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NASB | James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of [breaking] all of it. |
Subject: Moral, Ceremonial, and Civil law |
Bible Note: Amen Bill From reading your posts I believe that you know, that you have died to the law, that you are no longer under the law (the old covenant) and that you are now under grace (the new covenant). I see that you understand Galatians 3:24,25...So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. It is wonderful to find a like minded brother in Christ! Romans 7:4-6...So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit to death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old ways of the written code. I, like you brother, have learned that the purpose of the law is to show us our need for salvation and to point us to Jesus Christ. The law cannot save us, it cannot give us life, it cannot forgive our sins, and the law cannot make us righteous. Only Jesus Christ can! That is why, as believers, we are no longer under the law, we are under the grace of God. In Acts 15 we read about a discussion of whether the Gentiles should be circumcised and to keep the law of Moses, or not. Hope this may help those who haven't died to the law, and to come alive, by faith in Christ,...yet. Verse 7 After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8. God, who knows the heart, showed that He accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did us. 9. He made no distinction between us and them, for He purified their hearts by faith. 10. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke (the law) that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? 11. No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are." Continue to live by faith brother, in the completed work of Jesus Christ, and the reality of His resurrection, for He is alive, He is risen, and He has...(2 Corinthians 3:6)...made us competent as ministers of a new covenant-not of the letter (the law) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. YBIC |