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She should since she is like the Jews who went about establishing their own righteousness. Romans 10:3KJV
Wait.....you think using Hebrew establishes our righteousness? Oh, you really are confused!
She should since she is like the Jews who went about establishing their own righteousness. Romans 10:3KJV
I'll tell you why the "serve" isn't stressed by more believers. We take the charge of not boasting very seriously. Even a hint of what "we" do puts us in danger of sounding like those who boast in their own obedience/righteousness. I for one would rather err on the side of caution where that is concerned. I don't know of one single member of the body of Christ who would even dream of grieving the Spirit in us. We have no desire....because we have been freed from the Law. There is no "forbidden fruit" there. We have enough "faults" as human beings without going out seeking trouble.
1Cor 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1Cor 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
I see the liberty we have as similar to this:
All speed limits are lawful. But just because any speed is lawful doesn't mean it is a good idea to drive 120 mph through a school zone. That would be reckless even though you have the liberty to do so.
Or, to put it another way, if I do drive 120 mph through a school zone, even though it would be reckless, I have not broken the law.
The speeding analogy is a good one.
The law, itself, sets people up to want to break it. It's like the drinking age. Once you are legal to drink, the challenge is gone.
This is the best time I've had in days. No IMJ and no GT. If only it could always be this way....what a wonderful thing. :surf:
I might add ....
Galatians 3 KJV
(21) Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
I might add....
εκ νομου= out of law......no definite article....meaning from any law.
you can't help but notice how much fun they are having with this thread
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I had figured it might be a threat to their beliefs
Everyone kept on sinning in the flesh after Christ died.
I might add....
εκ νομου= out of law......no definite article....meaning from any law.
Yes, they did, making God's Law, His Will, even more important in our lives in that as new creatures, that Law helps us to know what sin is so that we can, with the help of the Ruach, avoid as much of it as possible, not drench ourselves in it. That's why God wrote His Law on our hearts...so we would have no excuse for not knowing.
Paul is speaking of the old law. The old law was not based on faith. A person could sin, give a sin offering, but not really be sorry for their sins.
Galatians 3:12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, "The person who does these things will live by them."
All those who are saved have to obey the law, the new law, the new law is in the New Covenant.
The new law is the law of the Spirit, see Romans 8:2, the perfect law, see James 1:25.
It is the law that gives freedom, see James 2:12.
It is the LAW that requires faith, see Romans 3:27.
It is the law of Christ, see 1 Corinthians 9:21, and Galatians 6:2.
You condemn yourself for if you obey the law you must live by them.
The SDA is controlled by a legalistic spirit...just leaving the church does not neccesarily free you from that spirit...you need deliverance.
It is a very powerful spirit.
She should since she is like the Jews who went about establishing their own righteousness. Romans 10:3KJV
......which sins are you not avoiding, not possible eh? perhaps you should make some sins venial and some mortal
You condemn yourself for if you obey the law you must live by them.
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Sin is sin and God's Law identifies what God considers sin.
The SDA is controlled by a legalistic spirit...just leaving that church does not neccesarily free you from that spirit...you need deliverance.
It is a very powerful spirit.