What Laws are still valid to christians

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You ignore most of my post, cut a piece out, post a verse that is testifying against "justification by Law" which I never preach and act like im on that side of the debate. Yeah, you have done this more than twice to me. I see that it allows you to put the verses I qouted in with this false box, but how do you reconcile that? The same man wrote what you just quoted and some of what i quoted eariler. Until you can understand the semmetry between what you posted and Romans 3:31 and EVERY OTHER VERSE I HAVE POSTED HERE, any debate between us on the topic of obedience/Law/Commandments/Instruction will continue to be fruitless.
I responded to another part of your post in another post.

You are on the justification-by-law side of the debate whether you realize it or not.

So what is it? Which directive do you advocate obeying regarding circumcision?
 

Hizikyah

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And I want to point out that the word "to," in blue has also been added, and changes the whole meaning, from "the Law" being in apposition to the"enmity," to being the object of the enmity.

No, you added the word "to" to make it mean that.

"The Law" is not the object of the enmity, "the Law" is in apposition to the enmity.
Take "to" out also, verse 16 still says the OPPISITION was abolished not the INSTRUCTIONS.

It would be unfair and sin to reject someone for doing something that is ok to do, and not binding any longer.

Revelation 22:15, "For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and worshipers of gods and everyone who professes to love, yet practices falsehood."

What Law is against "dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers"

It is amazing the endurance many have to fight against the Instructions of Yahweh, especially when you consider the fact that that Messiah told us to follow these.

Mattithyah 5:19, "Whosoever, therefore, will break one of the least of these Laws, and will teach men so, hhe will be called the least in the Kingdom of Yahweh; but whosoever will do and teach them, the same will be called great in the Kingdom of Yahweh."

"Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
 
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The Decalogue established what obedience to God meant.

The ceremonial laws were for a pre-figure of Christ, and "established" the pattern of his nature and work.
I agree, Would you also agree then that:
from the foundation of the creation until the end there is a progression going on with understanding and principles being built upon the foundation first set until the culmination of Gods plan is completed.
 

Hizikyah

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Yes we do.

He was stoned because of his preaching the word of God
He was imprisoned for the same
He was shipwrecked in doing Gods
His thorn in the flesh was not because of SIn, But to keep him humble.

Do you even study the word?
This is my topic concering Shaul, andit does not say how it originated, it says it is allowed to continuse the keep Shaul humbled before Yahweh. THE ORIGIN IS NOT STATED.


This was speaking to Israel in regards to Lev 26. The prophet was warning the people. Not US!
There are many prophecies dealing with endtimes that are addressed to the body of Messiah. All the prophets and yahshua, the disciples and the apostle Shaul ALL spoke obedience to Yahweh, turning away from the world and to Yahweh, none of them said sin and you wont have any bad consequenses.

Yahchanan 5:14, "Afterward, Yahshua found him in the sacred precincts and said to him: Behold, you are healed. Sin no more, or a worse thing will come upon you."

And if you want to play the "you have to look at who there talking to" you may as well disregard 99% of the book, because very rarely are we, modern day body of Messiah DIRECTLY spoken to.

That is not what is dangerous. What is dangerous is people who suffer for God not because of sin, being told by you they are suffering because of sin. And they actually believe it. I mean why Try? I am doing everything God wants me to. And I get sick, Or lose a loved one, Or get jailed. And you say it is because of sin. If I believe you, I would walk away to.
People say all the time Im doing nothing wrong and yet this, this and this happened, if you believe the Scriptures:

Proverbs 26:2, "As a fluttering sparrow, or a flying swallow will alight, so a curse causeless will not come."

Just because one says they are doing the will of Yahweh, even if they really believe they are dioes not mean they are in reality doing Yahweh's will. When someone is going through troubles, my advice is always read 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Hebrews12:3-11, obedience is keyand what is to come is not to be compared with the sorrows of this life.

To me what is dangerous is allowing people to contiue to walk off the cliff, but we are told the mystery of iniquity will reach its fullness so I understand you problem with my doctrine, the world teaches, let your brother sin, dont ever tell him hes wrong, your wrong if you tell them to stop their sin. I agreed we are to rebuke in a measured manner, but inn no way do we let our brothers and sisters continue in error so we dont hurt their feelings.
 

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I responded to another part of your post in another post.

You are on the justification-by-law side of the debate whether you realize it or not.

