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I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
Psalm 119:15
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Psalm 19:8
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
Psalm 111:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
Psalm 111:10
Now answer this question. If David, Moses followed God as faithful, righteous people like we do, having fellowship with God, and they praised and uplifted the written law with these words, how can anyone claim to be following the same tradition and say "No one remembers the ten commandments."
This is apostacy and heresy. It also demonstrates pure ignorance of simple morality that is fulfilled by love through Jesus.
It is easy to be deceived, to follow those who appear angels of light but are full of darkness, but one key sign is when the word of the Lord is denied, the very words God spoke to Israel.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
Psalm 119:15
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Psalm 19:8
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
Psalm 111:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.
Psalm 111:10
Now answer this question. If David, Moses followed God as faithful, righteous people like we do, having fellowship with God, and they praised and uplifted the written law with these words, how can anyone claim to be following the same tradition and say "No one remembers the ten commandments."
This is apostacy and heresy. It also demonstrates pure ignorance of simple morality that is fulfilled by love through Jesus.
It is easy to be deceived, to follow those who appear angels of light but are full of darkness, but one key sign is when the word of the Lord is denied, the very words God spoke to Israel.
Not only that, but it is ridiculous to me to try hard to believe my old man is dead when he causes me such troubles! Angers and bitter resentments and pettiness and the counting of offenses against me and a love of ease and comfort and on and on. There is absolutely no way this man is yet dead. And to insist he is would be to willfully disregard reality. I want to live in reality and the reality I have found is this: please have mercy on me Lord or I will remain this way. Please give me victory over my enemy and Yours, Lord! I agree and have seen there is no good in me and I want to die but find I can't. Please have mercy and give me victory over my enemy!
If our old man has not died..then neither has Jesus because we died with Him. However Jesus died..we died the same death. We need to be focusing on who we are now because we have been raised with Him.
Romans 6:5-8 (NASB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
[SUP]6 [/SUP] knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
[SUP]7 [/SUP] for he who has died is freed from sin.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, Without the understanding of the new creation in Christ we will be at the mercy of every thought that comes to us. This is where the renewing of the mind transforms us.
We have thee conflicts with the flesh and we call it the Old man. We have 3 enemies here...the devil, the flesh ( the old habits and ways of thinking and doing things ..this flesh ahs the power of sin in it too) and the ways/philosophy of the world
It's in the growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ that we discover what a great salvation we have in Jesus. When we acknowledge who we are in Christ because of His finished work..we start to live the true Christian life full of peace and joy....overflowing with love.
Philemon 1:6 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
1 John 5:4-5 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Romans 6:5-8 (NASB)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
[SUP]6 [/SUP] knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
[SUP]7 [/SUP] for he who has died is freed from sin.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, Without the understanding of the new creation in Christ we will be at the mercy of every thought that comes to us. This is where the renewing of the mind transforms us.
We have thee conflicts with the flesh and we call it the Old man. We have 3 enemies here...the devil, the flesh ( the old habits and ways of thinking and doing things ..this flesh ahs the power of sin in it too) and the ways/philosophy of the world
It's in the growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ that we discover what a great salvation we have in Jesus. When we acknowledge who we are in Christ because of His finished work..we start to live the true Christian life full of peace and joy....overflowing with love.
Philemon 1:6 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
1 John 5:4-5 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
There is a New Covenant...which replaces the Old Covenant. Jesus is our truth. In Him all things are fulfilled. I bet if one was to take a survey now and ask people what is the 5th, 2nd, 8th commandment....without looking....I wonder how many people would know them?....Not many....because the Holy Spirit will not help them to remember them.
The Holy Spirit's role is to reveal the things of Jesus to us. John 16:12-15
Jesus fulfilled all the law and commandments for us. Now we trust in Him and His life in us causes us to walk in love.
John 14:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Colossians 3:16 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Ephesians 1:13 (NASB)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
The Holy Spirit's role is to reveal the things of Jesus to us. John 16:12-15
Jesus fulfilled all the law and commandments for us. Now we trust in Him and His life in us causes us to walk in love.
John 14:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Colossians 3:16 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Ephesians 1:13 (NASB)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
I love that scripture! We overcome by His blood..not our efforts.. We speak the word of our testimony of what Christ has done for us!...we love Him and we don't have a life here on this earth..He is our life..we are willing to die for Him...beautiful scripture!
Revelation 12:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
Revelation 12:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
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I'm aware of the chapter Kenneth and again, it is clear what is being said about rewards and loss of rewards.
Rewards are often spoke of as crowns 1 Cor.9:25 ; 1 Thess.2:19; 2 Tim.4:8; James 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4; Rev.2:10,
3:11, 4:4,10 We want to lay those crowns before Jesus and we don't want to come to Him at the end of our lives and not have some precious things to give Him.
