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NASB | Deuteronomy 11:1 "You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 11:1 "Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments [it is your obligation to Him]. |
Subject: Having a Relationship with God |
Bible Note: Dear brother: I agree that we are freed from the curse of the Law through Christ. Our relationship to God is now motivated out of love rather than out of duty. Do you not think that his commandments exceed what we know as "The Ten Commandments"? However, if we were to teach legalistically that a Christian must obey the commandments are we not bringing them under law again? According to Galations we connected with the covenant of promise Gal. 4:28 In fact, was this not the problem with the Galations in that in reverting back to the law they were losing the freedom which they had in Christ. What is this freedom? Does it mean we can simply live as we like? Never! In Gal. 5:1 we are exhorted to "stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled with the yoke of bondage" Paul makes it clear that we cannot abuse our liberty in Christ "For brethren you have been called into liberty; only use not liberty for an occassion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word even this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" Gal.5:13-14 What is the key to fulfilling this desire? "this I say then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" Gal.5:16 He continues in verse 18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit ye are not under the law" As those who have been indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God, is not our relationship with God intimate, in that he speaks to us through his word by his spirit and we as those redeemed by his blood have personal access to God through Christ. In other words this relationship is two way. Brother, do you not think that there were things under the ceromonial law which do not apply to those who are under grace? Just a few thoughts Robert |