So what is it? Which directive do you advocate obeying regarding circumcision?
Im glad you know me better than I do.

You ignore all the verses I qoute that you can not twist or seemingly post a verse that "goes against" what I post, how about you read what i posted and actually accept what I say as MY BELIEF instead of putting my belief in your pre-made box?
 
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Okay. . .this comes down to whether you believe all of the NT is God-breathed (2Ti 3:16), or not.

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he NT is the word of God from the Son (Heb 1:1-2), in which light all of Scripture is to be understood.
The NT reveals that
the law has been changed because the priesthood in the order of Aaron has been changed to the
priesthood in the order of Meclshizedek, with Christ Jesus as its new and eternal High Priest (Heb 7:12, 17, 21),

and has been set aside for righteousness and salvation because it was weak and useless to obtain them (Heb 7:18-19),

thereby making obsolete the Old (Sinaitic) Covenant which was based on it (Heb 8:13).

The Mosaic law, which cursed all who did not obey every word of it (Dt 27:26; Gal 3:10),
has been replaced with the law of Christ (Gal 6:2) which is now the law of God (1Co 9:21),
but with one huge difference for God's people: there is no curse attached for imperfect
obedience.

Christ's law is the law of love (Mt 22:37-40; Ro 13:8-10), which is now written on our hearts
(Heb 8:10) so that we love without the prescription of myriad regulations.

It's the freedom we have in Christ from myriad regulations prescribing godly behavior
being replaced with the Holy Spirit who works love in our hearts which gives us godly behavior.

It's the difference between regulations externally governing one's behavior and
love internally governing one's behavior.
And the beautiful thing about it all--love will automatically fulfill the requirements prescribed
for godly behavior without having to consult a written code about what they are.
I see where you're coming from, but your descriptions are confusing. I still don't agree with your train of thought, even though I understand your definitions. That was redundant. sorry.
The only change to the law is the administrator. (Our Messiah) The words haven't been changed for God doesn't change what He has ordained from the beginning. If I read you right, you are saying the law changed because of the change of the tribe. I'm saying the Priesthood changed hands, which was the plan from the beginning because Christ created all things. Colossians 1. The Words that came out of God's mouth to Moses never changed, and there is nothing in the Bible that says it did. God intended the law to be what it is today by putting it in place (to the detail) during the time of Moses.

Malachi 3:4-6 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
 
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This is my topic concering Shaul, andit does not say how it originated, it says it is allowed to continuse the keep Shaul humbled before Yahweh. THE ORIGIN IS NOT STATED.




There are many prophecies dealing with endtimes that are addressed to the body of Messiah. All the prophets and yahshua, the disciples and the apostle Shaul ALL spoke obedience to Yahweh, turning away from the world and to Yahweh, none of them said sin and you wont have any bad consequenses.

Yahchanan 5:14, "Afterward, Yahshua found him in the sacred precincts and said to him: Behold, you are healed. Sin no more, or a worse thing will come upon you."

And if you want to play the "you have to look at who there talking to" you may as well disregard 99% of the book, because very rarely are we, modern day body of Messiah DIRECTLY spoken to.



People say all the time Im doing nothing wrong and yet this, this and this happened, if you believe the Scriptures:

Proverbs 26:2, "As a fluttering sparrow, or a flying swallow will alight, so a curse causeless will not come."

Just because one says they are doing the will of Yahweh, even if they really believe they are dioes not mean they are in reality doing Yahweh's will. When someone is going through troubles, my advice is always read 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Hebrews12:3-11, obedience is keyand what is to come is not to be compared with the sorrows of this life.

To me what is dangerous is allowing people to contiue to walk off the cliff, but we are told the mystery of iniquity will reach its fullness so I understand you problem with my doctrine, the world teaches, let your brother sin, dont ever tell him hes wrong, your wrong if you tell them to stop their sin. I agreed we are to rebuke in a measured manner, but inn no way do we let our brothers and sisters continue in error so we dont hurt their feelings.


Your dangerous. People like you keep people from God. Keep people discouraged. and keep them not understanding the LOVE and GRACE of God.

If you want to teach a spirit of fear. Your on your own.

As for what Paul said....


Romans 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

The law places us under bondage and fear. You can have your fear. For the rest of us children of God. We will come to him as an abba father..
 
