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CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE IN THE NC WITHOUT GOD'S LAW? (Part 1/2)
From the scriptures it was shown God's grace is linked to MERCY and PEACE and TRUTH because all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death. *Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23. But God so loved our world that he sent his only SON to die on our behalf for the sins that we all have committed in order to bring us back to GOD.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 8:3-4 [3], For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: [4], THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.
God's grace is shown that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-10 [6], For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
[7], For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. [8], But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9], Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10], For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
This leads us to the next question.
CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE IN THE NC WITHOUT GOD'S LAW?
If we are all sinners in need of a Savior for all of us have sinned according to Romans 3:23. If we do not know that we are sinners will how can we see God's grace? Notice this next question from Jesus to the Pharisees that thought they were righteous in God's eyes.
Matthew 7:12-13 [12], But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [13], But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
and again...
MATTHEW 5:20 [20], For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
According to the scriptures Jesus came to magnify the law from the inside out quoting Matthew 5:17-32 (thoughts and feelings) in fulfillment of *Isaiah 42:21. This is to show that unless our righteousness exceeds or is greater than the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees we can in no way enter into the the kingdom of heaven *Matthew 5:20. Jesus is saying the problem runs deeper then outward observance to the 10 Commandments. Evil begins in the heart *Mark 7:21; John 5:42; Jeremiah 18:12 which is why we need to be born again *John 3:3-7 into God's new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12 and receive a new one *Ezekiel 36:24-27.
Jesus says that it is the breaking of any one of God's 10 commandments from the heart is what defiles a man in Matthew 15:18-19. Jesus is saying we can be outwardly perfect and blameless like the Scribes and Pharisee but inwardly like dead mans bones *Matthew 23:27-28. Jesus magnified the law to the inside out. To show us that we are all sinners in need of a Savior and that sin originates in our heart (thoughts and feelings). That is why we have the new covenant promise and need to be born again by Faith in God's Word for God's salvation is to be set free from the sins we have become a slave to (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments) *John 8:31-36; Romans 6:1-23
If we are not born again *John 3:3-7 into God's nee covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12 and continue in it we will not enter the kingdom of Heaven *1 John 2:3-4; John 3:3-7. All those who knowingly break any one of God's 10 commandments stand guilty before God of sin according to James *James 2:10-11. All those who knowingly continue in unrepentant sin will not enter into God's kingdom according to Paul in *Hebrews 10:26-27 because they reject the gift of God's dear son *Romans 6:23 and count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing doing despite to the Spirit of God's grace *Hebrews 10:26-31. God's 4th Commandment is one of the 10 Commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is. There is no such thing as the 9 commandments in God's WORD. The same as there is no scripture that says God's 4th commandment is Abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a Holy day.
Righteousness comes from love because love is the fulfilling of God's Law in all those who believe and follow God's Word and is the very expression of what love is according to Romans 13:8-10. He that does not love does not know God for God is love according to John in 1 JOHN 4:8. All those who are born again have a new heart to love and follow God *1 John 4:7. This is the new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12.
According to God's Word those who are born again to love do not practice sin (breaking God's Commandments) *1 John 3:4-9. This is why John finishes on this subject by saying; For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous *1 John 5:2-3 and is why Jesus says if you love me keep my commandments *John 14:15. Unless we are born again under God's new covenant promise to give us a new heart to love we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven *John 3:3-7 as we need to be changed from the from the inside out and God's salvation is from the inside out.
CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE WITHOUT GOD'S LAW?
Absolutely not! "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick." (Matthew 9:12-13). The purpose of God's law is to show us that we have all sinned and are all sinners in need of God's salvation from the great Physician. God's law is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ that we might be forgiven through faith *Galatians 3:22-25. This also includes God's 4th commandment which is one of God's 10 commandments according to Exodus 20:8-11; Hebrews 4:9
We will go more into this question in PART 2 of this post....
God bless.
CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE IN THE NC WITHOUT GOD'S LAW? (Part 1/2)
From the scriptures it was shown God's grace is linked to MERCY and PEACE and TRUTH because all of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death. *Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23. But God so loved our world that he sent his only SON to die on our behalf for the sins that we all have committed in order to bring us back to GOD.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 8:3-4 [3], For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: [4], THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT.
God's grace is shown that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-10 [6], For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
[7], For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. [8], But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [9], Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10], For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
This leads us to the next question.
CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE IN THE NC WITHOUT GOD'S LAW?
If we are all sinners in need of a Savior for all of us have sinned according to Romans 3:23. If we do not know that we are sinners will how can we see God's grace? Notice this next question from Jesus to the Pharisees that thought they were righteous in God's eyes.
Matthew 7:12-13 [12], But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [13], But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
and again...
MATTHEW 5:20 [20], For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
According to the scriptures Jesus came to magnify the law from the inside out quoting Matthew 5:17-32 (thoughts and feelings) in fulfillment of *Isaiah 42:21. This is to show that unless our righteousness exceeds or is greater than the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees we can in no way enter into the the kingdom of heaven *Matthew 5:20. Jesus is saying the problem runs deeper then outward observance to the 10 Commandments. Evil begins in the heart *Mark 7:21; John 5:42; Jeremiah 18:12 which is why we need to be born again *John 3:3-7 into God's new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12 and receive a new one *Ezekiel 36:24-27.
Jesus says that it is the breaking of any one of God's 10 commandments from the heart is what defiles a man in Matthew 15:18-19. Jesus is saying we can be outwardly perfect and blameless like the Scribes and Pharisee but inwardly like dead mans bones *Matthew 23:27-28. Jesus magnified the law to the inside out. To show us that we are all sinners in need of a Savior and that sin originates in our heart (thoughts and feelings). That is why we have the new covenant promise and need to be born again by Faith in God's Word for God's salvation is to be set free from the sins we have become a slave to (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments) *John 8:31-36; Romans 6:1-23
If we are not born again *John 3:3-7 into God's nee covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12 and continue in it we will not enter the kingdom of Heaven *1 John 2:3-4; John 3:3-7. All those who knowingly break any one of God's 10 commandments stand guilty before God of sin according to James *James 2:10-11. All those who knowingly continue in unrepentant sin will not enter into God's kingdom according to Paul in *Hebrews 10:26-27 because they reject the gift of God's dear son *Romans 6:23 and count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing doing despite to the Spirit of God's grace *Hebrews 10:26-31. God's 4th Commandment is one of the 10 Commandments that give us the knowledge of what sin is. There is no such thing as the 9 commandments in God's WORD. The same as there is no scripture that says God's 4th commandment is Abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a Holy day.
Righteousness comes from love because love is the fulfilling of God's Law in all those who believe and follow God's Word and is the very expression of what love is according to Romans 13:8-10. He that does not love does not know God for God is love according to John in 1 JOHN 4:8. All those who are born again have a new heart to love and follow God *1 John 4:7. This is the new covenant promise *Hebrews 8:10-12.
According to God's Word those who are born again to love do not practice sin (breaking God's Commandments) *1 John 3:4-9. This is why John finishes on this subject by saying; For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous *1 John 5:2-3 and is why Jesus says if you love me keep my commandments *John 14:15. Unless we are born again under God's new covenant promise to give us a new heart to love we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven *John 3:3-7 as we need to be changed from the from the inside out and God's salvation is from the inside out.
CAN WE HAVE GOD'S GRACE WITHOUT GOD'S LAW?
Absolutely not! "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick." (Matthew 9:12-13). The purpose of God's law is to show us that we have all sinned and are all sinners in need of God's salvation from the great Physician. God's law is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ that we might be forgiven through faith *Galatians 3:22-25. This also includes God's 4th commandment which is one of God's 10 commandments according to Exodus 20:8-11; Hebrews 4:9
We will go more into this question in PART 2 of this post....
God bless.
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