Not By Works

she spread this same deception to those who were with her.

He did not use God's word to deceive....HE EMBELLISHED God's word to deceive

Here is the very first lie satan told the "woman". "You are already saved". You are already set. No instructions, no tests, no trials, no repentance, no nothing. He convinced her FIRST that she wasn't going to die, which was contrary to what her creator had already told her.

I repeat, whether we transgress the law, or rebel against the law, rebellion is stronger than simple transgression, nobody here is trying to change God's law of love that runs through the whole Bible.

(Except maybe those who wish to override God's law of love by superimposing the law of Moses.)

false.

Adam was not deceived; 1 Timothy 2:14

The law of God you mean.

It was the fault of the Pharisee that, though he went up into the temple to pray, he did not pray; there is no prayer in all that he said. It is one excellence of the tax collector that he went up to the temple to pray, and he did pray: there is nothing but prayer in all that he said. “God be merciful to me a sinner” is a pure, unadulterated prayer throughout;

It was a chief excellence in the devotion of the tax collector that he confessed his sin, indeed, that his utterance was full of confession of sin: from beginning to end it was an acknowledgment of his guilt, and an appeal for grace to the merciful God. The prayer of the tax collector is admirable for its fullness of meaning. An expositor calls it a "holy telegram", and certainly it is so compact and so condensed, so free from superfluous words, that it is worthy to be called by that name.

He speaks of great matters, and trifles are not thought about. He has nothing to do with fastings twice in the week, or the paying of tithes, and such second-rate things; the matters he deals with are of a higher order. His trembling heart moves among sublimities which overcome him, and he speaks in tones consistent with it. He deals with the greatest things that ever can be: he pleads for his life, his soul. Where could he find themes more weighty, more vital to his eternal interests? He is not playing at prayer, but pleading in awful earnest.

A sense of sin without faith drives us from God, but a sense of sin with faith draws us immediately to God. He came to God alone; he felt that it would be of no avail to confess his fault to a mortal, or to look for absolution from man. He did not resort to the priest of the temple, but to the God of the temple. He did not ask to speak to the good and learned man, the Pharisee, who stood on the same floor with him. His enquiry room was the secret of his own soul, and he enquired from the Lord. He ran straight to God, who alone was able to help;

This story of the Pharisee and the tax collector is intended as an encouraging example to you. If this man who was the sinner found forgiveness, so also shall you if you seek it in the same way. One sinner has succeeded so well, why should not you? Come and try for yourself, and see if the Lord does not prove in your case that his mercy endures for ever.

For the last 2000 years millions of people have been living under God's everlasting covenant of grace.

You call it the law of God, but I think of it as God's temporary covenant. For the last 2000 years millions of people have been living under God's everlasting covenant of grace. All except the Jews that is. This everlasting covenant was promised way back and yet people choose to ignore it. Here we have it repeated:

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer 32:40 KJV)

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. (Eze 37:26 KJV)

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. (2Sa 23:5 KJV)

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. (Isa 55:3 KJV)

You quoted me talking about rebelling against God and that is precisely what people are doing when they rebel against God's EVERLASTING Covenant. This is not simple transgression of the law, it is full scale disobedience and to reject, even to fight against it, as happens here, is to reject God himself. People need to examine themselves.

Thank you Father that you see the heart of a person.

Isaiah 42:3
3 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.

42:3 The phrase a bruised reed represents the poor and needy (41:17; 42:7). The phrase not break is an understatement for the positive equivalent: “mend” or “restore.” A smoking flax represents those who have almost lost their faith and hope in the Lord. The Servant will come to restore the poor and needy and encourage people in the faith (see Matt. 11:5).

Hi BillG, how could you know that my wife and I sing this song Amazing Grace frequently together, in her Thai language, and in English at the same time makes for a good blend, thank you.

God bless!

Thank you Father that you see the heart of a person.

Isaiah 42:3
3 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.

42:3 The phrase a bruised reed represents the poor and needy (41:17; 42:7). The phrase not break is an understatement for the positive equivalent: “mend” or “restore.” A smoking flax represents those who have almost lost their faith and hope in the Lord. The Servant will come to restore the poor and needy and encourage people in the faith (see Matt. 11:5).

For God's first covenant to be understood in matters of longevity, I think we'd have to know how long a time there was between creation and the second Adam.

Imagine that voice with the bagpipes in the other video.

do you mean as though the Sinai covenant was given at creation . . . ???

I posted my above just as you finished posting your post.

Yes. As in Genesis 8:15 through Genesis 9:17.