gal 3:10-12 to those who keep looking law ward.
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If you read Galatians chapter 2 it is clear it is referring to Acts 15. So reading the context it is not saying the law is done away with only we are not saved by keeping the law.
Galatians 3:6-9 KJV
(6) Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
(7) Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
(8) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
(9) So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Notice these texts tell us that Abraham was made righteous by faith and that we are to be made righteous by faith not by works of the law but, it also says this about Abraham.
Genesis 26:5 KJV
(5) Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham kept God's law but not to be made righteous. So then since we are to be made righteous by faith in the same way that Abraham was as the text says then the result will be we will keep God's law.
Galatians 3:6-9 KJV
(6) Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
(7) Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
(8) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
(9) So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Notice these texts tell us that Abraham was made righteous by faith and that we are to be made righteous by faith not by works of the law but, it also says this about Abraham.
Genesis 26:5 KJV
(5) Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Abraham kept God's law but not to be made righteous. So then since we are to be made righteous by faith in the same way that Abraham was as the text says then the result will be we will keep God's law.
Faith versus the Law is not complicated.
One can obey "thou shalt not kill" and yet remain hateful within. Thus obeying a listed law does not make one righteousness. It is for this reason that Paul teaches that righteousness is not by the law.
Faith on the other hand WORKS BY LOVE and it is love that fulfills the righteousness of the law. If one truly loves they do not need a listed law stating "thou shalt not kill" for "love works no ill."
This is why Jesus said love is the greatest commandment and that all the law and the prophets is established on love.
So many people err in thinking that "grace" means "unconditional pardon" and thus view that one can be declared righteous by God apart from a "faith that works by love." There is no justification in God's sight apart from a "faith that works by love" for it is via abiding in the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ (walking according to the Spirit having crucified the old man) that we can indeed have the love of God perfected in us whereby we take hold and manifest a genuine faith that works by love.
It is for this reason that love does not rejoice in iniquity but rather deplores all unrighteousness. Those who are truly Christ's will manifest the fruit of the Spirit in their lives and thus be known by their fruit.
We are to have our eyes singly fixates on Jesus Christ and abide in His light whereby we are made alive in Him. It is through this connection with our Creator that our hearts are made clean and thus we being created in Jesus Christ are useful for the Father's work.
I implore people to not be deceived by this debate of "law versus grace" which is presented within a paradigm of "unmerited favour" versus "saving oneself."
The law is only done away within the context of love fulfilling the righteousness of the law, whereby the change is from external governance (law) to internal governance (pure heart). Thus we are dead to the law by the body of Christ in that we serve Him in spirit and in truth.
One can obey "thou shalt not kill" and yet remain hateful within. Thus obeying a listed law does not make one righteousness. It is for this reason that Paul teaches that righteousness is not by the law.
Faith on the other hand WORKS BY LOVE and it is love that fulfills the righteousness of the law. If one truly loves they do not need a listed law stating "thou shalt not kill" for "love works no ill."
This is why Jesus said love is the greatest commandment and that all the law and the prophets is established on love.
So many people err in thinking that "grace" means "unconditional pardon" and thus view that one can be declared righteous by God apart from a "faith that works by love." There is no justification in God's sight apart from a "faith that works by love" for it is via abiding in the Spirit of life in Jesus Christ (walking according to the Spirit having crucified the old man) that we can indeed have the love of God perfected in us whereby we take hold and manifest a genuine faith that works by love.
It is for this reason that love does not rejoice in iniquity but rather deplores all unrighteousness. Those who are truly Christ's will manifest the fruit of the Spirit in their lives and thus be known by their fruit.
We are to have our eyes singly fixates on Jesus Christ and abide in His light whereby we are made alive in Him. It is through this connection with our Creator that our hearts are made clean and thus we being created in Jesus Christ are useful for the Father's work.
I implore people to not be deceived by this debate of "law versus grace" which is presented within a paradigm of "unmerited favour" versus "saving oneself."
The law is only done away within the context of love fulfilling the righteousness of the law, whereby the change is from external governance (law) to internal governance (pure heart). Thus we are dead to the law by the body of Christ in that we serve Him in spirit and in truth.
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Galatians 2:19-20 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
"And the life I now live I live by faith in the Son" is a phrase some still are turning into "by faith in the Son,I can now keep the Law"
...Negatory good buddies.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
"And the life I now live I live by faith in the Son" is a phrase some still are turning into "by faith in the Son,I can now keep the Law"
...Negatory good buddies.
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See, Your so close.. Yet so far.. of course he was talking about the second death.
The point your missing, is we are born DEAD. We are DEAD because of sin. Unless we are MADE ALIVE in Christ by having the penalty of sin removed. we will have no hope;. If we die, and we have not been born again, it is too late. there is no second chance.
This is what being born again means. We, who were dead in tresspasses and sins, have been made alive in Christ. having been forgiven all sin. This life GOD calls ETERNAL LIFE.
When he says we who have been born again will not suffer judgment, He means it, When he says we will not die. he means we will not die again (spiritually) thus not only will we never die spiritually again, but as you say, we will not suffer the second death. Both are refered to. That is what God means when he says no-one (we are someone) can ever snatch us from gods hands. we are secure in HIM, based on HIS promise, Our faith and hope are in this.
If I can not be assured eternal life after God says I have it, I have NO HOPE. and thus can not possibly have any faith.
The point your missing, is we are born DEAD. We are DEAD because of sin. Unless we are MADE ALIVE in Christ by having the penalty of sin removed. we will have no hope;. If we die, and we have not been born again, it is too late. there is no second chance.
This is what being born again means. We, who were dead in tresspasses and sins, have been made alive in Christ. having been forgiven all sin. This life GOD calls ETERNAL LIFE.
When he says we who have been born again will not suffer judgment, He means it, When he says we will not die. he means we will not die again (spiritually) thus not only will we never die spiritually again, but as you say, we will not suffer the second death. Both are refered to. That is what God means when he says no-one (we are someone) can ever snatch us from gods hands. we are secure in HIM, based on HIS promise, Our faith and hope are in this.
If I can not be assured eternal life after God says I have it, I have NO HOPE. and thus can not possibly have any faith.
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James vs. Galatians = discord that motivated Jerusalem Council circa 50 AD = Acts 15
James wrote James & Paul wrote Galatians circa 49 AD
Galatians 5 shows that those who reject Jesus = Christ + Lord are "fallen from Grace". Such persons are then beholden to the whole Law = 613 Mitzvot, from which "all fall short" (Rom 3).
So, on Judgement Day, people who believe in Jesus as Christ & Lord, will be "Judged leniently", according to Grace, and forgiveness of sins. Everybody else is "fallen from Grace", and will be "Judged harshly", according to Law (which remains in full force, until Judgement, Matt 5). Presumably, they will have sinned somewhere-and-when, and so, since God will have observed their sins, they will be found guilty, and cast into Hell.
Matt 5 = warning, that an impossible-to-keep-Law remains in full-force, until Judgement Day. The only practical possibility of avoiding sentencing to Hell, is to "play it safe", believe & accept, Jesus = Messiah + Lord, and be Judged leniently under Grace.
James wrote James & Paul wrote Galatians circa 49 AD
Galatians 5 shows that those who reject Jesus = Christ + Lord are "fallen from Grace". Such persons are then beholden to the whole Law = 613 Mitzvot, from which "all fall short" (Rom 3).
So, on Judgement Day, people who believe in Jesus as Christ & Lord, will be "Judged leniently", according to Grace, and forgiveness of sins. Everybody else is "fallen from Grace", and will be "Judged harshly", according to Law (which remains in full force, until Judgement, Matt 5). Presumably, they will have sinned somewhere-and-when, and so, since God will have observed their sins, they will be found guilty, and cast into Hell.
