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1 | Partly under the Law? | Col 2:14 | DocTrinsograce | 150423 | ||
Dear Thomas, Your posit is something called antinomianism. It is not a position of orthodoxy. I wish I had more time to discuss it, but I've got a paper due tomorrow. I'll simply give you some quotes. "If the 'grace' you have received does not help you to keep the law, you have not received grace." --Dr. M. Lloyd-Jones "It is particularly noteworthy that sins which contravene the law (as breaches of the Ten Commandments) are also contrary to the sound doctrine of the gospel. So the moral standards of the gospel do not differ from the moral standards of the law. We must not therefore imagine that, because we have embraced the gospel, we may now repudiate the law! To be sure, the law is impotent to save us, and we have been released from the law's condemnation, so that we are no longer 'under' it in that sense. But God has sent His Son to die for us, and now puts His Spirit within us, in order that the righteous requirements of the law may be fulfilled in us. There is no antithesis between law and gospel in the moral standards which they teach; the antithesis is in the way of salvation, since the law condemns, while the gospel justifies." --John R.W. Stott "The Gospel of Christ is the only hope of fulfilling the law. In honoring the Son of God by acknowledging Him as Lord, we are in effect brought into a standing of having 'fulfilled' the law. No man can honor God without honoring the Son of God (John 5:23); He is the fulfillment of the law for the transgressor of the law, and there is no other fulfillment available or possible." --Bob L. Ross "What is the relation of the Law to the saint? Three answers have been given. First, that sinners become saints by obeying the Law. Second, that the Law is a rule of life for believers. Third, that the Law has nothing whatever to do with believers today. Those who give the first answer teach that the Law defines what God requires from man, and therefore man must keep it in order to be accepted by God. Those who give the second answer teach that the Law exhibits a standard of conduct, and that while this Old Testament standard receives amplification in the New, yet the latter does not set aside the former. Those who give the third answer teach that the Law was a yoke of bondage, grievous to be borne, and that it has been made an end of so far as Christians are concerned. The first answer is Legalism pure and simple: salvation by works; the second, relates to true Christian liberty; the third, is Antinomianism - lawlessness, a repudiation of God's governmental authority. The first view prevailed generally through the Medieval Ages, when Popery reigned almost supreme. The second view prevailed generally during the time of the Reformers and Puritans. The third view has come into prominence during the last century, and now is the popular belief of our day." --A. W. Pink Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Matthew 5:17) And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. (Luke 16:17) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:4) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4) In Him, Doc |
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2 | Partly under the Law? | Col 2:14 | swerv | 150506 | ||
Doc: We agree - law does not justify !! Grace from God has existed since the time man sinned. The gospel is the good news that Jesus has taken away our condemnation by the law. But we disagree that we as Christians are not required by God to not sin or keep his law. Only faith in Christ can justify. Once we understand that keeping law is not a burden but a blessing we will never agree on this issue of the law. You quoted all the verses that support the Christian keeping the law through the power of the given Holy Spirit. When we were babies we listened to our parents because we were told "no to not do this or that" but as we mature we obey our parents out of respect and love. Our parents always loved us and required us to obey for our well being. But as we mature we look to show our love and respect to our parents. Hopefully this will help show how our love for God reflects in our obedience. In love, Merv |
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