Until one understands what THE LAW WAS/IS, how can one understand Jesus' words?
So WHAT IS the LAW Jesus spoke of?
There were TWO LAWS at the time Jesus walked upon the earth.
The FIRST LAW was written by the finger of God.
The LETTER of the Law was
THOU SHALT NOT kill.
The SPIRIT of the Law was;
LOVE
IF you LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR would you;
KILL THEM
BEAR FALSE WITNESS against them
STEAL from them.
Jesus never once sinned. On any level. Yet:
Deuteronomy 4:2 - 2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it,
that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
So, we see here, that if Jesus would have changed the meaning of the law, He would've been guilty of sin. Does that make sense? Did our Savior sin? No. Because He didn't do away with the law, He simply revealed the deeper meaning behind the law. This is why David was forgiven for murder, because He was gifted and saw ahead, to the true meaning of the law. This is why Moses was justified, because He had faith in God, and loved the Father, instead of fearing Him as the rest of Israel did at the time. This is why Abraham was justified, because He had faith in the Father. This is why Noah was justified after getting drunken, because he had faith in his Father. All of these people had the law, yet they understood God's love and forgiveness and mercy. How would this be possible without the supposed "second law"? It wouldn't be. But most importantly, our Savior, would have been guilty of sin. I implore you to see, that the meaning of Jesus saying I desire mercy, not sacrifice, is because He never desired the sacrifices men were giving up. He desired men to read the scriptures, and to believe them. They all teach us that a savior is coming, to justify us. It's right there, plainly in His word, yet people still feel that they will get justification by the law, when this isn't so. The law is and never was for our justification, but how we show our love. As Jesus says, I show the world I love the Father, because as He gives me commandment, even so I do.
So here is the choice;
Live by the SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND LOVE
Romans 2:29
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the
spirit, and not in the
letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
This is absolutely true, because circumcision is of the heart (something you desire, and long for) and when you do it, it's for the praise of your Father, not of man. That is the difference, because you can't follow the law justly, if you're doing it so men awe at how righteous you are. It has to be because you love God, and want to do as He commands you, because it's on your heart, and you desire Him and His judgements.
Or DIE under MOSAIC LAW
James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of
all.
Have you broken just one mosaic law?
All must answer yes.
What sense is there
attempting to keep a law that you have already broken
and therefore now stand guilty before God?
Because we show that we love Him, by keeping His commands. I don't keep the law to be saved. That'd be following the letter. I don't keep the law to be saved, I keep it because I feel it's something He wants me to do, based on reading the scriptures. Too many things don't add up for me to NOT keep the law. People say that Moses gave the law, and before that no one had the law, therefore God changes, because God gives His law to some, and not others, but if you read through Genesis, all of Genesis states otherwise. Noah offered up burnt sacrifices according to the law, with clean animals. Cain and Abel gave a tithe of first fruits. Abraham was stated to have kept the laws Genesis 26:5, and gave burnt offerings according to the law, with a Ram (a clean animal), it goes on and on and on these examples attesting to the fact that God's law always was. Yet, even though in Genesis 26:5, Abraham kept the laws statutes, judgements and commands, he was still justified by faith. So was David, so was Moses, so were all the Patriarchs of Israel, as were all of the prophets. They looked forward to Jesus, which even Jesus Himself says, all of the early scriptures attest to Him. What Jesus came to do, was to call us to what the scriptures show us. That even though it talks of a law, the purpose of that law was to get us to know that we needed a savior, and that the early scriptures all tell of Him. Whether it's in genealogies, prophecies, regardless, it's everywhere, and people chose to place faith in themselves, and not in God, as I once did, but am not any longer.
So choose wisely;
Mosaic Law, or
Christ's Grace
Galatians 5:4
Christ is become of no
effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the
law; ye are fallen from
grace.
I'm not choosing between the two, they are one in the same. The grace of God didn't free me from the law, it punished me from the curse of the law, and from the punishment therein. Not the law itself. Is the law of God sin? No, it's righteousness, and holy, it is peace, and it gives life. Following it, has blessed me, immensely, and I do it, not for salvation. I do it, not for justification, but out of love, faith, and hope for, and in my Father. Jesus Himself says that He came NOT to destroy the law, but to fulfill it, and that the law wouldn't pass until heaven and earth pass away. Both heaven and earth are still here, therefore so is the law. Even then, when in heaven, the law will not be gone. We will still be following it, but because there will be no sin, there will be no need for the law, because we won't be capable of transgressing it.
