Bible Question:
Raven, Yes, this subject is about marriage and divorce. And you are going to the Law alone as your standard for discussing this subject. Have you even read the verses in 1 Corinthians 7 concerning this subject? What did you think of this passage? The bottom line is the Law is the Law, whether for salvation, redemption, sanctification, justification, daily living, etc. If you are going to be under the Law for ANY purposes, then you must be under ALL of it. You are either under ALL the Law (including it's sacrificial system with animal sacrifice) or you are under grace with NONE of the Law. The just (who are now are in Christ - justified) shall live by FAITH, not Law. The Law is not of faith, it is of performance, and the believer is no longer bound by it. That is what I am talking about. And it is VERY relevant to marriage and divorce. The Law says that adulterers must be stoned (both parties). This doesn't meet that they need to get high first :), it means they must both die. Do you suggest we follow the Law? So if you wish to teach believers to be under the Law, then you yourself need to be under ALL of it. ChristLifer2001 |
Bible Answer: You wrote: " The bottom line is the Law is the Law, whether for salvation, redemption, sanctification, justification, daily living, etc. If you are going to be under the Law for ANY purposes, then you must be under ALL of it." While I agree that by the law no flesh shall be justified (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16), what is your Scriptural support that the believer in Jesus Christ has NO use of the Law? In addition, how do you explain passages like this, which refer to the application of God's law to a Christian? " Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH." --Ephesians 6:1-3 Paul quotes the fifth commandment verbatim and tells the Christian to follow it. "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." --Ephesians 6:4 This is basically a reiteration of Deuteronomy 6: God's law again. James refers to God's moral law as "the law of liberty" in James 1:22-25; 2:8-12. The law is the mirror into which Christians must look to see where how their sanctification is progressing. God still uses His perfect standard to convict us of our sin, to show us what Christ-like living looks like, and it drives us constantly to the Cross when we are reminded over and over that we are saved by Christ's righteousness and not our own. --Joe! |