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Hebrews 7:18-19, For there is verily a disanulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did: by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Colossians 2:14, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
Ephesians 2:15, Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.
Romans 7:6, But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Galatians 2:19, For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Romans 7:4, Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 6:14, For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 5:13, For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 4:15, Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 4:8, Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Galatians 5:22-23, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:18, But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Galatians 3:24-25, Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
All of these scriptures are one side of the coin, which tell us that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.
On the other side of the coin is what it means to walk according to the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 9:21, To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16-17, For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Juda: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.
Romans 8:4, That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:7, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Inversely, Because the spiritual mind is at peace with God: for it is subject to the law of God, and cannot be otherwise.
For a definition of what we call the law of God as great ones in the kingdom, we must look at Jesus' words in Matthew 5:18-19:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be caled great in the kingdom of heaven.
Now love is the fulfilling of the law:
Galatians 5:14, For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Romans 13:8-10, Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Therefore if I violate any of the commandments listed, it is clear that I am not loving my neighbor as myself and not living up to what Christ would have me to be.
1 John 5:2-3, By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Romans 5:5, And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Galatians 3:14, That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ: that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Therefore in placing our faith in Jesus Christ we receive not only forgiveness from past, present, and future sin so that there is no condemnation from the law if we were to mess up and violate it in some way, shape, or form; but we receive the love of God which fulfills the law within us so that for the most part we walk in the holiness and righteousness of Jesus Christ (see Romans 5:17, Romans 5:19, 1 John 3:7).
Therefore, because we are not under the law, are dead to it, and are delivered from it, we are not obligated under condemnation to keep it; but it is our privilege to serve the Lord and His Holy Spirit within us motivates us to want to rather than have to obey Him.
Romans 5:17, For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:19, For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
1 John 3:7, Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Colossians 2:14, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
Ephesians 2:15, Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.
Romans 7:6, But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Galatians 2:19, For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Romans 7:4, Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 6:14, For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 5:13, For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 4:15, Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 4:8, Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Galatians 5:22-23, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:18, But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Galatians 3:24-25, Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
All of these scriptures are one side of the coin, which tell us that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.
On the other side of the coin is what it means to walk according to the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 9:21, To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16-17, For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Juda: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.
Romans 8:4, That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:7, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Inversely, Because the spiritual mind is at peace with God: for it is subject to the law of God, and cannot be otherwise.
For a definition of what we call the law of God as great ones in the kingdom, we must look at Jesus' words in Matthew 5:18-19:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be caled great in the kingdom of heaven.
Now love is the fulfilling of the law:
Galatians 5:14, For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Romans 13:8-10, Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Therefore if I violate any of the commandments listed, it is clear that I am not loving my neighbor as myself and not living up to what Christ would have me to be.
1 John 5:2-3, By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Romans 5:5, And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Galatians 3:14, That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ: that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Therefore in placing our faith in Jesus Christ we receive not only forgiveness from past, present, and future sin so that there is no condemnation from the law if we were to mess up and violate it in some way, shape, or form; but we receive the love of God which fulfills the law within us so that for the most part we walk in the holiness and righteousness of Jesus Christ (see Romans 5:17, Romans 5:19, 1 John 3:7).
Therefore, because we are not under the law, are dead to it, and are delivered from it, we are not obligated under condemnation to keep it; but it is our privilege to serve the Lord and His Holy Spirit within us motivates us to want to rather than have to obey Him.
Romans 5:17, For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:19, For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
1 John 3:7, Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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