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I would say yes. Because Jesus never said not to, and He told us to follow the Torah.
And as always, not for anything relating to justification, salvation or righteousness.
ACTS 15:19 WHERE FOR MY sentence is, that we trouble them not, which from the gentiles have turned unto God :(20) but that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. (24) Forasmuch as we have heard,that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, ye must be circumcised, and keep the law:to whom we gave no such commandment:(28) For iit seemed good to the Holy Ghost ,and to us,to lay no greater burden than these necessary things; that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things stangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well.
 

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lol. Ok so when is God going to give us the land of palestine? And keep those who are doing his will from being persecuted, and being hurt by their enemies.

Your on a dangerous slope. People have walked away from God because he has not given them the blessings found in lev 26 when they do follow him all they can. Which was never promised to them in the first place.

If your going to say lev 26 pertains to us, You better show why God is not keeping his word to is in ALL these areas?

For example? Am I a prisoner in a gentile nations because I have sinned and failed to repent?? This is what Lev 26 says will happen for disobedience!
Something that has helped me tremendously in all of this, and something I haven't really tried to communicate....All of these commands, blessings and curses have spiritual and personal applications of them. Obviously, there is a physical or geographical aspect to these promises that might not seem applicable to us. But what can the Spirit teach us through these things. People might not have the desire to do so, or even see the relevance. Personally, I have read through entire Torah multiple times through and I can find a personal and spiritual application in every single command. The actual action and physical application of those commands has provided a great blessing to me.
 
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It's not a matter of enmity against the law or not. It's a matter of what your relationship is to the law. If you are under the law because of disobedience, you are under its curse. Paul uses very plain speech in this matter. Nothing hard to understand there.
If one is against the law, then their relationship with the law is enmity with the God. If you are over the law and are disobedient to the law, then you are asked to repent, and confess the transgression, because the law was given to you because of the transgression so you would know where you messed up. If one neglects that instruction and continues in the infraction, you are under the curse of the law. Enmity defines a relationship, not with the law, but with God Himself.
 

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I suppose I thought that the sign of circumcision, like the sacrifices, pointed to the Messiah. Once He was born into the world, its sort of redundant, 'cause He's not going to be born into it again. He'll come from Heaven next time. That is - the covenant is everlasting - Jesus died for our sins so we can be with Him forever. But the sign is on our hearts now rather than our flesh, because Jesus has already been born in the flesh.

I might not have this view if Paul hadn't explicitly spelled it out (i.e. circumcision not required for believers), but He did.
I mostly agree with you here. You're right about what the sign points to, and how that sign is in our hearts as well. I still maintain that the covenant of circumcision and the commandment was never done away by Jesus. And as I have stated many times, He encouraged the following of the Law. The fact that He never bothered to change it Himself tells me it's still applicable.

The circumcised is the most important of all of the Torah, because without that, you miss the whole point of walking in the Torah. But that doesn't negate the actual following of the Torah. You should have that circumcised heart 1st, THEN walk in the physical.
 
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Take "to" out also, verse 16 still says the OPPISITION was abolished not the INSTRUCTIONS.

It would be unfair and sin to reject someone for doing something that is ok to do, and not binding any longer.

Revelation 22:15, "For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and worshipers of gods and everyone who professes to love, yet practices falsehood."

What Law is against "dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers"

It is amazing the endurance many have to fight against the Instructions of Yahweh, especially when you consider the fact that that Messiah told us to follow these.

Mattithyah 5:19, "Whosoever, therefore, will break one of the least of these Laws, and will teach men so, hhe will be called the least in the Kingdom of Yahweh; but whosoever will do and teach them, the same will be called great in the Kingdom of Yahweh."

"Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
Well spoken. My thoughts exactly
 
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Something that has helped me tremendously in all of this, and something I haven't really tried to communicate....All of these commands, blessings and curses have spiritual and personal applications of them. Obviously, there is a physical or geographical aspect to these promises that might not seem applicable to us. But what can the Spirit teach us through these things. People might not have the desire to do so, or even see the relevance. Personally, I have read through entire Torah multiple times through and I can find a personal and spiritual application in every single command. The actual action and physical application of those commands has provided a great blessing to me.
That's it... comparing Spiritual with Spiritual

1 Corinthians 2:13 (CJB)
13 These are the things we are talking about when we avoid the manner of speaking that human wisdom would dictate and instead use a manner of speaking taught by the Spirit, by which we explain things of the Spirit to people who have the Spirit.
 
