A foolish question?
I will tell you what the law gives us
When we stand in front of Christ, God will use the ten commands to PROVE we were sinners.
And when we try to show him how many great works we did, how much we loved the law. How many works we did in his name.
He will agains use that law. To PROVE you were under the curse of the law. And to show you how you have no excuse, how that SAME law showed you how your sins woudl be remitted or atoned for. And if you had only looked to the law as it was purposed to be looked at. You would realise this.
But since you did not? Hiw reply will be depart from me for I NEVER KNEW YOU.
You see, I see in my view that you want to take the law which God gave to PROVE TO US how sinful we REALY ARE, in hopes of leading us to the one high priest and lamb of God. And make it into something else. Which it was never intended to be. And I just can not agree with that
To me, This is the same mistake the pharisees Made. And you know what? They did the same thing to Jesus and his followers that any here do to us? tell us how we hate Gods law. Hate obedience, Hate people that wish to be obedient. Love our sin, and in effect Hate God. And anyone who wants to be obedient, so we attack them, and all the other things we get accused of.
Well just like the tax collector. We see who went home justified. It was not the one who always focused on himself. How righteous he was. How much he loves God. And how much he is being attacked. He looked at the same law. Saw his condemnation. And understood the sacrifices could never remove sin, and called out to God for salvation
he went home justified, He went home adopted as a child of God. He went home wiht the eternal life Jesus told nicodemus anyone who believed would have, With the rivers of living water he romised the woman at the well and anyone else who asks for this living water. He went home after having eaten the flesh and blood of Christ, recieved the promises that he would never hunger, never thirst, He would live forever, He HAS eternal life, HE WILL be risen on the last day, And he s NO LONGER DEAD. (I can go on and on and give many other examples of what that person received the moment God answered him) but hope-full you get The point.
Now what is this person going to do? He is going to go get baptized. Go and by Gods grace and Mercy and power change his life. Be one who obeys Gods commands, Because he is a new creature, and can as john said, no longer live in sin (the way he did before)
But sadly people want to take that power away from him and try to put him back under law. And thats the most dangerous thing a new believer can get caught up in, It will want to destroy them. I know. I not only experienced this sad fate, I have witnessed many people who also suffered the same fate..
When we stand in front of God the books will be opened. All sins not repented of will be right there convicting us. All sins repented of will have been blotted out. We will received linen for righteous acts or punishment for sin. THAT IS WHY ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAW IS SO IMPORTANT. NOT FOR YOU BUT FOR THE "LAMBS" And if you teach a "lamb" there is no law to be aware of that you must follow, then that :"lamb does not repent" and when that "lamb" stands before God, all those sins not repented of are there. Teach a lamb the law, teach a lamb to repent, get the lamb to God with all sins blotted out. THAT IS OUR JOB FOR GOD. Feed my sheep. Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep. Three fold ministry that when teaching you should never forget. It isn't about you. It is about those that are lost. You have years. You teach someone there is just a spirit and it guides you and they have no idea how important it is, that is one clean house for the devil to jump into. Just sayin...