Matt 5 = warning, that an impossible-to-keep-Law remains in full-force, until Judgement Day. The only practical possibility of avoiding sentencing to Hell, is to "play it safe", believe & accept, Jesus = Messiah + Lord, and be Judged leniently under Grace.
Law = 613 Mitzvot = impossible to keep => all are sinners, to be sentenced to Hell
Grace = "Jesus is Christ & Lord" => % avoiding Hell
Grace = Judgement guidelines for (true) Christians => % Salvation
Law = Judgement guidelines for non-Christians (+ un-true Christians) => Hell
Grace = "Jesus is Christ & Lord" => % avoiding Hell
Grace = Judgement guidelines for (true) Christians => % Salvation
Law = Judgement guidelines for non-Christians (+ un-true Christians) => Hell
People love to make the statements about folks that think they can get to heaven without Jesus and by keeping the law. We hear alot of people saying that the law is impossible to keep.
I am over 50. I have never met anybody that claims they keep the law of God because that will earn them heaven. I only hear folks claiming these people exist. I've never met one.
I actually don't believe that any Christian thinks they can earn heaven. I know of nobody that makes that claim. Nobody. Again,, I only hear that these people exist from other believers.
Who here says, we can't keep Gods Commandments? I will be first to tell you that you are wrong.
Do you steal everytime you go to ther store? Do you murder & rape without control? Are you compelled to wake your parents up and cuss them out? Do you constantly desire your neighbors stuff? NO, No , No and No!
If we can't keep the Law and you have children,,,, dont you see that it is only a matter of time before you rape and murder your own children?????
And if you don't rape them,, why would you get a babysitter for your children, knowing full well they can't keep the law and that they will rape your kids????
Folks,, we can keep the Law. We can obey God.
A baby falls when it learns to walk. Who here tells the baby, to "stay down, you will only fall again,,no sense trying to walk."
This is exactly what you are teaching when you claim we can't keep the law.
We go and get married and take vows in front of both men and God. Why take vows, if you believe you can't keep them.
Christians don't make any sense when they make these false claims.
I am over 50. I have never met anybody that claims they keep the law of God because that will earn them heaven. I only hear folks claiming these people exist. I've never met one.
I actually don't believe that any Christian thinks they can earn heaven. I know of nobody that makes that claim. Nobody. Again,, I only hear that these people exist from other believers.
Who here says, we can't keep Gods Commandments? I will be first to tell you that you are wrong.
Do you steal everytime you go to ther store? Do you murder & rape without control? Are you compelled to wake your parents up and cuss them out? Do you constantly desire your neighbors stuff? NO, No , No and No!
If we can't keep the Law and you have children,,,, dont you see that it is only a matter of time before you rape and murder your own children?????
And if you don't rape them,, why would you get a babysitter for your children, knowing full well they can't keep the law and that they will rape your kids????
Folks,, we can keep the Law. We can obey God.
A baby falls when it learns to walk. Who here tells the baby, to "stay down, you will only fall again,,no sense trying to walk."
This is exactly what you are teaching when you claim we can't keep the law.
We go and get married and take vows in front of both men and God. Why take vows, if you believe you can't keep them.
Christians don't make any sense when they make these false claims.
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You have not been here long yet have you?? there are many in here!
So John is wrong? if you believe this, you do not yet fully understand the law. If you did, you would not make such a claim!
This is a miniscule part of the law. People who claim sinless perfection after a point in their life always refer to these sins, There are SO SO many other things which are sins. The pharisees made the claim of perfection and obeying the law. because they too only concentrated on these overt sins which are known and popular. In doing so they could not see the sin they commit, And so called christians who do this also can not see the sin they still continue on a daily basis.. Paul did not think he made it, why do you think you can, or have?
ok. This makes no sense at all. can you please explain? Why would the inability to keep the law mean one will rape someone? rape is only one aspect of the law. We can never rape anyone or commit any sexual sin until the day we die, and we have still broken the law in some fashion with other sins.
