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1 | relationship of OT law and NT believer | Rom 3:31 | tortoise | 113296 | ||
Since we are justified by faith without the works of the law, (Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law), then in what sense is the law established in this Rom 3:31? | ||||||
2 | relationship of OT law and NT believer | Rom 3:31 | Ray | 113308 | ||
Hi tortoise, I believe your answer is found in the reference in the NASB Study Bible, Matthew 5:17. Romans had been talking about what it means to be a Jew. Romans 2:29, "But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not be the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." Here it talks about the importance of having new hearts and new spirits within us, not being concerned about the letter of the law. Romans 3:29 asks if God is the God of Jews only? Romans 3:29, "...Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed God/ who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one. 31 Do WE then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary WE establish the Law." Emphasis on we is mine. Also the slash mark for comparison later. Roman law was to become established on the Ten Commandments. And for us who believe in (Him), who have new hearts within us, our faith is reckoned as righteousness. Romans 4:5, "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness." Matthew 5:16-20, "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. 17 Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I/ did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. 19 Whoevern then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven." Compare/contrast Matthew 5:19, 20 with Romans 4:1-3. Our righteousness, our justification, comes through faith and belief in Him who justifies the ungodly. From the heart, Ray |
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3 | have been enabled to fulfill? | Rom 3:31 | tortoise | 113314 | ||
Hi Ray, I am getting 2 things from your answer. First from Rom 2:29, that one is not circumsized in the heart by keeping the law but having been circumsized by faith we are now able to keep the law. Mt 5:19 says it is very important to keep all righteousness, that is not sin, and to solemnly point all others in the same direction. There is great urgency in this command. Does not Rom 8:4 say that He has enabled US fulfill the righteous requirements of the law? Rom 8:4 "so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." Have I got your meaning? tortoise |
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4 | have been enabled to fulfill? | Rom 3:31 | TMW | 113321 | ||
The Lord Jesus, as Israel's Messiah in His pre-Cross humiliation, "went about all Galilee, teaching in their [Israel's] synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom" (Matthew 4:23). It was at this time that He sat upon the mountainside and taught His disciples the Sermon on the Mount. The Lord Jesus Christ, after the Cross and in His ascension glory as Head and Life, ministered His "glorious Gospel of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:4) to His Body--and He did it through Paul. "I want you to know brothers, that the Gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:11,12). "...I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven" (Acts 26:19). Not one of the apostles or disciples taught the Gospel of the kingdom, or any other gospel, to Paul. The "glorious Gospel of Christ," of and to the Church, had been hidden in God--it was not in any of the Scriptures--until the glorified Bridegroom presented it to His Bride, through Paul. Dr. William R. Newell presents clearly the new-creation difference between the Lord Jesus as Messiah speaking to His earthly people, Israel, and the glorified Lord Jesus Christ as Head speaking to His heavenly Body. "He is the Head of the Body, the Church; He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead..." (Colossians 1:18). There are two great revelators, or unfolders of Divine Truth in the Bible--Moses in the Old Testament, and Paul in the New Testament. Some may ask, "Is not Jesus the Great Teacher?" In a sense that is true, but actually He is the Person taught about, rather than teaching, in the Gospel. The Law and the prophets pointed forward to Him; the Epistles point up to Him; and the Revelation points to His second coming, and those things connected with it. The Lord Jesus Christ, therefore, is the theme of the Bible. Unto none of the Twelve Apostles did God directly reveal the great body of doctrine for this dispensation. Just as He chose Moses to be the revelator to Israel of the Ten Commandments and all connected with the Law dispensation, so He chose Saul of Tarsus to be the unfolder of those mighty truths connected with our Lord's death, burial, resurrection and His ascended Person. And all the "mysteries," revealed to the Church in this dispensation by the Holy Spirit in the Word, are set forth by Paul. Finally, Paul is the revelator of that great company of God's elect, called the Church, the Body of Christ, which is also His Bride--members of the Lord Jesus Himself. Paul is the glorified Lord Jesus' declarer of the Gospel to us. Take his thirteen Epistles of Romans to Philemon out of the Bible and you are bereft of Christian doctrine. If you were to take Paul's Epistles from the Word, you could not find anything about the Church, the Body of Christ, for none of the Apostles mention that Body. You could not find the exact meaning of any of the great doctrines, such as: 1) Justification, 2) Redemption, 3) Propitiation, 4) Reconciliation, 5) Identification, or 6) Sanctification. You could not find what is perhaps the most tremendous fact of every Christian's life, that of his personal union with the Lord Jesus Christ in glory. Saul already stood in clearer light regarding the Risen Lord than did the other apostles; for they had known Him primarily in His humiliation, and they were His messengers to Israel, of whom is Christ according to His "human ancestry" (Romans 9:5). But Paul's first vision of Christ was as the Glorified One, the Son of God, in ascension glory. The concept of the Lord Jesus in Paul's Epistles is one of constant, unspeakable glory. We do not mean that the other apostles did not recognize the Lord Jesus as the Son of God. They had, long since (Matthew 16:16; John 1:14, etc.). But their first testimony at Jerusalem and to Israel had been more of the Messiahship and Lordship of Jesus, as the Crucified and now risen King, who was ready to return to Israel and set up His kingdom if they would repent (Acts 2:36; 3:19, etc). But Paul received his teaching all from heaven, from the Lord Jesus Christ in glory, rather than on earth in Jewish connections. Paul's glorious Gospel has nothing Jewish about it. [For a concise overview of the overlap in God's different programs, see THE TRANSITION IN ACTS.] You can discern a man's preaching or teaching by this rule--is he Pauline? Does his doctrine start and finish according to those statements of Christian doctrine written by the glorified Lord Jesus Christ through Paul? Failure or refusal to discern the Pauline Gospel as a separate and new revelation, and not a "development from Judaism," accounts for most of the confusion in many people's minds today as regards just what the Gospel is. |
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5 | have been enabled to fulfill? | Rom 3:31 | tortoise | 113327 | ||
TMW, Wonderful explanation of the apostles understanding. Yes, the other NT letters are like addendum's to the great mass of teaching by Paul. Amazing, I will certainly remember this! Thanks, tortoise |
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