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NASB | Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:8 But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. |
Bible Question: Does Romans 5:8 contradict Psalm 5:5, "The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity," or not? |
Bible Answer: Dear Ray, I freely admit that I did not put much work into my answer. Searcher56 is posting questions in which he is seeking to prove HIS point that we are still under Old Testament law. My proof is one of the responses that he gave to your answer to a recent question. Search56 himself writes: "Second, we are not free from the OT Law, just its punishment ... as already pointed out in other post." Such a statement is not only false, it is misleading. Rather than upholding the Law, it demeans it. To say that a law has no punishment makes that law meaningless and of no effect. If the speed limit is 65 MPH, and no one is ever given a ticket for breaking that law, then a 65 MPH speed limit becomes meaningless. How can one say that you MUST not go over 65 MPH, but if you do, then their is no punishment for it? One cannot enforce a law if there is no consequence for violating that law. The Bible says, "Thou shalt not murder." But if a murder is commited, then punishment should be executed. To say that there is no punishment for murder invalidates the law. This is the atrocity of those who would uphold OT Law as completely binding on believers today. They will make ignorant statements like, 'We are not free from the OT Law, just its punishment,' thinking they are upholding the Law when, in truth, it is a subtile attempt to destroy it. The wages of sin is ALWAYS death. To insist anything else cheapens the sacrifice that our Lord made on the cross. To insist anything else demeans the true purpose of the Law to show us exceedingly sinful that we might come to Christ. There are plenty of posts on this forum that offer solid scriptural proof that believers are under a new law and a new covenant. There are plenty of posts that offer definitive proof that the OT Law has passed away. But some on this forum choose to ignore that solid scriptural evidence by quoting the OT. That is their choice. But they seek to disturb the body of Christ, His church, by mixing law and grace. Paul says in Gal 5:12 concerning those who would try to put the church back under the Law: "I wish that those who are troubling you would (not just cut off enough to be circumcised but finish the job and) mutilate themselves." - His words, not mine. Christian, if you are led by the Spirit, then you are not under the Law - Gal 5:18. And the inverse is equally valid, if you are under the Law, you are not led by the Spirit of God. You get to choose. You can't have both. Choose wisely. No longer under Law, Bill Mc |