The ‘term’ Paul coined “Works of the Law”, do you actually understand what that term means ?

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Many many “posts” on this blog regarding, explaining God’s Torah, God’s Law; Lots of words, lots of scriptures;

Yet; no clarity, no agreement. WHY?

In my old age I have come to see too many words and cloudy words are not helpful.

I love the Law, the Torah and wished the entire world would embrace and follow.

If they did, there would be world peace and prosperity.

Are we talking about the same Laws? I do not think so!

The Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, used by Moses to rule the 12 tribes for 40 years, is all he had of God’s Word.

Can Torah Law be broken down in understandable parts? Yes

There are the 10 Commandment, then there are the Statutes, and then the Judgments. But there is one other law in the Torah, most either overlook or never knew it was there, it was never pointed out, never explained.

The Sacrificial Law.

Paul, a Torah scholar, states the Sacrificial Law was added to the Torah because of transgressions. The sacrificial Law is the school master teaching us, the Lamb of God must come and give His life, opening the only door to eternal life for mankind.

Galatians 3

19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed (Jesus Christ) should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

The Sacrificial Law was added to Torah law after it was evident, the Children of Israel would never obey the Commandments, statutes and Judgments as they agreed to do.

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Some of Paul’s letters are confusing to Christians today as they are not well versed in the Old Testament nor the Sacrificial Laws. Paul was a top Torah scholar.

Some, if not all of Paul’s letters were even hard for Peter to understand.

2 Peter 3

15 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;

16 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.

Example of Paul in Galatians 3, being, “hard to be understood”, which law is Paul speaking of? -- the Commandments, the Statutes, the Judgments or the Sacrificial law or all four?

Galatians 3

1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by “the works of the law”, or--- by the hearing of faith?

Paul is asking, were you given God’s Spirit because you sacrificed a lamb as payment for your sins. Or because you had “faith” in “The sacrifice of Christ: as payment for your sins. Paul’s point, do you trust in animal sacrifice or in Christ’s sacrifice?

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for your sins. Paul’s point, do you trust in animal sacrifice or in Christ’s sacrifice?

3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Will sacrificing a lamb make you perfect, pay for your sins? You began your conversion in the Spiritual and foolishly reverted back to the physical.

4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain.

5 He ‘s therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Did I, Paul, work miracles because I offer sacrifices or because I trust in Jesus Christ’s shed blood? Paul is NOT saying, is it because I obey the Commandments?

There is no work involved in; NOT lying, not murdering, not fornicating.

There is a ton of “work” in sacrificing an animal.

Please understand; what the Commandments offer is death for transgressions.

No where in the entire “Word” is or was eternal life offered for obeying the law.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up (out of) unto the faith which should -- afterwards -- be revealed.

The only option before Christ came, was offering the blood of animals to acknowledge and cover sins, there were no other options – until, until trust in Christ’s sacrifice came. “Trust” in Christ’s Shed blood as payment for our sins.

24 Wherefore the (sacrificial) law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Without the sacrificial law teaching, “Without blood there is no remission of sins”, how were we, how could any understand Christ’s Sacrifice and why it was necessary?

This is important; if Christ had come and died and the Sacrificial law did not exist, what would we think, how would we be able to comprehend what He did for us?

The “Sacrificial Law” was added to make men acknowledge their sins and to make them understand the need for the coming sacrifice of Jesus Christ?

Jeremiah 7

22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

The Old Covenant is found in Leviticus 26: 1 -39, search it yourself, you will find no sacrifices were included or commanded.

The Commandments in no way teach or point to the need for the sacrifice of Christ.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Christ fulfilled the purpose of the “added” sacrificial law, by His ONE sacrifice.

Christ shed His blood on to the ground for the sins of all mankind.

Paul’s term “Works of the Law” cannot be referring to the Commandments, none of the “10”, say anything about a blood sacrifice. Only -- Transgress even one and you are “under” the sentence of death.

Understand, the Romans solders that put Christ up on that stake, worked very hard doing so.

I pray the above has opened the door to your mind, Scripture can only be understood when the Father’s ONE Spirit opens that locked door.

Yes, I realize the above is not what you have been taught and must and will be rejected, as it means: Every WORD from the mouth of God must be obeyed.

 

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...Every WORD from the mouth of God must be obeyed.

Precious friend, I think you meant to say:

"But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread​

alone, but by every Word that Proceedeth out of The Mouth Of God."​

(Matthew 4:4 cp Luke 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3 AV)​

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Because:​

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1) "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our​

learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures​

might have hope." (Romans 15:4 AV)​

2) "God does not put mistakes in the Bible. However, different contexts create​

contradictory verses in the Bible. These contradictions make it impossible​

to obey every instruction in the Bible." (J Johnston Bible Contradictions)​

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Amen.​

 

[memberofthebride]

Precious friend, I think you meant to say:

"But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread​

alone, but by every Word that Proceedeth out of The Mouth Of God."​

(Matthew 4:4 cp Luke 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3 AV)​

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Because:​

​

1) "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our​

learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures​

might have hope." (Romans 15:4 AV)​

2) "God does not put mistakes in the Bible. However, different contexts create​

contradictory verses in the Bible. These contradictions make it impossible​

to obey every instruction in the Bible." (J Johnston Bible Contradictions)​

​

Amen.​

Jesus Christ did! He obeyed every instruction, and I was paraphrasing, and it is still "every Word"