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NASB | Colossians 2:14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of legal demands [which were in force] against us and which were hostile to us. And this certificate He has set aside and completely removed by nailing it to the cross. |
Subject: Partly under the Law? |
Bible Note: Hi Merv, If these things which you say are true, why didn't the apostles (Acts 15) tell the church that they needed to keep all the law, but instead, said to keep from idol, fornication, things strangled, and blood. Nothing about the Sabbath, or clean and unclean animals, and in fact Jesus "declared all foods clean" as has been covered in other threads. And again, we are not speaking of the abolishing of the Law. Our "keeping" the Law (which of course we cannot do!) does not bring us righteousness, because we cannot fully keep it (James 2:10). Jesus kept, or obeyed, the entire Law on our behalf, thus fulfilling it (demonstrating the intent and purpose, enacting the motivation and behavior, living the essence of the Law), then imputing (counting as our own) the righteousness of His holy life to us, when we believe in Him. We do not add anything by any "act of obedience" to the Law to the righteousness we receive from Jesus. We do not take anything away from the righteousness we receive from Jesus when we do not do the works of the Law. The just shall live by faith. Gal 3:10 "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." 1 Cor 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Cor 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. How could Paul have made these statements? All things - eating pork, working on the sabbath, and so on? All things are lawful for me! One last point. When we say we keep God's Law because we love Him, do we mean that our love for God gives us the ability to keep His Law? Rather because God's Spirit lives in us (Rom 8:8-9), He has made us into a new creature, with His law "written on our hearts", you could say His Law is our "spiritual DNA", and now "we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works." Love in Christ, Mark |