Matthew 5:21-22 talks about murder. He explains that you heard of the command of murder that you are guilty, but...but...I say to you that if you are angry with your brother you are guilty. He is saying if you don't follow the spiritual of what this command taught, you cannot obey this command.
The Law is taught to tell us what is sinful against God, the knowledge of sin.
The Spirit is teaching us what we must do to obey those commands. See?
Spirit walks us through them, so simply going straight to obeying the commands of the law leads to a dead end.
The Law is taught to tell us what is sinful against God, the knowledge of sin.
The Spirit is teaching us what we must do to obey those commands. See?
Spirit walks us through them, so simply going straight to obeying the commands of the law leads to a dead end.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't do the physical because we understand the spiritual concept. I know that hating my brother is murder. I know I can't stop hating people. It's a fleshly struggle that will be with me my entire life. I know that by God's grace I can overcome it on a moment by moment basis.
But that doesn't mean I can kill my brother. It doesn't mean that I can go ahead and hate him. I still need to physically live by the physical command given by God/Jesus.