marhig
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Can you elaborate?
The only one who followed it perfectly was Christ.
Matthew 5
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
We're not perfect no, we're just flesh. But if we love and obey God and the holy spirit is strong in our heart and Christ is in us and through us, then we will be living as above and and we will living right before God. God changes our heart to be more like his, and he's perfect and it's all done through Christ!
Why the differentiation between the circumcision and the uncircumcision? Why is one by faith and the other through?
Because the jews have the laws and the gentiles don't, the gentiles go in through their faith and then the laws are put into their hearts and minds by the the spirit and if they follow the spirit and live by him, then they'll obey him as he teaches them and they'll live by the will of God and not after the will of their flesh. They'll deny themselves and bare their cross. The jews on the other hand have the laws, but some won't have faith they think following the law is enough, but until they have faith they won't be justified so by faith they are justified.
Jesus couldn't heal people until they had faith in him. And the laws are good, they show people what sin is, but they don't save, we are saved through faith by the grace of God. Without faith the laws are nothing, because without faith, we don't truly believe in God.
We don't change anything; He does that.
Yes your right, but we have to listen to him and deny ourselves. We are tempted and tested every day. And it's up to us to listen to the spirit not flesh and obey God and do his works thus we'll bare the fruits of the spirit and others will see Christ in us, he is a bright and shining light, the light of the world. And those who have the light will shine in this world of darkness, and bring the life and love of Christ to those they meet.
If you are a true lighthouse, you will be a light in the darkness, guiding those who are lost to safety. If you have no light, then those who are lost will be destroyed.
The rest of your post wasn't for me, but for 1 mind 1 spirit