Subject: Raven, do you want ALL the Law? |
Bible Note: Joe, If you will regress just a couple of posts in this chain, you'll see that I have listed plenty of scriptures that say that the believer is no longer under the Law. Paul makes it clear that the Law was made for the unrighteous (sinners) and not the righteous (justified). Sinners still need the Law to reveal to them that they are indeed sinners. That is why we must use it in the training of our children. Until they see their need for a Savior, they will not come to Him. Yes, the Law still has use, but it must be used properly - and that is to show sinners their need for Christ and the cross. But once that has happened, we are no longer under that tutor. It has served it's purpose. We now walk by faith in the Spirit, not in the Law. Of course the Holy Spirit in us will never prompt us to break God's morality. But even if we do, we are still not put back under the Law - we are still under grace. If we, as believers in Christ, are going to try to live under the Law, then Paul says in Galatians 5:3: And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. With the Law, it is all or nothing. You are either under ALL of it - moral, ceremonial, cultural - or you are under NONE of it. Paul urges tells us we are no longer under it. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |