I find it strange that I clearly see that Old Law exactly as Paul said to be nailed to the cross with Christ and am able to be found in God's church every day keeping the Sabbath but you who advocate only one day a week should be asking that question.
LOL.
Amusing indeed.
But I also appreciate that you read but not fully understand scriptures as this one: Colossians 2:14 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.."
Nor do you understand this one: Ephesians 2:15-16 "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.."
I will tell you exactly why you do not understand it.
Whether realized or unrealized to yourself, you are thinking that the enmity of the law was merely that it was not applied to the two peoples equally. But that is not true, as we see here: Romans 3:19-20 "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
So then your premise is wrong that the law did not apply equally to all and if you think a Gentile did not have the same offer to him to be able to keep God's Law Covenant and live, then you deny that God told Israel to invite foreigners to become proselytes.
So, what does that leave us with? It leaves us with God suspending the judgement upon the world by that law that we might judge ourselves by it instead of others: 1 Corinthians 11:31 "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
We now share that word to others and based upon whether they accept or reject that word they judge themselves as being unwilling to hear God's word, while blaming us and claiming it is we that are judging them: Acts 13:46 "Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
It is now about more than just revealing sin. Sin can be forgiven but haughtiness which refuses to listen to God and cease sinning will not be forgiven. Joshua 24:19 "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins."
Therefore now our ministry is both about salvation and about delivering God's judgment to the people. And the focus of that judgment by means of God's word is to uncover all the secrets of haughtiness in men that this haughtiness being revealed, Christ will take aim at to destroy it out of the earth.
But the Old Law Covenant was abolished because it aimed at condemning man for sin alone.
LOL.
Amusing indeed.But I also appreciate that you read but not fully understand scriptures as this one: Colossians 2:14 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.."
Nor do you understand this one: Ephesians 2:15-16 "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.."
I will tell you exactly why you do not understand it.
Whether realized or unrealized to yourself, you are thinking that the enmity of the law was merely that it was not applied to the two peoples equally. But that is not true, as we see here: Romans 3:19-20 "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
So then your premise is wrong that the law did not apply equally to all and if you think a Gentile did not have the same offer to him to be able to keep God's Law Covenant and live, then you deny that God told Israel to invite foreigners to become proselytes.
So, what does that leave us with? It leaves us with God suspending the judgement upon the world by that law that we might judge ourselves by it instead of others: 1 Corinthians 11:31 "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."
We now share that word to others and based upon whether they accept or reject that word they judge themselves as being unwilling to hear God's word, while blaming us and claiming it is we that are judging them: Acts 13:46 "Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
It is now about more than just revealing sin. Sin can be forgiven but haughtiness which refuses to listen to God and cease sinning will not be forgiven. Joshua 24:19 "And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins."
Therefore now our ministry is both about salvation and about delivering God's judgment to the people. And the focus of that judgment by means of God's word is to uncover all the secrets of haughtiness in men that this haughtiness being revealed, Christ will take aim at to destroy it out of the earth.
But the Old Law Covenant was abolished because it aimed at condemning man for sin alone.
Thanks for the comment.
