Hey check out Romans 3:19 1 Timothy 1:9 Hebrews 8:13 as well as Hebrews 7:22. Hope it help but I give you warning many on CC do not agree with them.
We can agree to disagree on this, but here is what I see in scripture with these verses. (I am not saying what I see is better than the way you see it, I'm just explaining)
Romans 3:19-20
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19 [/SUP]Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. [SUP]
20 [/SUP]Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law
is the knowledge of sin.
Looking at the context, not just an individual verse.
To me, you cannot read 19 without 20; 20 is just stating, "the law is the knowledge of sin." Also meaning, makes you aware of what sinning is. To me I would want to be aware of what sin is, because I would want to try and live a lifestyle that is not of sin. Yes I'm a sinner, we all are, but should we not try to live away from sin?
1 Timothy 1:8-11
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8 [/SUP]But we know that the law
is good if one uses it lawfully, [SUP]
9 [/SUP]knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for
the lawless and insubordinate, for
the ungodly and for sinners, for
the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, [SUP]
10 [/SUP]for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, [SUP]
11 [/SUP]according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.
Again, context, not singling out a verse.
I'm a sinner and do not claim any selfrighteousness, onyl God can judge the level of my righteousness, but I do try my hardest to be on a righteous walk with Yeshua. With that being said just read the scripture and it speaks for itself. If someone is perfect and sinless then they can drop the law. Verse 8 the law is good if one uses it lawfully.
Hebrews 7
It's pretty lengthy to copy/paste the context.
With Hebrews 7 it's talking about Yeshua being out High Priest and that the new covenant is better than the old. Which I agree with, according to the new covenant Yeshua is our High Priest and it is not a Levitical order. This means Yeshua is our final judge, and He is a flawless and righteous judge. Yeshua can just snap His fingers and we're forgiven, but He also wants us to repent of our sins, in other words turn away from our sins. Yeshua took away death and conquored it, He gave us access to the Holy Spirit to guide us on our walk. With the old covenant we didn't have that access, because only the Levitical Priests had that access, with Yeshua in us we have that access now (I know that sentence is kind of redundant).
Hebews 8
In context is talking about the NC vs OC. The OC was written on a tablet, and on paper. The NC is written in our minds, and in our heart. It never says as far as what the OT vs NT is changed. It states how it's given it's changed.
I kind of put in like school work:
Old Covenant: Here's your book, study it well and follow the equations and you'll pass the class (on your test you get no calculator).
New covenant: All the equation are written in your mind and on your heart, and for your test here's a calculator to help double check your work; therefor there is no need for studying these equations, you already know the answers, and you have a guide to help with those answers.
So in this algebra=the covenant. In the OC it's hard to get everything down and it can be stressful (hence why some of the apostles call being under the law a burden). But in the NC everything we need is written inside us and is on our mind, and we're given a guide (the calculator for the test= Holy Spirit, our guide in life), thus the NC is easier to follow and align with.
Now I'm not saying throw out salvation, kind of like someone who has no math background can just been thrown algebra. You have to come to Yeshua and recognize Him as the Messiah and accept Him and then He opens the way of learning to us and Yeshua & the Holy Spirit teach and guide us on our walk, kind of like you start off with basic math before going on to algebra.
Now I know many will not agree with what I've stated here, but this is what I've learned as far as my walk when I've studied, and it's the way I understand it. And overall it makes sense to me.
Also if in anyway I do/did offend someone by the camparison between the scripture and math, I do apologize.
I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong. I'm just expressing what those verses mean to me.