I never said that people shouldn't keep the law, on the contrary....I encourage anybody reading to keep all 10 commandments to the best of their ability but if they choose not to, I judge them not.
God also happens to delight in showing mercy and compassion.....If it wasn't for that, we would all certainly be doomed. Sure the verse you posted says "all liars", but is there anyone here among us that is willing to claim they've never lied?
God also happens to delight in showing mercy and compassion.....If it wasn't for that, we would all certainly be doomed. Sure the verse you posted says "all liars", but is there anyone here among us that is willing to claim they've never lied?
That's why it's faith in God and Jesus is what saves, not our deeds according to the letter of the law. Does this mean we should lie with reckless abandon and continue to do anything we please and/or teach people to break commandments? God forbid, but if we do happen to sin.......we have a mediator. God judges righteously AND he abundantly pardons, he delights in mercy.
Nobody will be justified by how well they kept the law, because we've all broken the law at some point in our lives....we've all sinned.
Nobody will be justified by how well they kept the law, because we've all broken the law at some point in our lives....we've all sinned.
100 lifetimes of 100 years each of perfect obedience to the Law will not earn eternal life, it is the gift of God.
Now here is the point, eternal life is a wonderful, marvelous gift that actually cannot be comprehended by us...
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
God gives this gift freely, but to whom does He give it? To one who blatantly disregards His Laws? He already has a few myriads of those. We call them Satan and the demons. Does He expect a certain level of committment to His way of life? Or does He hand out eternal life to anybody, no matter what their character. Does He expect us to do something? Here is an example...
My father told me that if I never smoked a cigarette before the age of 21, he would give me a gold pocket watch that belonged to his dad, my granddad. Now, did not smoking earn the watch? No, my granddad worked in a cement plant and earned the money to buy it. He GAVE it to my dad. My dad offered it to me but with a condition. Now, does God offer us something we have not earned? Something that Christ purchased with His precious blood but has a condition? The condition is don't sin...
Joh 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Joh 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
So, what is sin?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
This is why Christ said this...
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And why should we not sin? I mean really, why should we not sin, why should we obey? Because God wants us to jump through hoops? No, because God, as the Designer and Creator of humanity knows what is best for us...
Deu 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
For how long? Forever! This is why God instructed our first parents not to decide right and wrong for themselves. Are you old enough to remember the TV show "Father Knows Best"? Well, guess what, Father does know best and His Laws are what are best for mankind. There is however a lawless one who wanted to be in charge. Who thought to take for himself something that didn't belong to him, neither was he qualified for it...
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
And convinced 1/3 of the angels to throw their lot in with him...
Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Now this guy is very slick...
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And has convinced people that God's Laws aren't the best way, that his way is best. He did that in the garden...
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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.
Now who did our first parents believe? God? He said that if they ate of the tree they would die. they would return to dust...
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Do most people believe that today? How many people believe that we have an immortal soul today? How many people believe that God's Commandments are the best way? If most people did, we wouldn't be having this discussion today. there would be know question about the fourth Commandment.