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1 | "seal of God" | Ex 1:1 | kalos | 13213 | ||
"The law was our tutor which, by showing us our sins, was escorting (leading) us to Christ". What is the purpose of the Law? This is a question whose answer I pursued for years. I finally found it in the NT Scriptures (right where it belonged). You'll find the answer in the third chapter of Romans and other passages, including the entire book of Galations, but especially Gal 3:19-25. Quoting Gal 3: 24-25: "Therefore the law was our tutor [literally, 'child conductor', a slave whose duty it was to take care of a child until adulthood] to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith has come, we are no longer under the law." See also Rom 3:28. Entire books have been written on the subject of the Law and its relationship to NT believers. But the entire answer to the question, "What is the purpose of the Law?" is summed up in the above quote (Gal 3:24-25) and in the following single sentence: "The law was our tutor which, by showing us our sins, was escorting (leading) us to Christ". The Law was given, in part, to show us our sinfulness. James 2:10 (ASV 1901) "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all." Note: If one places himself under the law, how many commandments does he have to keep -- 10? No, all of them, all 613 commandments contained in the Pentateuch. (When one undertakes to keep the law he often begins by keeping the Sabbath and dietary laws and ends who knows where.) To summarize: Gal 3: 24-25: "Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith has come, we are no longer under the law." John MacArthur: "The law was our tutor which, by showing us our sins, was escorting (leading) us to Christ". --JVH0212 "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things charity." |
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2 | "seal of God" | Ex 1:1 | christiankl | 13305 | ||
Hi JVH0212, Christ kept the commandments of God as well (John 15:10) and If we Love God, we will keep His commandments (John 14:15). Where the law served its purpose of leading us to Christ, people before Christ had nothing but the law to look to. When Christ came to this world, he wanted His followers not to love one another as the world interprets love-selfishly or sentimentally. To explain the love he spoke of, Christ gave a "new commandment", which was not to take the place of the decalogue but rather provide believers with an example of what true unselfish love really is, such love that has never been witnessed on earth before. It charged them, not simply that "ye love one another", but "that ye love one another, as I have loved you". Now the question that you pose: when they speak of the law, what law are they talking about? This has been an ongoing debate for 100's of years and still left open for discussion as we speak (literally ;]). I know of the ceremonial laws and the moral laws. The ceremonial laws that require sacrifice and were of "manmade" ordinance, or sacrificial feasts (Sabbath feast in Lev 23:37-38), were a "shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ" (Col 2:17, Heb 10:1). The moral law, the decalogue, was written by the finger of God, James 2:10 does say "the whole law", but vs 11 expounds on it as points from the decalogue. The law serves to 1) represent God's will for humanity (James 2:10, Matt 19:17), 2) point out sin (James 1:23-25, Rom 3:19-20, 1 John 3:4, Rom 7:7), 3) agent in conversion (Ps 19:7, Gal 3:24, Zech 13:1, Rev 7:14, John 3:16-21), 4) basis of God's covenant (Exodus 20:1-24:8, Deut 9:9,4:13), 5) functions as a standard of judgement (Ps 119:172, Eccl 12:13-14, James 2:12, I Cor 8:7,12; Titus 1:15, Heb 10:22, I Tim 4:2), 6) provides true freedom (John 8:34, Ps 119:45, James 2:8,1:25; Matt 11:29,30, II Cor 3:17) 7) restrains evil and brings blessings (Prov 14:34,16:12; Ps 89:31-21; Prov 3:33;Lev 26;Deut 28). |
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3 | "seal of God" | Ex 1:1 | fatherchuck | 13326 | ||
Perhaps I misunderstand, but where do you find that the laws that require sacrifice were " man made"? God didn't stop speaking after He gave the first ten and tell Moses to continue on. He gave the whole law without division. And he who lives under the Law is required to do ALL of the law. Gal 5:3 |
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4 | "seal of God" | Ex 1:1 | christiankl | 13591 | ||
That was a bad choice of words, but it lets me explain the distinguishment of the two types of laws. The Bible does distinguish the two: decalogue (moral law) and the mosaic law of ordinances (ceremonial law). In Deut 4:13-14, Moses distinguishes that the 10 commandments are "which He commanded you to perform" and the statutes, which are what He "commanded me at that time to teach you" In II Kings 21:8, God also distinguishes the two as "all that I have commanded them" and "all the law that my servant Moses commanded them" Daniel 9:11 also distinguished the "Thy law" and "law of Moses". He explains that the law of Moses is a curse poured upon them because Isreal transgressed God's law. The 2 different laws were also preserved and recorded differently. The 10 commandments were written by the finger of God on 2 tables of stone (Deut 4:13, Ex 31:18) and was placed inside the ark of the covenant (Ex 25:16). The law that Moses wrote, God commanded "take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant" (Deut 31:9,24-26) Any verses in the Bible that states that the law was abolished will be talking about the ceremonial law (ordinances), whereas the decalogue will always be in present tense and still applying today. Now taking a closer look: Col 2:14 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross". Nothing in the 10 commandments were "contrary to Paul and the church to whom he was writing", nor was it "against" those early Christians to refrain from adultry, theft, lying, etc. On the other hand, that moral law was a tremendous protection to them and favored every interest in their lives. Also these are in past tense "WAS against us...WAS contrary to us", whereas in Romans 7:7, Paul quotes the 10th commandment in the decalogue and wrote "the law IS holy...the law IS spiritual" (Rom 7:12,14) Read further, col 2:16-17, "let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, whcih are a shadow of things to come, but the body of Christ" the word "therefore" is stating: based on what has just been said, we must come to this conclusion. These are the ordinances that were blotted out, "therefore" let no man judge you. In Gal 5:3, the "whole law" is refering to the ceremonial law. The explanation for this is because the context of the book of galatians is about circumcision. In Gal 3:10, he refers to the curses "which are written in te book of the law". This had to be the mosaic law because, as noted above, there are no curses recorded in the law written on stone. Gal 3:19 states this law was "added because of transgression". The moral law did exist since creation (Gen 26:5, 2:2-3, 4:11), however, transgression to God's commandments led to the writing of the ceremonial law 430 years later (Gal 3:17). In Gal 4:3, Paul describes being under bondage "under the elements of the world", which is not God's law (decalogue), and how Christ liberated us from it. This law of ordinances has been a representation, or shadow, of the true Lamb of God, Jesus Christ (Gal 4:21,3:24). Chapter 5 continues the subject about circumcision. Gal 5:3 starts "I testify AGAIN", meaning based on what he's been talking about and now will restate. The law that Paul has been refering to all along has been the ceremonial law, of which circumcision is a part of. I Cor 7:19 states "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God". The law dealing with circumcision was now nothing (abolished), what commandments are still binding? There are 2 sets of laws described here. The moral law remained, while the law of circumcision (ceremonial law) was abolished (Eph 2:15). |
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