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Grace is a hard thing to understand, impossible for the rational mind to contemplate, as is the very foundation upon which the new covenant stands:
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 ‘This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.’b]'>[b]
17 Then he adds:
‘Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more
Heb10:16&17
Paul tells us:
When the law was given sin increased(Rom5:20) Why:
The power of sin is the law(of righteousness/justification)1Cor15:56
Why is the power of sin the law?
The penalty of sin brings great fear of sin, and fear of sin brings(strangely) much allurement to sin
So God did an amazing thing. He transferred the law from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts(2Cor3:3) It is no longer an external law written on tablets of stone but an internal law written on tablets of human hearts. Meaning, in your heart you want to live as God desires you to live, for that is where the law has been placed. Because, and only because this has happened:
Your sins and lawless deeds will be remembered no more.
No justification of observing the law. This cannot result in those truly born again considering such grace a licence to sin, for the law is in their heart, and they in their heart want to obey it. And the law will never be removed from the heart of those truly born again.
With the power of sin(righteousness of obeying the law) removed from the truly born again believer, what is the result? The born again believers heartfelt desire to obey can now come to fruition, for what opposes obedience (justification of obeying the law) was dealt a crushing blow by Christ dying to remove its true power from the believers life. And so Paul states:
Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather we uphold the law(Rom3:31)
Those who only have a head theology, cannot comprehend or accept the covenant, which is probably why so many on the internet refuse to accept it. They insist you must obey the law to be justified or you have a licence to sin. They do not understand the basics of the New Covenant to state that. Also, how can anyone who has the law in their most inward parts convince themselves they perfectly obey it? That is not possible. For though the power of sin has been removed from the believers life, if they accept the truth of the covenant, that does not mean they will ever be perfect in their flesh:
For by one sacrifice he has made FOREVER PERFECT, those who are BEING made holy(Heb10:14)
If you were sinless/perfect in your flesh, you would not be BEING made holy, you would already be perfectly holy. But God sees you as perfect forever, for he sees the sacrifice his son made for you at Calvary.
Why do so many refuse to accept the covenant?
But many after drinking the old wine don’t want the new, for they say: The old is better Luke5:39
For those who reject the truth, they are left with preaching a message they cannot attain to in their own lives.
But, in NT times, some who were insincere, and had not truly been born again sought to use grace as a licence to sin(Jude4) But that did not stop Paul, (who, if we accept the canon was divinely inspired, was chosen as the chief exponent of the new covenant to the world) preaching the message boldly. But he made sure he warned those who did seek to use grace as a licence to sin of the perils in doing so.
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 ‘This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.’b]'>[b]
17 Then he adds:
‘Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more
Heb10:16&17
Paul tells us:
When the law was given sin increased(Rom5:20) Why:
The power of sin is the law(of righteousness/justification)1Cor15:56
Why is the power of sin the law?
The penalty of sin brings great fear of sin, and fear of sin brings(strangely) much allurement to sin
So God did an amazing thing. He transferred the law from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts(2Cor3:3) It is no longer an external law written on tablets of stone but an internal law written on tablets of human hearts. Meaning, in your heart you want to live as God desires you to live, for that is where the law has been placed. Because, and only because this has happened:
Your sins and lawless deeds will be remembered no more.
No justification of observing the law. This cannot result in those truly born again considering such grace a licence to sin, for the law is in their heart, and they in their heart want to obey it. And the law will never be removed from the heart of those truly born again.
With the power of sin(righteousness of obeying the law) removed from the truly born again believer, what is the result? The born again believers heartfelt desire to obey can now come to fruition, for what opposes obedience (justification of obeying the law) was dealt a crushing blow by Christ dying to remove its true power from the believers life. And so Paul states:
Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather we uphold the law(Rom3:31)
Those who only have a head theology, cannot comprehend or accept the covenant, which is probably why so many on the internet refuse to accept it. They insist you must obey the law to be justified or you have a licence to sin. They do not understand the basics of the New Covenant to state that. Also, how can anyone who has the law in their most inward parts convince themselves they perfectly obey it? That is not possible. For though the power of sin has been removed from the believers life, if they accept the truth of the covenant, that does not mean they will ever be perfect in their flesh:
For by one sacrifice he has made FOREVER PERFECT, those who are BEING made holy(Heb10:14)
If you were sinless/perfect in your flesh, you would not be BEING made holy, you would already be perfectly holy. But God sees you as perfect forever, for he sees the sacrifice his son made for you at Calvary.
Why do so many refuse to accept the covenant?
But many after drinking the old wine don’t want the new, for they say: The old is better Luke5:39
For those who reject the truth, they are left with preaching a message they cannot attain to in their own lives.
But, in NT times, some who were insincere, and had not truly been born again sought to use grace as a licence to sin(Jude4) But that did not stop Paul, (who, if we accept the canon was divinely inspired, was chosen as the chief exponent of the new covenant to the world) preaching the message boldly. But he made sure he warned those who did seek to use grace as a licence to sin of the perils in doing so.
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