Soyeong
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The law of sin that s present in our members, our physical body, is not the law of God.
The law of God is His Commandments that are written on our heart and mind.
Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Romans :20-23
- Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
- I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
- For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
The law of God in our inward man is not the same as the law of sin (sin) that dwells in our flesh.
Paul is making a legal argument using certain terminology that is used in legal matters to make his main point, because he is primarily speaking to those that “know the law”, (Romans 7:1), which is why he keeps using the word “law” in his discourse.
The Point:
The law of sin in our members
The law of God according to our inward man
The law of the Spirit of Life
The law of Moses; The law of commandments contained in ordinances
The law of faith
The Law; The Torah (first five books of the Bible)
The Royal Law
The law; the 10 Commandments
Are all not the same law, though they may have variables within them that are interconnected
JLB
I completely agree that the law of sin is not the law of God, which is why I said that Paul contrasted the law of sin with the law of God in Romans 7:25. My point again is that "the law of the Lord, the law of Moses, the law of Christ, and the law of faith are all different ways of referring to the same law, which is the law that Jesus paid our penalty for transgressing, and which is different than the law of sin and death and works of the law."
Again, there are a number of verses that refer to the law of Moses as the law of God, such as Nehemiah 8:1-8, Ezra 7:6-12, and Luke 2:22-23, so that means that verses that are speaking about the law of God are speaking about the law of Moses, such as Romans 7:22. In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul equated the law of God with the law of the Spirit by contrasting them both with the law of sin and death, which means that the law of the Spirit of life is the law of Moss. In regard to Colossians 2:14, the Greek word "dogma" does not refer to the law of Moses, so it is not the law of commandments contained in ordinances. In Romans 3:27, Paul contrasted a law of works with a law of faith, so works of the law are of works, while he said in Romans 3:31 that our faith upholds God's law, so the law of Moses is the law of faith. Likewise, the Torah is referred to as the Law of Moses. The law of Moses is perfect (Psalms 19:7), it is a law of liberty (Psalms 119:45), and it blesses those who obey it (Psalms 119:1-3), so when James 1:25 speaks about the perfect law of liberty that blesses those who obey it, he was not saying anything about the law of Moses that wasn't already said in the Psalms, so the Royal law does not refer to something different. If we love God and our neighbor, when we won't commit adultery, theft, murder, idolatry, rape, kidnapping, favoritism, and so forth for everything else in the law of Moses, which is why Jesus said in Matthew 22:36-40 that all of the other commandments hang on the greatest two. The Ten Commandments are included as part of the law of Moses and all of the other commandments of the law of Moses are again based on the principles of the Ten Commandments. So everything in that list but the law of sin refers to the law of Moses.
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