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NASB | Luke 10:28 And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 10:28 Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS habitually AND YOU WILL LIVE." [Lev 18:5; Ezek 20:11; Matt 19:17] |
Bible Question:
In Luke 10:28 Jesus tells the man "do this and you will live" referring to the two great commandments. I confess I have not studied this forum and this is the first question I have asked, so don't know the general doctrine followed (oh, so often we make our answers fit what we have been told is true, ain't it?) At any rate, should one apply this answer to everyone (before and after the cross)? And how strict is it applied? If one has a desire to do what is right to honor God, but fails, shall he live, or does one who sins miss the mark already? Has ANYONE done ANYTHING with ALL their heart and soul etc...ever? |
Bible Answer: Hi These words of Jesus were for all people at all times. In them we find summarised the full-orbed Christian life (Galatians 5.14). They describe fully the life of Jesus Christ. They should be the goal of each one of us in their strictest application. However, as you have rightly discerned, we all fall short of it by a large margin. By this we discover the truth about ourselves. We discover that 'all have sinned and come short of the glory of God' (Romans 3.23). Thus if we are to find this life we have to come to God as sinners, admitting our sin and our helplessness, and seek forgiveness for our failure through the cross. We have to put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Once we truly do that all that Jesus describes here is imputed to us. We are accounted as righteous in His sight (Romans 3.34-25). And His righteousness is put to our account (2 Corinthians 5.21). From that moment on the Great Physician sets about our healing. We are made new creatures in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5.17). God begins to 'work in us to will and to do of His good pleasure' (Philippians 2.13). And gradually we will be transformed into His image (2 Corinthians 3.18; Ephesians 1.4-5; Romans 8.29 etc). And the wonderful thing is that through Him we then do this as those who have already 'inherited eternal life' (1 John 5.13). In Him |
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