24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Question? What was the purpose..or establishment of the Law for?
It was to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith
When are you no longer under a school Master[Law]? When faith is come
You asked: what is our Mirror once Faith is Come? Its the perfect law of liberty("Jesus Christ in us our hope of glory")
James 1..around 23-25
"But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does."
John 15;5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
I believe he is blessed in what He does because his actions come from love....based on the faithfulness of Christ that produces faith that desires to love...
This is why the commandments are not burdensome....not [commandments under the law] the commandments after believing Jesus is Lord. Love one another
James is contrasting 2 different laws...
It's like saying faith without works is dead
As the doer of the Law is Justified not merely the hearer.
Anyway back to the 2 scriptures .[John 15;5 and James 1.].The perfect law of liberty as I might see it, comparing scripture with scripture is not the ten commandments..it's Christ who fulfilled the law.[God's Love]
Christ-living up to or obeying his sayings[words, commands] ultimately Love
Do any abide in CHRIST if a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come and they turn away from it? John says it is obedience to God's LAW through love that is the difference between the children of God and the children of the devil *1 JOHN 3:9-10.
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THOSE WHO FOLLOW GOD DO NOT PRACTICE SIN
1 JOHN 3:4 [4], Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
JOHN 8:34 [34], Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, WHOSOEVER COMMITS SIN IS A SERVANT OF SIN.
Jesus wants to make you free from sin [BREAKING GODS LAW]...
JOHN 8:36 [36], IF THE SON OF MAN SHALL MAKE YOU FREE YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED.
1 JOHN 3:6 [6], Whosoaver abides in him SINS NOT; WHOSOEVER SINS HAS NEITHER SEEN HIM OR KNOWS HIM.
1 JOHN 2:4 [4], HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEP NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
1 JOHN 3:7 [7], Little children, let no man deceive you: HE THAT DOES RIGHTOEUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS, EVEN HAS HE IS RIGHTOUES.
PSALMS 119:172 [172], My tongue shall speak of your word: for ALL YOUR COMMANDMENTRS ARE RIGHTOUESNESS.
1 JOHN 3:8-10 [8], HE THAT COMMITS SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.[9], WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT COMMIT SIN; for his nature remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. [10], IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL:whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
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HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW GOD?
1 JOHN 2:3-4
[3], And hereby we do know that we know him,
if we keep his commandments.
[4], He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 JOHN 3:3-10
[3], And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
[4],
Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
[5], And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
[6], Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins
has not seen him, neither known him.
[7],
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
[8],
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[9], Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[10],
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
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WHO ARE GOD'S PEOPLE?
REVELATION 12:17, And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which
keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ
REVELATION 14:12, Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that
keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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WHO ARE THOSE THAT RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE?
REVELATION 22:14, Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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WHO HAS GOD'S SPIRIT?
ACTS 5:32, And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the
Holy Spirit,
WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THEM WHO OBEY HIM.
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SIN is the breaking of ANY of God's Commandments (
James 2:9-11;
Romans 7:7;
1 John 3:4). Those who CONTINUE in UNREPENTANT SIN will NOT enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. God's 4th commandment is one of the ten (
Exodus 20:8-11) If we knowingly break it when God asks us not to we stand guilty before God of committing sin (
James 2:8-12).
Only God's WORD is true and we should believe and follow it over the traditions and teachings of men that break the commandments of God.