Yes., we were bought with a price (not a price we could pay) And because of HIS purchase of US, we are no longer enemies but SONS. Unless you know WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST you will always take these verses of coming judgment and condemnation and apply them to yourself and your performance. We cannot perform to KEEP GOD'S LOVE. He loves us because we were made righteous IN HIS SON JESUS who God Himself sent for that very reason., to save us and place us in the family. We are sealed by the Holy Spirit. We are IN Christ and no man (not even ourselves) can pluck us out of His hand.
Why do Christians want to shun the gift of "no condemnation" when they need that so very much to walk in this life? And then why do Christians want to take that assurance away from other believers and show them a way of works to appease God? When it was God Himself who loved them while they were yet sinners and sent Jesus for their salvation . How much MORE now is that love for us as SONS????
Reading in 2 Cor.5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Now that we are saved by Jesus who was made sin for us., our identity / He has made us / we have BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. Don't throw your identity away so you are left weak before the enemy. These are truths that have to be believed or the Christian walks in another identity......sinner.,and someone who is not seeing themselves as Sons will not have boldness to come. Even though he is not seen by God as a sinner, if he doesn't believe that truth about himself, God will not force you to believe how good He is. He already spread it out all through the Bible and by sending His son. God sees us as Sons not sinners.
We are no longer sinners we are Sons and Saints. Walk in your new identity in Christ and claim the victory Jesus already attained for you. Don't try to gain something that has already been done by Christ for you.
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Amen Grace777, And what a great salvation He has purchased for us!! And then after He gives us this amazing gift of His righteousness., when He leaves to go back to His Father., He sends the Holy Spirit to be with us and to teach us and lead us into all truth. What love is this!!! He promises NEVER TO LEAVE US and as if His promise isn't enough., He gives us the Holy Spirit to seal us and teach us and comfort us.
The JOY of the LORD is our strength. To know the love of God that transcends all understanding by the HolySpirit Who gives a revelation of just how much God loves us. I pray for the many here to get a revelation of God's love for them. Phil.3:10 AMPLIFIED VERSION. (WORDY)
FOR MY DETERMINED PURPOSE IS THAT I MAY KNOW HIM THAT I MAY PROGRESSIVELY BECOME MORE DEEPLY AND INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH HIM, PERCEIVING AND RECOGNIZING AND UNDERSTANDING THE WONDERS OF HIS PERSON MORE STRONGLY AND MORE CLEARLY AND THAT I MAY IN THAT SAME WAY COME TO KNOW THE POWER OUT FLOWING FROM HIS RESURRECTION WHICH IT EXERTS OVER BELIEVERS AND THAT I MAY SO SHARE HIS SUFFERINGS AS TO BE CONTINUALLY TRANSFORMED IN SPIRIT INTO HIS LIKENESS EVEN TO HIS DEATH IN THE HOPE...... I PRESS ON TO LAY HOLD OF GRASP AND MAKE MY OWN THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS THE MESSIAH HAS LAID HOLD OF ME AND MADE ME HIS OWN..
And that pressing on is IN FAITH. That is how the believer presses on., as it says in the next verses how 'I do not consider brethren that I have captured and made it my own yet, but one thing I do. it is my one aspiration; forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.
An attitude of life while we are here., we press on IN FAITH believing in spite of all that is contrary in the natural., The walk we have is by faith., we attain these great and precious promises. We are not done with our walk here on earth and are called to PRESS ON toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ.
This is our walk as believers. We are not pressing on FOR salvation., we are pressing on IN OUR salvation. How sad to see that some Christians believe it is their goal to attain 'salvation'. We want to walk IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION that was done in and for us.
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Let me answer that and debunk the erroneous idea that Christians have quit being sinners, with one Bible quote and one observation; since we all know that violating the will of GOD is sinning.
1 Peter 2:13-15 (NKJV)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
[SUP]14 [/SUP] or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
The posted speed limit, most certainly is an ordinance of man.
SHALL I GO ON?
1 Peter 2:13-15 (NKJV)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme,
[SUP]14 [/SUP] or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
[SUP]15 [/SUP] For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men--
The posted speed limit, most certainly is an ordinance of man.
SHALL I GO ON?
LOL. Thanks for the laugh.
There are obviously good and bad traditions..I believe FreeNChrist was referring to following our Lord Jesus Christ and not a tradtion....religion does so many stupid things..as Jesus had to set them straight on traditions set by certain people...
Mark 7:11-13 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),'
[SUP]12 [/SUP] you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;
[SUP]13 [/SUP] thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
Mark 7:11-13 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),'
[SUP]12 [/SUP] you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;
[SUP]13 [/SUP] thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
Our dear brother Paulus:
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17. But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
18. and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. (Roman 6:15-19)
So we should not continue in sin anymore, if we have set our hope our Lord Yeshua.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17. But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
18. and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. (Roman 6:15-19)
So we should not continue in sin anymore, if we have set our hope our Lord Yeshua.