Knowing who Jesus is and that He obeyed the Law and commands our obedience, yes. God's love for us is displayed perfectly in the person of His Son.
Living by God's Law
- Thread starter Jacob
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All have sinned, but the Law is not for the righteous but the sinner.
A sinner saved by grace or a person saved from their sin?
Obedience may be something that follows after (spiritual) ability. But if you are right are you saying some people are unable to obey God? If obedience is made possible by the Spirit of God who dwells in a person then those who are born again by the Spirit of God and have the Spirit of God dwelling inside of them are able to obey God.
Jesus is my Lord, and I endeavor to obey Him.
What do you do with your life? What was impossible for you may become possible to you if you are willing. God can make it possible for you.
yes.
When a person lives by the law that means they are obeying God's commands found in the law. It means they do not transgress God's commands. When a person lives by the Spirit of God it may mean that they do not transgress God's law and therefore are they found doing God's commands found in the law of the old covenant or otherwise? Do you know?My hope is that you can learn the truth from the scripture you quote.
If you live by faith, being born again by the Spirit of God, that means that you were a sinner and God has saved you. Obedience to God's law, whether in the old covenant or the new, involves doing what is right in God's sight. No one is perfect means everyone needs to be saved. If you are saved it means you now obey (out of gratitude for salvation) because God has made it possible for you, where once you only had your best efforts.
So you obey all God's commands ? :rotfl:
No, but I want to and I obey many of them.
I grew up a Christian so I am familiar already with New Testament commands. I have come to find out there are 1050 of them. I obey many of the commands found in Torah or the old covenant Law.
achduke
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beloved57
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Do you believe that He did it for you ?
Yes, but not only me. God's promise for all of us is in Christ for the forgiveness of sins and eternal life for all who call on Him for salvation.
beloved57
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Do you believe that Christ obeyed the commandments of God for you, and that perfectly?
Yes, and that in this I have salvation. Obedience to God's commands, therefore, is a different matter from salvation.
beloved57
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So who's Law keeping is more pleasing to God ? Is it your own or Christs for you in your behalf ?
It's not a matter of whose is more pleasing to God, because what Jesus has done in complete obedience to God is pleasing to God and sufficient for my salvation.
beloved57
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It is a matter of who is more pleasing to God, you or Christ. Christ kept the Law perfectly, can you do that ?
But though I want to be pleasing to God and Christ it has nothing to do with Christ being pleasing to God in all that He has done unto my salvation. What I mean is that if I say or think that I am pleasing to God, that may be well and good if it is true... but it would do nothing for my salvation. Christ kept the Law perfectly. I already know that I have not. But I also know that as a Christian God wants me to obey Him.
beloved57
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You talk more about what you can do for God than what Christ did for God in behalf of His people!
Not true. What Christ did for me has been discussed in my life. I know what He did for me and I have demonstrated that I know what He did for me. What I do is what I can do because of what He did. My obedience adds nothing to my salvation that was purchased by Christ.
What I do in obedience to God matters to God, but not for my salvation. It can also be a different discussion from what God's Law or commands are for the unsaved or saved person / individual.
beloved57
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Not interested in the Song, but what Christ did for me unto the Lord.
If you understand what our Lord has done for you then you do well.