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1 | explain the details about grace and law | Bible general Archive 2 | nwells | 138276 | ||
Third Part: Gal 5:18-26 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. NASU I close with this: Phil 3:4-15 If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless. 7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; NASU "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, " (Romans 8:3, NASB95) "“ Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden , and I will give you rest . “ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart , and you will find rest for your souls . “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light .”" (Matthew 11:28-30, NASB95) "“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. " (Galatians 2:20, NASB95) |
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2 | explain the details about grace and law | Bible general Archive 2 | nwells | 138275 | ||
2nd part: AND YET: Rom 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. NASU What about the moral Law? What about the Ten Commandments? First we need to make a distinction between the moral law and the judicial law. For if a man murders he is to be put to death on earth – the second part is judicial the consequence for his actions, but the first part is moral for if the people of God do not carry out the second part, meaning if Israel does not follow the judicial act that God set in place, the murderer is not home free even if no one ever finds out he murdered someone. Read Deuteronomy 28 "And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that sanctifies them. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them," Ezekiel 20: 11-13. Provision was made in the law to cover sins, yet the sins were not taken away – each year the same type of sacrifice was given and yet it would never make those for whom it was sacrificed, perfect – otherwise they would no longer need to sacrifice for their continued sin because they would have stopped sinning, having been made perfect through the sacrifice. Heb 10:11-12 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, NASU And in verse 14 Heb 10:14-18 14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, 16 "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says, 17 "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." 18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. NASU While the commandment was on the outside men were unable to follow – but He has written His Law upon our hearts and has forgiven us. All of the law has been fulfilled in Christ – we no longer need to follow it. But we are not lawless, for we have the Law of God written on our hearts – so as to do it. |
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3 | explain the details about grace and law | Bible general Archive 2 | nwells | 138274 | ||
I will do this in parts: Are we under the Law? No. All those who walk in the Spirit, are no longer under the Law but under grace So is the Law worthless? Do we through it out like trash? No. Before we go any farther I want to make myself clear: The Law is not trash, it is not to be thrown away it is not blotted out. It is the Word of God and is not to be viewed as secondary in importance to the New Covenant Scriptures, for without the Old the New would be like a man with only half a head – half a head means dead. As I speak let us have this mind: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NASB95) There are three general categories of Law in the Old Testament Judicial Ceremonial Moral Judicial Law is the Law that held the penalty for certain actions: But we see that Jesus did not carry out the judicial law when confronted with the adulterous woman because the theocracy that existed does not exist any more – Israel is not led by God (nor is any other nation). Ceremonial – this includes sacrifices and things done in order that you might be kept clean and know when you are unclean and for how many days etc. before you were able to worship God again. Hebrews chapter nine gives us a beautiful picture of how the earthly is a representation of the heavenly. There were regulations of how to worship and there was a temple in which to worship. In the temple there was the holy place and behind the veil there was the Holy of Holies. Preists were always in the outer part, but only once a year did the high preist enter the Holy of Holies and in order to enter and not die he had to bring blood with him which he offered for his own sins and for the sins of the people that were committed in ignorance. Now this is what the author of Hebrews says: "The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation. " (Hebrews 9:8-10, NASB95) This was a picture of things to come – it is a symbol – showing that it was yet unclear how one would become right with God so as to be able to go to the holy place at all times – for it was only once a year and each and ever time blood must be brought – therefore it was imperfect, not able to clean the conscience of the worshiper – pointing to the fact that there would be a time of reformation. And that reformation has come: "let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. " (Hebrews 10:22, NASB95) We have been declared clean by God – all of us who believe on the name of Jesus Christ therefore may draw near to God even in our bodily uncleanlyness – for it is written: Lev 13:45-46 45 "As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, "Unclean! Unclean!' 46 "He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. NASU A man with leprosy was unable to come into the temple to worship, cut off from the people. But now, even though we are a leper we can come to God and worship in His presence. BUT – this was all a shadow of what was to come, though we need not clean ourselves outwardly: 1 Cor 11:27-31 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. NASU Therefore the picture in the Law – one must be clean before God is shown to be true and we must examine ourselves before Him, is our conscience pure? The sacrifices fall under this category as well – they were a picture of Christ – the need of bloodshed for forgiveness of sins – He came and He paid, once for all (Heb 9:12) – I think we have seen that – there is no need for sacrifice any longer – |
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