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I think you are right. The reference is to the law given by God to Moses. Paul has more to say on the topic in some of his other letters. For example,
Agreed. Does that mean that the law in its totality is not applicable to Christians or is there some kind of selectivity implied?
In its totality.
The Levitical regulations--the wall of separation; i.e., sacrifices, defilements, cleansings, feasts, etc., etc., etc.,--has been abolished on the cross in the death of Christ, reconciling Jew to Gentile in one body, and in that one body reconciling both of them to God (by remission of sin through faith) through the cross.
How does your [our] faith tradition interpret that passage? I am asking for the sake of readers of this thread.
As stated above, I believe he was speaking to Jews and the old Law. The Gentile Christians did not need to receive the old law in its fullness or circumcision to be redeemed by Christ.
Does Romans 2 present them as hopeless, in terms of law, when it provides a law by which they will be judged at the final judgment (Romans 2:16); i.e., the law of their conscience (Romans 2:14-15).
However, Judaism did not redeem anyone, only faith in the Promise(d seed, Jesus Christ, Genesis 15:5) redeemed anyone (Genesis 15:6).
Right, for the Mosiac Law never saved them because they could not obey it to God's standard.
The angels were tried and judged before the creation of man, and are no longer subject to trial and judgment.
However, no one is under any covenant other than the new covenant by faith, which is not a covenant of law, but of grace.
Agreed. . .but what causes one to be condemned is unbelief, because belief in and trust on the person and atoning sacrifice (blood, Romans 3:25) of Jesus Christ for the remission of one's sin and right standing with God's judgment; i.e., "not guilty," declared righteous (justified) with the righteousness of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:17, Romans 3:20-24) is what saves you from that condemnation under which you were born (Romans 5:18).
Interesting, I agree yet want to ask; is it a grave sin to work on the Sabbath, for example the person who gathered sticks for a fire on the Sabbath day in Moses' day was executed for the transgression, is working on a Sabbath as serious as it was when Moses was alive?
