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The carnal mind will fight against what I am going to present.
The end result is the same for those who are under the law and those who are without the law.
“For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;” (Romans 2:11-12)
If a person is under the law, they are making the law their authority without hearing the voice of the Giver. They are only hearing their own voice interpreting what the law means according to their carnal mindset of works without faith.
If a person has no law to observe, they also cannot hear the voice of the Giver, but are forced into hearing only what their voice is saying concerning right and wrong, claiming faith without works, which is a dead faith.
When the voice of God is heard, then God is the authority and not the law, even though the law still remains intact, and they are also under the grace of the Giver by faith.
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17
According to the Aramaic language, (which was spoken at the time) this verse is better understood as follows.
“Think not that I am come to loosen, or release, (ashrea אשרא) the law, or the prophets: I am not come to unravel , but to complete (amala אמלא).
Being under the law is using the law as one's own authority with no grace obtained from the Giver. Throwing the law away also forces the individual to be one's own authority claiming grace from a Giver that they cannot hear. The end result is the same and both can be labeled as Pharisaical traditionalists.
When a man and woman are married via a marriage contract, and the woman goes to serve another man, as Israel went to serve other gods, then a divorce will occur. That doesn't negate the attributes of the husband, for his code of life remains the same. The Old Covenant can be completed, and incorporated into the New, but the Old Covenant cannot contain the New Testament in Christ in order to make the Old Covenant perfect.
“For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.” Hebrews 8:7
The writer of Hebrews proves by the testimony of Jeremiah, that there is a second testament or covenant, and therefore that the first was not perfect, and can only be completed by Christ Jesus.
The end result is the same for those who are under the law and those who are without the law.
“For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;” (Romans 2:11-12)
If a person is under the law, they are making the law their authority without hearing the voice of the Giver. They are only hearing their own voice interpreting what the law means according to their carnal mindset of works without faith.
If a person has no law to observe, they also cannot hear the voice of the Giver, but are forced into hearing only what their voice is saying concerning right and wrong, claiming faith without works, which is a dead faith.
When the voice of God is heard, then God is the authority and not the law, even though the law still remains intact, and they are also under the grace of the Giver by faith.
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17
According to the Aramaic language, (which was spoken at the time) this verse is better understood as follows.
“Think not that I am come to loosen, or release, (ashrea אשרא) the law, or the prophets: I am not come to unravel , but to complete (amala אמלא).
Being under the law is using the law as one's own authority with no grace obtained from the Giver. Throwing the law away also forces the individual to be one's own authority claiming grace from a Giver that they cannot hear. The end result is the same and both can be labeled as Pharisaical traditionalists.
When a man and woman are married via a marriage contract, and the woman goes to serve another man, as Israel went to serve other gods, then a divorce will occur. That doesn't negate the attributes of the husband, for his code of life remains the same. The Old Covenant can be completed, and incorporated into the New, but the Old Covenant cannot contain the New Testament in Christ in order to make the Old Covenant perfect.
“For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.” Hebrews 8:7
The writer of Hebrews proves by the testimony of Jeremiah, that there is a second testament or covenant, and therefore that the first was not perfect, and can only be completed by Christ Jesus.
Hey Just-me., As a born again person, there is a total difference in how we are dealt with concerning the law. We are no longer subject to it. It has no power to condemn us as believers. We do suffer the consequences of foolish choices by sinning but the consequences are not God's judgment and wrath. The judgment and wrath for the believer has already been paid for in the body of Jesus on the cross. We are now the righteousness of God IN Christ. Our position has changed from lost sinner to found saint.
It's about covenants. Every covenant has certain terms and conditions detailing how we can experience God's blessings. In the Edenic covenant, all Adam and Eve had to do was not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Under the old covenant of the law, in order to get blessed they had to obey perfectly the 10 commandments.
But the new covenant is based entirely on God's unmerited favor and NOT our ability to keep the law. Some believers don't even know they are under a new covenant and are still trying to met the conditions of the old one.
Hebrews 8:10-13 explains the new covenant. The old says what WE must do and the new says what GOD will do. The laws that God writes on our hearts are not the 10 commandments. John 13:34 says He has given us a new commandment--to love one another as He has loved us. Rom. 3:27 Paul calls it the law of faith. We have His royal law of love and the law of faith.
Those laws are put in our hearts by the Holy Spirit and we learn to walk in them. All the commandments are summed up in Romans 13:9-10 "....You shall love your neighbor as yourself" Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
The old law is inferior, it can only command you not to commit adultery, but it cannot make you love your spouse. It's all about the heart. Under the law you have a form of law-keeping. But under grace, you will experience the true substance.
The law deals with the superficial but God put His laws in our hearts so we can go to Him and ask for help in time of need and He shows us how to love as He does and we are able.
As a new covenant believer He speaks to us directly through the promptings of the Holy Spirit and His Word so that we may know His will. We don't have to go to a prophet or priest to find out His will for us., He Himself leads us. He puts His laws in our minds and writes them on our hearts.
All so different than the old covenant. Why would anyone want to live under that old covenant when we have this new one??????