The Law has not been done away with. It is that we Christians are "have died to the Law" SO THAT we could be joined to another - Christ Himself. The Law is made for the unrighteous and NOT for the righteous.
So why do you break the 4th Commandment if "the Law is not done away with" ? Unrighteouness is sin and sin is the breaking of God's Law (1John 3:4)
1 Tim. 1:9 We are the righteous ones in Christ.
The Christian has died to the Law, been released from the Law, and is not under the Law any more and the Law is NOT of faith. It can't get much plainer then that.
Yes agreed the Law is our schoolmaster we are not saved by it (Gal 3:24-25)
Died to the Law:
Romans 7:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
( bearing fruit for God is NOT based on the Law but based on our union with Christ Himself )
Yes absolutely we need to abide in the vine (Jesus) He works in us to fulfill his Law in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. (John 15:5; Rom 8:1-4))
Been released from the Law:
Romans 7:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
Not under the Law:
Romans 6:14 (NASB)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
The Law is NOT of faith: The righteous shall live by faith - faith in what Christ has done.
Galatians 3:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
( If people are going to live by the Law - they need to live by them - every Law - not pick and choose to water down the Law to make it seem "do-able". James says to break one law is to be guilty of the whole law )
Absolutely, Agree with the above. It is all about faith and letting Christ work in us to will and to do of His own good pleasure. God's Law points out sin. It is sin that is the transgression of God's Law and the wages of sin is death. Paul is talking about being dead to SIN.
Rom 6:2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Still, the 4th commandment is one of God's commandments. Why do you not obey Jesus?