally take us to where the Law cannot. The Law says not to murder, Christ in us can love even our enemies. The Law says not to commit adultery. Christ in us can love our wives as He does the church. The Law says not to steal. Christ in us teaches us to give to those who have need. Some Christians hear that they are no longer under the Law and they think that they will go sin up a storm. While I don't deny that we CAN sin, I firmly believe the the Holy Spirit in us will grow us to where we WON'T WANT TO sin. We are now lead internally by God Himself instead of externally by a list of rules. Grace and peace to you. McGracer |
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