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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:
I understand that the Moral Law (the Ten Commandments) and the Mosaic Law are seperate. Deut 4:13,14 My question is what parts of the Mosaic Law are we still to observe? i.e Christ through His sacrifice 'blotted out the handwriting of ordinaces that was against us' Col. 2:14 This obviously refers to the Mosiac Law and not the Ten commandments. (Those ordinaces that was AGAINST us.) Christ also 'abolished the law of commandments contained in ordinaces' Eph 2:15 also referring to the ordinaces of the Mosiac law. Through this sacrifice we no longer need to kill animals in an attempt to obtain righteousness, all we need do is believe in the grace of God through faith. So, besides the Sacrifial components of the Mosiac law what else was abolished/blotted out/fulfilled? |
Bible Answer: Hi B-Fabb, In my opinion, the Christian is no longer any of the law, whether moral, Mosaic, sacrificial, ceremonial, etc. Notice Romans chapter 7. Here Paul is using an analogy of marriage to illustrate this truth. He begins by stating that marital law is only binding as long as both members of the marriage are alive. When one of the partners dies, both are free from the marriage law. Starting in verse 4, he ties this illustration to what He calls "the Law". Through verse 6, he says that we (believers in Christ) were made to die to the Law so that we could be joined to another, Christ. He says in verse 6 that we have been released from the Law. Why? Because the Law died? No. Because we, through our death, burial, and resurrection with our Lord, died to the Law. Now, which Law is it? Keep reading through the rest of the chapter. Paul cites one of the big 10, "You shall not covet." Is this the moral law? Yes, obviously. He goes on to say that the Law is holy and righteous and good (more moral values) but that it caused him to see that he was spiritually dead because he couldn't keep it. It showed him his need for Christ. Let me conclude with Romans 8:3,4. Here Paul says that what the Law could not do (make us perfect before God), God did by sacrificing His Son. Because we are now identified, as believers, in Christ, and He fulfilled the law, the law (verse 4) is fulfilled in us. The law was to show us our sinfulness and spiritual death so that we would turn to Christ. Now that we have turned to Christ, we are no longer any of it - see Galatians 3:24,25. You can also search this site on the left of the page for others who have shared their views of this 'hot topic'. There is much debate (just as there was when Paul wrote to the Galatians). Grow in His grace. In Christ, Bill Mc |