Hi, sister!
I read your posts above. I´ve came to have the same question as you have. From what I know (and could study), none of us will achieve salvation thought works or the Law. We are under God´s Grace, and by faith we will be saved. Now, does that means that the moral laws of OT should be ignored? No. The 4th commandment, however, is not a moral law. The 2 commandments given by Jesus are a summation of the 10, but they are part of the OT.
The whole focus now is LOVE, not the Law. Does this mean Grace is a license to sin? Not at all. Tell me: if one want to honor Christ, to love Him, serve Him, will we:
- Have other gods besides God?
- Have idols and bow to them?
- Take the name of God in vain?
- Won´t honor our father and mother?
- Kill?
- Commit adultery?
- Steal?
- Bear false witness against our neighbor?
- Covet our neighbors possessions or spouse?
It´s all about loving the Lord above all things and to love our neighbors as ourselves. And again, if we love our neighbors as yourselves, will we:
- Kill?
- Commit adultery?
- Steal?
- Bear false witness against our neighbor?
- Covet our neighbors possessions or spouse?
Of course we all fail and end up sinning, but what matters in not perfection, but yet the direction your life is having. Christ is all!!!
Now, is everybody able to do what Christ´s commandments us to do in His 2 commandments (or the 10 commandments, indirectly)? The answer is no! That´s why we needed His sacrificed and we need God´s Grace. We must have a saving faith, and that means we should obey Him!
God bless you, sister!
I read your posts above. I´ve came to have the same question as you have. From what I know (and could study), none of us will achieve salvation thought works or the Law. We are under God´s Grace, and by faith we will be saved. Now, does that means that the moral laws of OT should be ignored? No. The 4th commandment, however, is not a moral law. The 2 commandments given by Jesus are a summation of the 10, but they are part of the OT.
The whole focus now is LOVE, not the Law. Does this mean Grace is a license to sin? Not at all. Tell me: if one want to honor Christ, to love Him, serve Him, will we:
- Have other gods besides God?
- Have idols and bow to them?
- Take the name of God in vain?
- Won´t honor our father and mother?
- Kill?
- Commit adultery?
- Steal?
- Bear false witness against our neighbor?
- Covet our neighbors possessions or spouse?
It´s all about loving the Lord above all things and to love our neighbors as ourselves. And again, if we love our neighbors as yourselves, will we:
- Kill?
- Commit adultery?
- Steal?
- Bear false witness against our neighbor?
- Covet our neighbors possessions or spouse?
Of course we all fail and end up sinning, but what matters in not perfection, but yet the direction your life is having. Christ is all!!!
Now, is everybody able to do what Christ´s commandments us to do in His 2 commandments (or the 10 commandments, indirectly)? The answer is no! That´s why we needed His sacrificed and we need God´s Grace. We must have a saving faith, and that means we should obey Him!
God bless you, sister!