this whole thread proves the point, sin law, sin law, conexion..as the British say..
if we are talking law, we are talking sin.
That is an oft repeated claim. Sin and more importantly what we learn about the 'cause' of sin, temptation of the tempter, assuredly reacts within and does so internally because of the LAW
or any of Gods Words.
Jesus was clear about what happens where The Word is sown in
Mark 4:15. One does not avoid that internal confrontation by dodging Law
or thinking Grace Words don't cause the same problem.
Jesus said where WORD is sown. Not just law.
The Law and the Prophets contain many other matters as has been also noted prior by Jesus:
Matthew 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.
Believers can claim that the law is only X. There is no doubt that the adversary of our souls maintains an adverse relationship with Law AND Gods Words. And some will even go further and see the futility of trying to make the adversary legal or obedient.
The Law and the Prophets also contain matters of righteousness apart from Law. Matters of Grace. Matters of forgiveness. Matters of Hope. Matters of LOVE.
The adversary doesn't care to hear or practice any of these matters. And so, believers not seeing the above end up in the first square.
Denial of Gods Words. The adversary will not let them go any further. And that operator and operation transpires 'within.' Very few are allowed to see this matter. And they can't unless and until they 'get real' about what goes on inside of them. And only God can provide that sight. Others may say, see, it's right there. But in the end only God can Give The Light He has to give.
Til then God remains in contention with the enemy of our soul. There is no formulamatic way around this fact. No package from Mr. Grace preacher down the street is doing anyone any favors
by overlooking the obvious.
The gospel is the power over sin, not law, as all these posts prove, sin law, sin law...
And some can be shown that factually
there are other matters in Law. Many. There are ways shown therein on how God deals with the adversary OR how God will allow the adversary to rule over the heart whether under Law or Grace and what will end up happening to them. Israel landed in Babylon over matters of internal sin and dishonesty.
God does not bless any such hearts, but sends them into blinded captivity and DENIAL.
There are more interesting things going on. And God has provided His Patterns and Ways for any led into His Words.
His Way will not land in denial of His Own Words.
When the people of Israel were read the LAW in the days of Nehemiah, they wept
because they saw that God did deal with lawlessness 'in Israel.'
And God does deal with lawlessness in whomever it is found. Whether under Law or under Grace. Using Grace as a cover for the adversary doesn't fool God one bit.
In the end, all Word first and foremost is a test of honesty. It is a test to see who wants to stand before God with a WHOLE HEART.
Those who stand before Him claiming a legal, faithful obedient tempter within or a tempter within under Grace?
Nah. It ain't gonna happen. I'm certainly not saying any such will not be saved. That is not how God sees any of us.
This is His Factual Sight of any believer, in their lump of flesh:
[believer and the tempter]
Seeing only this,
how God sees us, will lead to living a better life. A life
not bound into DECEPTION but divided from our enemy within in Truth.
All this stuff that has divided the churches really doesn't revolve around the jots and tittles of the disagreements whatsoever.
It is only the working in RED being continually and perpetually shown in different external manifestations.
Those who are divided will learn to love each others regardless of the working in red.
His Love is all that counts. Love aggravates the tempter, to his demise, and in the end,
will be Gods Way of his destruction.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And
the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed,
to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
One sits claiming their sin of the tempter legally obedient within under Law. The other spreads Grace upon same and denies Gods Words.
And all remain locked into contention and division, not seeing what really happened within them. They all condemn each others. There is the showing of what is in them. Or they deny The Word. There is another showing.
These too have Divine Reasons behind them.
Psalm 11:5
The LORD trieth the righteous
God Is Love. And Love seeks to enter the temple more and more. As much as we can take.
Psalm 37:28
For
the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever:
but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 119:140
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Psalm 145:20
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Proverbs 8:
20 I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21 That I may cause those that love me
to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
enjoy!
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