Perhaps I need to get a Law DegreeIt takes time my brother, time..be patient with yourself.
Before Pauls encounter with Jusus he believed he was alive because of his outward performance of obeying the law, he believed he was justified by his obedience to the law. When Christ showed him the spiritual nature of the law he then died because he realized no amount of outward obedience can justify a person in the sight of God, because no matter how obedient you are you are not justified by the law, that was never it's purpose. Justification can only come through Jesus and our willingness to let the old man die so we can be raised to a newness of life through the resurrection.
Ok , rough draft off the top of my head ... Legalism is essentially considering that a work is *needed* ( important , required , should do , supposed to do , etc ) for anything regarding one's spiritual state thinking that the Lord wants you to do it when the Lord did not directly tell you to do it or not do it .
How's that ?
I can't tell you what the law written on our hearts is. I can tell you what it isn't though. And that is the law written on our hearts isn't the law issued at Sinai. I think that Jesus said this in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus said - you have heard it said... but I say. This is clearly something different. See Jer 31:31-34 and Heb 8:6-13.
Good pointI don't really care what anyone teaches, I just look at what happens at the end of the story Mathew 7:23
23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!.......and then what Jesus says to the churches in Revelations to he who "overcomes" what are the recipients of this letter overcoming? again having a good balance and rightly dividing the word of God would tell you that legalism to the extreme is wrong, and to be totally without law is wrong
Originally Posted by from scratch I can't tell you what the law written on our hearts is. I can tell you what it isn't though. And that is the law written on our hearts isn't the law issued at Sinai. I think that Jesus said this in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus said - you have heard it said... but I say. This is clearly something different. See Jer 31:31-34 and Heb 8:6-13.
Interesting.Hello scratch. Good day to you. I know this was written sometime ago, but I am new here so forgive me. I do not know if someone has responded or not, but just wanted to ask a question or two. Hope you do not mind.
So do you think when Jesus said, you have heard it said, He was referring to Sinai? Who gave the law at Sinai?
Interesting.
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Six times he starts with you have heard it said. Each time the rule came from the law given to Moses. And then Jesus makes the rule more difficult. What started as rules about behavior become rules about attitudes toward behavior.
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Mat 5:21 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.'
Mat 5:27 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
Mat 5:33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'
Mat 5:38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
Mat 5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'