Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. - Romans 3:19
The law which condemns Jews: Romans 2:12 - ... And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it.
The law which condemns Gentiles: Romans 2:14 - Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.
We then covered Jew and Gentile, but there is a third group in scripture, the church!
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, - Romans 8:1
The promise of no condemnation is only given to those who are in Christ, which is the church of Christ. Those who are in the world, the Jews and the Gentiles, are condemned by either the law of Moses or the law of their conscience.
This also outlines the 3 groups God deals with and recognizes in scripture as three distinct peoples.
Is the law then done away with for a Christian? No. It condemns us Christians too! Except, it condemns our old life which is past and gone away with forever.
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. - Romans 7:2
Death then is the condemnation we receive through the atonement of Christ, which is the crucifixion of our old nature spiritually. This is the goodness of God's law, for without capital punishment, we would be forever bound by our sins.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. - Romans 6:11
The death to sin, occurs by the law, not against the law, and not by annulling the law, but by the capital punishment it prescribes against sin, giving God the authority to punish our sin nature under capital punishment at the cross, through Jesus Christ. And the degree to which that atonement is final, is the degree to which sin is dead. That atonement was final in a way that exceeded the law, for Christ having died by the law was raised by faith. Therefore, faith was greater than the retribution that the law prescribed. And so having suffered the full wrath of the law, we have no obligation to it, by faith... the cessation of that obligation though is not in rejection to the law, but in acceptance of its punishment.
The law which condemns Jews: Romans 2:12 - ... And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it.
The law which condemns Gentiles: Romans 2:14 - Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.
We then covered Jew and Gentile, but there is a third group in scripture, the church!
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, - Romans 8:1
The promise of no condemnation is only given to those who are in Christ, which is the church of Christ. Those who are in the world, the Jews and the Gentiles, are condemned by either the law of Moses or the law of their conscience.
This also outlines the 3 groups God deals with and recognizes in scripture as three distinct peoples.
Is the law then done away with for a Christian? No. It condemns us Christians too! Except, it condemns our old life which is past and gone away with forever.
For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. - Romans 7:2
Death then is the condemnation we receive through the atonement of Christ, which is the crucifixion of our old nature spiritually. This is the goodness of God's law, for without capital punishment, we would be forever bound by our sins.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. - Romans 6:11
The death to sin, occurs by the law, not against the law, and not by annulling the law, but by the capital punishment it prescribes against sin, giving God the authority to punish our sin nature under capital punishment at the cross, through Jesus Christ. And the degree to which that atonement is final, is the degree to which sin is dead. That atonement was final in a way that exceeded the law, for Christ having died by the law was raised by faith. Therefore, faith was greater than the retribution that the law prescribed. And so having suffered the full wrath of the law, we have no obligation to it, by faith... the cessation of that obligation though is not in rejection to the law, but in acceptance of its punishment.