No one is teaching you can't keep the law and be righteous. They teach
1. Of our own power (the flesh) we can't keep it
2. We will never achieve sinless perfection while on this earth
3. We will have the need to continue to grow, to continue to as paul says "run the race" until the day we die
4. if we think we already made it, we are in dire straights, and in serious danger!
Instead of slamming people. try to understand what they are trying to say. Nothing you said (to be honest) makes any sense.. No one I know claims what you say they claim..
here is the point. If I only commit 1 sin on any given day (I am being lighthearted here, I do not think even this is possible) I have failed to keep the law on that day. When I go to bed that night, I am worthy of eternal condemnation for my actions on that day because I failed to keep the law.
This is why we need grace!
So John is wrong? if you believe this, you do not yet fully understand the law. If you did, you would not make such a claim!
This is a miniscule part of the law. People who claim sinless perfection after a point in their life always refer to these sins, There are SO SO many other things which are sins. The pharisees made the claim of perfection and obeying the law. because they too only concentrated on these overt sins which are known and popular. In doing so they could not see the sin they commit, And so called christians who do this also can not see the sin they still continue on a daily basis.. Paul did not think he made it, why do you think you can, or have?
ok. This makes no sense at all. can you please explain? Why would the inability to keep the law mean one will rape someone? rape is only one aspect of the law. We can never rape anyone or commit any sexual sin until the day we die, and we have still broken the law in some fashion with other sins.
No one is teaching you can't keep the law and be righteous. They teach
1. Of our own power (the flesh) we can't keep it
2. We will never achieve sinless perfection while on this earth
3. We will have the need to continue to grow, to continue to as paul says "run the race" until the day we die
4. if we think we already made it, we are in dire straights, and in serious danger!
Instead of slamming people. try to understand what they are trying to say. Nothing you said (to be honest) makes any sense.. No one I know claims what you say they claim..
here is the point. If I only commit 1 sin on any given day (I am being lighthearted here, I do not think even this is possible) I have failed to keep the law on that day. When I go to bed that night, I am worthy of eternal condemnation for my actions on that day because I failed to keep the law.
This is why we need grace!
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Those who keep looking law ward have fallen from grace.
Gal 5:4
You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Those who keep looking law ward have disobeyed God's command that we purge out the old leaven (doctrine of works of the law for righteousness, Matt 16:12).
Gal 5:7-9
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven (doctrine of works of the law) leavens the whole lump.
1Cor 5:7
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.
Those who keep looking law ward are fornicating with Hagar, in spite of God's command that we flee fornication (1Thess 4:3, 1Cor 6:18). Believers are one spirit with the Lord (1Cor 6:17), hence we should not then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot (Hagar/works of the law), 1Cor 6:15.
Hagar is symbolic of the old covenant righteousness by works of the law.
Gal 4:21-25
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
Those who keep looking law ward often distort the gospel by arguing that grace enables them to keep the law.
Note how Jude 4 describes such doctrines.
For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Such turn God's grace into lasciviousness/lust for fornication with Hagar/righteousness by works of the law.
Grace and works of the law just cannot be mixed.
Rom 11:6
if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Gal 5:4
You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Those who keep looking law ward have disobeyed God's command that we purge out the old leaven (doctrine of works of the law for righteousness, Matt 16:12).
Gal 5:7-9
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven (doctrine of works of the law) leavens the whole lump.
1Cor 5:7
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.
Those who keep looking law ward are fornicating with Hagar, in spite of God's command that we flee fornication (1Thess 4:3, 1Cor 6:18). Believers are one spirit with the Lord (1Cor 6:17), hence we should not then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot (Hagar/works of the law), 1Cor 6:15.
Hagar is symbolic of the old covenant righteousness by works of the law.
