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Faith is keeping the Law ! 1
Faith is keeping the Law ! 1
To say that we are Justified by Faith, as our act before God, is not only saying Justification by our works but also its saying Justification by the works of the Law, by keeping the Law, for Faith in God is commanded by the Law, so Jesus states to the jews who had the Law delivered unto them Matt 23:23
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
The law here in the greek text is :
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον καὶ τὸ ἄνηθον καὶ τὸ κύμινον καὶ ἀφήκατε τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον καὶ τὴν πίστιν ταῦτα ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι
Tou nomou law here is preceded by the definite article to distinguish it as the definite law of God, and included in it is the Faith which to them should have been DONE ! Done means to perform or act well !
That word done is the same greek word the Jailor uses when he asked the question Acts 16:30
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do
to be saved?
Now the design of the The Law in the mosaic economy was to reveal Christ in Types and Shadows, Faith in Christ as the coming Messiah Redeemer, the Seed of the women was commanded particular to the OT Elect under the Law as it was for the NT Elect under the Gospel dispensation. Thats why Paul said to the Elect jews of galatia Gal 3:24-25
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
The same Law in Gal 3:24 with the definite article is the same Law of Matt 23:23 with the definite article
And the Faith in Vs 25 which has the definite article :
ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς πίστεως οὐκέτι ὑπὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν
is the same as the Faith with the definite article in Matt 23:23 ! The word faith there is τὴν πίστιν , the one and only faith !
Faith is keeping the Law ! 1
To say that we are Justified by Faith, as our act before God, is not only saying Justification by our works but also its saying Justification by the works of the Law, by keeping the Law, for Faith in God is commanded by the Law, so Jesus states to the jews who had the Law delivered unto them Matt 23:23
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
The law here in the greek text is :
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ ἡδύοσμον καὶ τὸ ἄνηθον καὶ τὸ κύμινον καὶ ἀφήκατε τὰ βαρύτερα τοῦ νόμου τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον καὶ τὴν πίστιν ταῦτα ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι
Tou nomou law here is preceded by the definite article to distinguish it as the definite law of God, and included in it is the Faith which to them should have been DONE ! Done means to perform or act well !
That word done is the same greek word the Jailor uses when he asked the question Acts 16:30
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do
to be saved?
Now the design of the The Law in the mosaic economy was to reveal Christ in Types and Shadows, Faith in Christ as the coming Messiah Redeemer, the Seed of the women was commanded particular to the OT Elect under the Law as it was for the NT Elect under the Gospel dispensation. Thats why Paul said to the Elect jews of galatia Gal 3:24-25
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
The same Law in Gal 3:24 with the definite article is the same Law of Matt 23:23 with the definite article
And the Faith in Vs 25 which has the definite article :
ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς πίστεως οὐκέτι ὑπὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν
is the same as the Faith with the definite article in Matt 23:23 ! The word faith there is τὴν πίστιν , the one and only faith !