New Teaching Or Merely Clarification?

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Evmur

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Cameron143 said:
Then why bring it up or reprimand his lack of understanding?
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It's one of those things with God, and He was drawing Nicodemas out "how is it you a teacher does not understand?"

We are all worthy of a reprimand even when we did not know the Lord, we SHOULD know. That is our fallen estate and we are to be blamed for it.

In God's good time He came and showed us.
 
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Evmur said:
It's one of those things with God, and He was drawing Nicodemas out "how is it you a teacher does not understand?"

We are all worthy of a reprimand even when we did not know the Lord, we SHOULD know. That is our fallen estate and we are to be blamed for it.

In God's good time He came and showed us.
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I appreciate your answers. I personally believe there is more to it.
 
Beckie

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Cameron143 said:
In Matthew 5:21-48 Jesus on five occasions says that His hearers have heard the law spoken and then goes on to give explanation of its meaning. In doing so is He expanding the meaning of the law or merely giving the understanding that was engendered in the law all along?
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The fact that Jesus fulfilled the law gives credence to what is was all along. Man distorted the Law Jesus set them straight .
 
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Beckie said:
The fact that Jesus fulfilled the law gives credence to what is was all along. Man distorted the Law Jesus set them straight .
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Thanks for sharing.
 
Blik

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Gideon300 said:
The Law was given to those born with the sinful human nature. There is no grace in the Law. It is purely carrot and stick. Jesus did not make the Law easier to obey. He made it impossible, so revealing the true intent of the Law. The Law was given to prove that we cannot keep the Law. This is intended to bring us to Christ. Once we come to Christ, the Law of Moses has done its work. We who are born again are subject to a new law, which is the "Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus". If we Christians ever wake up to the fact that Christ lives in us to be all that God demands that we should be, we will be transformed immediately. I can vouch for that personally. All that we need is found in just one Person - Christ. God accepts nothing else but that which is done in and through Christ .

Check it out for yourself. I did a study a few years ago. The expression "in Christ" (or in Him, meaning in Christ) occurs over 50 times in the NT. I quit looking after 50 verses. I got the message!
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I think, in your study of law, you need to read the 119th psalm. That psalm explains the law, and it certainly does not say that the true intent of the law is to tell us we can't obey it. The law is God's word, it leads us to Christ, it guides us as we walk with the Lord. When we seek the Lord with all our hearts, then we look to the law to guide us in our walk.

I agree with your post, except that it limits the law, and God's word should never be limited.
 
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Blik said:
I think, in your study of law, you need to read the 119th psalm. That psalm explains the law, and it certainly does not say that the true intent of the law is to tell us we can't obey it. The law is God's word, it leads us to Christ, it guides us as we walk with the Lord. When we seek the Lord with all our hearts, then we look to the law to guide us in our walk.

I agree with your post, except that it limits the law, and God's word should never be limited.
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The law justifies no one. The law has one purpose and that is to lead us to Christ. The law is not made for the righteous. Now if you are not righteous, then you have no business calling yourself a Christian.

1 Timothy 1:9-11
"We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.…"

There are 613 commandments. Which ones apply to you? Some are women only or for the priests. You must obey every single one, without exception, or you are lost. Except you cannot. There is no one who can sacrifice animals to atone for your sin. Hebrews tells us that the Law is the shadow. Live there if you prefer. Me, I like to live in the light.
 
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