God never intended life by the Law !
God never intended life by the Law !
Gal 2:21
21 I do not frustrate
the grace of God: for
if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Gal 3:21
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.
This is a lesson that the natural man will never learn, he will always seek life out of law keeping in some form or other, and unfortunately those who remain in that mindset are under the curse of the Law.
Now if God never intended Eternal Life by means of keeping the Law, why did Jesus respond to the question of the young man here in this manner Matt 19:15-22
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Well what Jesus was showing this young man is that no one can do that which is required to inherit Eternal Life.
Yes, if he could have done it, he would have a right to enter in Eternal Life based upon his own doings.
But God never intended Eternal Life based upon man keeping the Law, it was always based upon a promise of Grace, this was Established before the World Began Titus 1:1-2
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
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Paul also makes it clear that the Inhritance of Eternal Life was promised before the Law was Given Gal 3:16-21
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
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.
In fact the Promise was given before any law was given to Adam in the garden, because the promise is from before the World began Titus 1:2
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In hope of eternal life and or Inheritance, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
Now if these things be True, how do we see verses like this Rom 2:7,10-13
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
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For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
The reason is this, its because of Christ, The Eternal Inheritance was to be gained not by man keeping the Law, but God Man in Christ. It was premised on His Law Keeping both in Righteous Living and enduring the Penalty of sinners that through Him all the Promises of Eternal Inheritance was to be gained. As the Covenant Head of the People He was to Isa 42:21
21 The Lord is well pleased
for his righteousness' sake;
he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
That was the End of the Law Given, for Christ to magnify it and make it Honorable by His Redemptive Life and Death, other than that, it was given to the People to show them their sinfulness and the reason why they should look forward to the Coming Seed who would do it for them Gal 3:18-19
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
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Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come[Christ] to whom the promise was made[Before the Foundation]; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The Seed Christ was to keep the Law for the Seed of Promise ! So God never intended life by the Law as far as man keeping the law was concerned for it, but He did intend it by means the Mediator Keeping it on their behalf thereby magnifying it and making it Honorable !