Is there anything good in the law?
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The Mosaic Law was the means in which God used in the Old Testament to separate and divide the saved people from the lost.
The Israelites which obeyed the Law of Moses received forgiveness, mercy and life (Lev. 18:5).
And those Israelites who disobeyed the Law; would receive death and puinishment if they did not repent and get right (Lev. 5:17).
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
16 This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 18 and the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
Scripture clearly teaches that the Mosaic Law could be kept and it was kept.
When an Israelite violated a law, the law had a provision in it where the guilty offender could offer the proper sacrifice for the infraction, and once the sacrifice was given, the offender received atonement and was forgiven and restored. Hence, by the offender following the Law's provision made for his past offense, he was once again keeping the Law. And thereby, securing his salvation.
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Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
(Acts 19:13-16)
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
(Acts 19:13-16)
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
(1 Corinthians 4:14-15, KJV)
I and my Father are one.
(John 10:30)
1 Cor. 4:15 is one sentence taken out of a paragraph. in v. 14 he introduces a metaphor or simile: "as" my beloved sons.
if you simply read the first few lines of this letter to Corinth, you find that Paul unequivocally opens with a declaration of who our Father is:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 1:3)
(1 Corinthians 4:14-15, KJV)
I and my Father are one.
(John 10:30)
1 Cor. 4:15 is one sentence taken out of a paragraph. in v. 14 he introduces a metaphor or simile: "as" my beloved sons.
if you simply read the first few lines of this letter to Corinth, you find that Paul unequivocally opens with a declaration of who our Father is:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 1:3)
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again,
'THINK NOT that I came to destroy the Law or the prophets....
for assuredly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law
till all is fulfilled.'
(heaven and earth are STILLL here, and certainly All
has NOT been fulfilled.)
Hebrews 7:12.
For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also
a change of the Law.
(draw your own conclusions in comparing these scriptures).
it clearly says that there is a CHANGE in the LAW
and Christ says that not ONE JOT or ONE TITTLE
will by no means pass from the Law till ALL be fulfilled.
(draw your own conclusions).
Isaiah 42:21.
The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake;
He will magnify the Law, and make it Honorable.
magnify means to - make it larger - powerful.
a clear example of this is that when Jesus is teaching
and He is talking about...'in old time you have heard that
you shall not commit adultry...but I say unto you,
if a man even looks upon a woman........
the point is, now we not only have to keep the Law in the letter,
but also on a higher level, and that is - in our everyday thoughts...
as it is written, 'bringing every thought into the captivity of Christ'...
contrary to popular belief, MORE is expected of the believer in Christ,
not LESS.
when Jesus Christ rules in His new Kingdom, what shall come out of Zion?
Isaiah 2:3.
'THINK NOT that I came to destroy the Law or the prophets....
for assuredly I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law
till all is fulfilled.'
(heaven and earth are STILLL here, and certainly All
has NOT been fulfilled.)
Hebrews 7:12.
For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also
a change of the Law.
(draw your own conclusions in comparing these scriptures).
it clearly says that there is a CHANGE in the LAW
and Christ says that not ONE JOT or ONE TITTLE
will by no means pass from the Law till ALL be fulfilled.
(draw your own conclusions).
Isaiah 42:21.
The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake;
He will magnify the Law, and make it Honorable.
magnify means to - make it larger - powerful.
a clear example of this is that when Jesus is teaching
and He is talking about...'in old time you have heard that
you shall not commit adultry...but I say unto you,
if a man even looks upon a woman........
the point is, now we not only have to keep the Law in the letter,
but also on a higher level, and that is - in our everyday thoughts...
as it is written, 'bringing every thought into the captivity of Christ'...
contrary to popular belief, MORE is expected of the believer in Christ,
not LESS.
when Jesus Christ rules in His new Kingdom, what shall come out of Zion?
Isaiah 2:3.
So throw out about half the New Testament?
Then throw out Peter since he endorsed Paul...
2 Peter 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
And then while you're at it throw out Jesus since he picked Peter.
I hope no one takes you seriously.
Then throw out Peter since he endorsed Paul...
2 Peter 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
And then while you're at it throw out Jesus since he picked Peter.
I hope no one takes you seriously.
Yes they were. They were saved by faith and works.
And the animal sacrifices and burt offerings did offer an atonement. Still though, while they did indeed offer an atonement for the transgressor, at the same time, they could not take away sins. Nor could the OT Sacrifices offer eternal redemption. Only the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ could take away sins and offer eternal redemption for all mankind.
And the animal sacrifices and burt offerings did offer an atonement. Still though, while they did indeed offer an atonement for the transgressor, at the same time, they could not take away sins. Nor could the OT Sacrifices offer eternal redemption. Only the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ could take away sins and offer eternal redemption for all mankind.
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1. Moses clearly showed by the law no one could be saved
2. The author of hebrews is clear. The blood of bulls and goats NEVER took away sin (the animal sacrifices were never sufficient, not one persons sins were redeemed by the slaughter of a little lamb.
They were saved the same way we are, By faith in Gods provision. They just did not know what that provision was.
2. The author of hebrews is clear. The blood of bulls and goats NEVER took away sin (the animal sacrifices were never sufficient, not one persons sins were redeemed by the slaughter of a little lamb.
They were saved the same way we are, By faith in Gods provision. They just did not know what that provision was.
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[TD]All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
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