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1 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | eklektos | 174100 | ||
The letter of the law kills. What kills the Spirit of God? |
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2 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | Searcher56 | 174101 | ||
Where does the Bible say letter of the law kills? ... Read this verse - in the context. | ||||||
3 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | eklektos | 174113 | ||
Hi Searcher, In John Chapter 5, we find an impotent man by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem (v2 and 5). Jesus heals the man and tells him to walk (v8,9). The Jews see the healed man carrying his bed and they finally find out that it was Jesus that told the man to rise, walk, and carry his bed. In addition, all this is happening on the Sabbath. The Jews confront Jesus but Jesus tells them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working." (v17). Jesus tells the Jews of the Greatness of God and how He, the Son of God must do the work of the Father and that in Him was life; "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."(v24). Now we get to the significant part: (verses 36-40) Joh 5:36 "But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish--the very works that I do--testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me. Joh 5:37 "And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. Joh 5:38 "You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. [[Joh 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;]] Joh 5:40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. The Jews were very passionate in reading and searching the Scriptures (v39 bracketed above) but with all their knowledge and with all their writings they still didn't know who Jesus was even though the Scriptures declare Him thoroughly and through the Scriptures God has testified of Him.(v37). The point here is that without discernment by the Holy Spirit a person can read and study until they are 'blue in the face' and never really come to know Christ. The letter of the law kills - the written words on a paper or in a book have no life to them unless the Spirit opens ones understanding. Jesus also demands this same principal from Nicodemus, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?" John 3:10. And in another place we read: 1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: [neither can he know them,] because they are spiritually discerned. (brackets are mine) 1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Again the letter is dead without the Spirit. eklektos |
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4 | The letter of the law. | Gal 3:21 | Searcher56 | 174114 | ||
I don't see the letter of the Law being dead in any passage you cited, eklektos. You may want to read into Scripture ... but that is not the proper way of doing things. |
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