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NASB | Leviticus 20:9 ¶ 'If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 20:9 ¶ 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he shall most certainly be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on him [that is, he bears full responsibility for the consequences]. |
Subject: OT Laws - still apply today? |
Bible Note: Dear Mathew, Without trying to echo Hank, you say "Grace saves us, but it doesnt change us." The Law still stands, but what has changed is our relationship to it. We are no longer under its' condemnation or tutledge. Brother,try reading Titus 2:11-12! If grace isn't our motivator to live godly, I don't know what is. "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age," You tell me what it's saying:-) My friend, quite simply, if you're trying to keep the Law to seek, earn, or keep your righteous standing, good luck! You might consider re-reading Romans 7:-) "Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter."(Rom.7:4-6) If only Christ could keep the Law, what makes you think that you'll have any success in your strivings? Isn't this an excercise in futilty? (Gal.4:21) It is our yielding to Him that produces the fruit in our life. (Rom. 6:11, Gal. 5:16-25) The Christian life is Christ living His life through us, not us trying to live up to the impossible standard of the Law. Also,I don't know that scripture says that "God was saved by the law." Speaking The Truth in Love, BradK |