Gal 4:21-25
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
Those who keep looking law ward often distort the gospel by arguing that grace enables them to keep the law.
Note how Jude 4 describes such doctrines.
For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Such turn God's grace into lasciviousness/lust for fornication with Hagar/righteousness by works of the law.
Grace and works of the law just cannot be mixed.
Rom 11:6
if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
All men are saved by grace. Adam is saved by grace. Moses is saved by grace. Job saved by Grace.. and on and on.
We can keep the law. I just laid it out for you that we can. You have been lied to for so long, that you now beleive you must sin.. Kinda like your dad telling you for years you are worthless,, finally, you have come to believe it's true.
Jesus said "go and sin no more." Did Jesus lie and give a task He knows cannot be done?
The Thread to this post tells of a group that looks to keeping the law without the sacrifice of Jesus of aquiring heaven.
Who are these Christians that are keeping the law as a mens to acquire heaven? I know of NONE!
But I KNOW sin is a choice. And you obviously believe sin is a must.
And because you think that way.. Stay away from children,, Cause under your theory, you are bound to rape them.
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Personally, I'd be more concerned about leaving my children with anybody that claims that they themselves never sin. Because anybody foolish enough to make such a claim greatly lacks in understanding the destitute nature of their own flesh. Regarding your statement above : The cheap shot and demeaning nature of this statement is something that I would consider sinful ... on your behalf.
My friend, you are missing the point of writing the Law in our hearts...
Mat 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mat 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Mat 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Hating someone, even disdaining someone, counting them inferior to you is tantamount to breaking the sixth Commandment.
I see this used a lot but it disagrees with what Paul says...
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Paul says that he would not know sin except it were defined by the Law.
The Law saves no one. It defines right and wrong. A long time ago, our parents had to make a choice, would they accept that only God can determine right and wrong or would they try to determine it for themselves. To rob a phrase from The Last Crusade, they chose poorly...
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
So the Law defines sin for us. God sets before us a choice...
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deu 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
The Law directs our steps in the good and right way to live...
Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psa 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psa 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psa 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psa 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psa 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Psa 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psa 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Now what happens when we stray from this path? It is called sin...
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
This is where grace comes in, Christ forgives our sin through grace. Grace is the unearned, unmerited pardon for sins committed. David understood this...
Psa 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psa 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Psa 51:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psa 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Psa 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psa 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psa 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psa 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psa 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psa 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psa 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psa 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psa 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psa 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalm 51 is a very moving prayer that David prayed in repenting of adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. David understood forgiveness and the coming sacrifice of Christ...
Heb 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Heb 10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Heb 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Heb 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Heb 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Heb 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Mat 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Mat 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Mat 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Mat 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Mat 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Hating someone, even disdaining someone, counting them inferior to you is tantamount to breaking the sixth Commandment.
I see this used a lot but it disagrees with what Paul says...
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Paul says that he would not know sin except it were defined by the Law.
The Law saves no one. It defines right and wrong. A long time ago, our parents had to make a choice, would they accept that only God can determine right and wrong or would they try to determine it for themselves. To rob a phrase from The Last Crusade, they chose poorly...
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
So the Law defines sin for us. God sets before us a choice...
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deu 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
The Law directs our steps in the good and right way to live...
Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psa 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psa 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psa 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psa 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psa 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Psa 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psa 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Now what happens when we stray from this path? It is called sin...
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
This is where grace comes in, Christ forgives our sin through grace. Grace is the unearned, unmerited pardon for sins committed. David understood this...
Psa 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psa 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Psa 51:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psa 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Psa 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psa 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psa 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psa 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psa 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psa 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psa 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psa 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Psa 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psa 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psa 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalm 51 is a very moving prayer that David prayed in repenting of adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah. David understood forgiveness and the coming sacrifice of Christ...
Heb 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Heb 10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
Heb 10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Heb 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Heb 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Heb 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Heb 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Heb 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;