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Something that has helped me tremendously in all of this, and something I haven't really tried to communicate....All of these commands, blessings and curses have spiritual and personal applications of them. Obviously, there is a physical or geographical aspect to these promises that might not seem applicable to us. But what can the Spirit teach us through these things. People might not have the desire to do so, or even see the relevance. Personally, I have read through entire Torah multiple times through and I can find a personal and spiritual application in every single command. The actual action and physical application of those commands has provided a great blessing to me.
Thats great,

But the fact remains. The law of moses was given to Isreal. Lev 26 is the curses or blessing for obeying them or not. NOT given to us, but to them.

Again., In the NT many people do Gods will, yet suffer greatly, or go through persecution. This is not like the OT, so when we follow law. All it can do is discourage us.

Those who follow God understand God has a plan, This plan may include suffering for his purpose. It has nothing to do with the law. It is about Gods plan.

God promised Isreal all those things,, he never promised us any of it. That why they were under the old. and we under the new. God has a different plan for us,
 
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Those who follow God understand God has a plan, This plan may include suffering for his purpose. It has nothing to do with the law. It is about Gods plan.
I’m curious about what you believe concerning the law. Are you saying that the law doesn’t fit into the plan of God through Jesus Christ?
 
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Im glad you know me better than I do.

You ignore all the verses I qoute that you can not twist or seemingly post a verse that "goes against" what I post, how about you read what i posted and actually accept what I say as MY BELIEF instead of putting my belief in your pre-made box?
So you're afraid to answer this question?

Which directive do you advocate obeying regarding circumcision?
 
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I’m curious about what you believe concerning the law. Are you saying that the law doesn’t fit into the plan of God through Jesus Christ?
Yes it does. It does what it was intended.

It shows us our complete sinfullness and inability to live as he requires.

What it does not do, is show us how to be righteous.

If we pay to much attention to the law. We are going to worry to much about how Good we are doing, or trying to do it. We will probably miss out on things God wants us to do. and be to rigid in our thinking..
 
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If one is against the law, then their relationship with the law is enmity with the God. If you are over the law and are disobedient to the law, then you are asked to repent, and confess the transgression, because the law was given to you because of the transgression so you would know where you messed up. If one neglects that instruction and continues in the infraction, you are under the curse of the law. Enmity defines a relationship, not with the law, but with God Himself.
The flesh is against the law. Walk in the spirit and you will not do the works of the flesh which violate the law. Simple.
 
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Yes it does. It does what it was intended.

It shows us our complete sinfullness and inability to live as he requires.

What it does not do, is show us how to be righteous.

If we pay to much attention to the law. We are going to worry to much about how Good we are doing, or trying to do it. We will probably miss out on things God wants us to do. and be to rigid in our thinking..
Would it be right to say that to pay attention equally to the previous Word and the current Word would be right? I mean what we call the old and the new.
 
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"Even" is an added word by the translators. it should read without that word to say " [SUP]15 [/SUP]Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, the law of commandments in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, making peace;

Ephesians 2:15 (CJB) by destroying in his own body the enmity occasioned by the Torah, with its commands set forth in the form of ordinances. He did this in order to create in union with himself from the two groups a single new humanity and thus make shalom,
You conveniently omitted the context.

A verse without a context is a pretext, which is what we have here.

"You who are Gentiles by birth. . .who once were far away have been brought near (with the Jews) through the blood

of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two (Gentiles and Jews) one. . .His purpose was to create in

himself one new man
(the body of Christ) out of the two (Gentiles and Jews), thus making peace. . ." (Eph 2:11-15).


The hostility was not between men and the law, as your added word "to" makes it.

It was between men, the Jews and the Gentiles, and created by the defilement laws which made the Gentiles unclean.

The law was the cause of the wall of separation and hostility between Jew and Gentile, not between itself and men.

That hostility and wall of separation was taken down by the cross, which made peace

1) between Jew and Gentile (v.15) by abolishing the law for righteousness to salvation, and

2) between both and God (v.16-17) by his death which forgives the sin of those who believe in him.

You have let your theology overrun the NT Scriptures.

If I changed that, which I can't, I would have to deny parts of scripture, and their purpose as you do.:)
I'd be interested to know what parts of Scripture I deny.

May God bless you with wisdom.
Well, to this point he has blessed me with the wisdom not to alter the purport of the NT Scriptures
by adding words which change their meaning.
 
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