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NASB | Romans 7:4 ¶ 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 7:4 ¶ Therefore, my fellow believers, you too died to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. |
Bible Question (short): Is Galatianism alive and well? |
Question (full): Dear Steve, You write, "We still have to obey the Law, but are we condemned by it? (implied, no)" I strongly disagree. To say that disobedience to the Law has no punishment belittles it and robs it of it's power. It was given to show that the wages of sin (disobeying the law) is death (the punishment for disobedience) - Romans 6:23. Your statement is analogous to saying, "I will no longer get a speeding ticket if I go over 65 MPH, because of grace, but I still HAVE to go 65 MPH." Law without punishment is meaningless. Paul writes in Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the Law (whether you are a Christian or not, brother) are under a curse:" Why? "For it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who does not abide by ALL things written in the book of the Law, to perform them." Do you want to be under the Law? Fine. That is your choice. But, according to scripture, you need to be under ALL of it and PERFORM it 100 percent. You can't pick and choose. The Law is not some a la carte buffet where you can pick out what you want to keep and what you don't. You can't say, "I'll be under this part but not this part" or "I have to obey it but God will not punish me if I disobey it." God does not leave that option open for you, brother. James says that "whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all." Can you keep it perfectly, Steve, the whole Law? If not, what are you going to do? Will you then ask Christ, in His grace, to cover your sin? Grace covers it ALL, brother. Christians who mix law and grace do a grave injustice to both. They rob the Law of it's punishment (death) and they rob grace of it's result (life, though we deserve death). The wages of sin is ALWAYS death. That is what sin deserves each and every time. But Christ took that for us and gave us His righteousness. How are you going to improve on that. Stop mixing Law and grace. Stop trying to put new wine into old wineskins. Stop trying to weaken the law and cheapen God's grace. In Christ, Bill Mc |