This discussion seems very simple at its core. It seems to be the role of the Law after the cross.
My apologies for not addressing the question previoiusly, I was in a rush and had to go out
This is the foundation upon which the new covenant stands:
This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.’[
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17 Then he adds:
‘Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.’
What does the above say to you? It says to me God, through the Holy Spirit, upon accepting Christ as your saviour places the law in your heart and mind he desires you to follow. Under the old covenant it was an external written down law. A written down law does not mean you in your heart want to follow it does it. The Israelites under the old covenant proved that time and time again. There are written down laws made by my government I disagree with due to my Christian beliefs. But what is in your heart you in your heart want to follow, so under the new covenant, in a nutshell God places the desire within you to livew as he would have you live. Because, and only because that is what you want, you have a saviour from sin, Jesus died for all your sins, past, present and future, your sins and lawless deeds will be remembered no more. So it is a two part covenant isn’t it. And when you think about it, if the covenant only hinged on Jesus dying to give you righteousness apart from obeying the law, you would have a licence to sin, this way you do not.
God will accept you, even when you are dead in transgression/sin, for by grace you have been saved(Eph2:5) You stand before him righteous in his sight for Christ died for you. Then the sanctification process begins. You are a work in progress your whole life, and God will bring to your attention and deal with the things one by one, obviously in order of importance to him. During this work in progress you obviously will commit sin/be imperfect in your flesh, but as long as you are following after the Holy Spirit in the work of progress you will not be happy about your imperfections, but at the same time you c an rejoi ce that you are spotless in God’s sight, covered by his sons sacrifice for you. What peace, happiness and joy you have. No more guilt or condemnation. You are following a path that will bring you to live evermore according to the law in your heart. You do not look to that law and strive to obey it in order to live as God wants you to live, you look to Christ, trust him and rely on the Spirit to continually bring you to live an ever holier life.
So far everythings great isn’t it? But then, the Apostles, including Paul also gave warnings, it wasn’t just a nice cosy message full stop! Neither should it be for anyone aspiring to follow what they wrote.
If you are led by the Spirit you are not under law Gal5:18
You can step outside of that work in progress. You can follow the flesh rather than the Spirit, and in truth, all Christians do that at times. Suppose you met someone one night who you found extremely attractive, and slept with them. Can you now say? ‘’Everythings cool, Jesus died for all my sins, no problem’’ No you cannot. If you could do that, you were never born again in the first place, and the law is not in your heart. For you have now gone against how you in your mind know you should live and how you in your heart want to live. And you will be struck with remorse. And you will have no rest and no peace until you come before your Father in heaven and tell him you are sorry for how you acted. Only then will you get your peace back. You do not tell God you are sorry for you fear being cast into hell if you do not, but as you would say sorry to any loved one you grieve, so you tell your Father in heaven you are sorry for how you acted also.
Then youi get straight back to being a work in progress. What if you don’t? What if you continue to sleep with the woman? The law in your heart is going to give you no rest, no peace, and you will live a very miserable life until you come to your senses and get back on the path you should be on. God made a full proof covenant. No Christian can happily sin as much as they like under grace. It is impossible. The law in your heart cuts out a licence to sin
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that it's hard to find things when I need them! LOL)… here's a small part of that post I just made (but I think this part fits here in this thread just as well):
