Shasta
Well-known member
False accusation.
I apologize for the comparison. I certainly did not mean to imply that what you believe is IDENTICAL to what the Gnostics taught.
All about the nation of Israel and their relationship with God.
The context is God's relationship with Israel.
As I said before, the new covenant promised:
- FORGIVENESS of sin
- Becoming GOD'S PEOPLE
- KNOWING God
- Transformation: HAVING the law written on our hearts (by the Spirit)
…4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into THE MYSTERY of Christ, 5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. This mystery was that through THE GOSPEL [singular] the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body.
(Ephesians 3:5-6)
The body of Christ is not under the law. So why would we need the law written in/on our hearts?
The term “Law” does not always refer to the COVENANT of the Law. It can also refer to the moral content of the God’s commands which represents Gods will for all humanity
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For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the righteous standard of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but [but live] according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit
(Romans 8:3-5)
Those who are born after the flesh and live in the flesh cannot fulfill the “righteous intent of the law” Instead, they follow the dictates of the flesh and mind, a disposition which is naturally opposed to the holy nature of God. By His sacrifice, Jesus obtained forgiveness for us. This enabled the Holy Spirit to move inside of us and begin changing us from the inside out. Now if we we walk in the Spirit we will “not fulfill the lusts of the flesh”
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to one another, so that you do not do what you want. 18 But if you are LED BY THE SPIRIT, you are not under the law.…(Galatians 5:16-18)
If we walk in the Spirit we are not under the condemnation of the law because we will be doing His will by His power.