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It's relatively common to encounter Christians online who've been led to
sincerely believe that it is impossible to comply with the covenant that
Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy.
Well; I sincerely suspect that's not entirely true. For example: Josiah was
able to keep it (2Kgs 23:25) Zacharias and his wife were able to keep it
(Luke 1:5-6) and Paul the apostle was able to keep it. (Phil 3:6)
However, in order to succeed with Moses' law, one must be 100% dedicated,
i.e. it's not a path for slackers and/or wanna bees and wishful thinkers.
● Deut 6:5 . . . You shall love Jehovah your God with all yourheart, and with
all your being, and with all your strength.
In other words: one cannot be "on again-off again" instead; folks who've chosen
the Law's path to God must be fully committed.
● Rom 2:7 . .To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor
and immortality; He will give eternal life.
So then, if it's possible to comply with Moses' law, then why seek another
path? Well, the problem is not with the Law. The problem with that path is
that it requires an Herculean will power that many of us are never going to
have, not in this life nor in the next. So, what are the chances of success for
scofflaws seeing as how Deut 27:26 and Num 15:30-31 affords them no
options?
Well, the chances become excellent by means of Divine intervention.
● Ezek 36:24-27 . . For I will take you from among the nations and gather
you from all the countries, and I will bring you to your land. And I will
sprinkle clean water upon you, and you will be clean; from all your
impurities and from all your abominations will I cleanse you. And I will give
you a new heart, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away
the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And
I will put My spirit within you and bring it about that you will walk in My
statutes and you will keep My ordinances and do them.
I was baptized an infant into the Catholic religion and anon completed First
Holy Communion and Confirmation. So I can testify, from training and from
experience, that the Catholic religion is a very difficult path to God; thus I
feared that my destiny on the wrong side of things was pretty much a
foregone conclusion. So I really got excited when I ran across the last part
of that passage where it says:
"I will put My spirit within you, and bring it about that you will walk in My
statutes and you will keep My ordinances and do them."
** Mr. Ezekiel's prophecy pertains to Moses' people, but there is a way for
us Gentile cur animals to get in on it too. (cf. Matt 15:21-28)
NOTE: That foreign woman's reasoning is supported by Isa 49:6 where is says:
"Jehovah my God says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to
restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will
also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to
the ends of the earth."
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