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Not quite ... for disobedience to God is also sin, ... whether it is written in any Law or not.
When God bid Abram leave his father's land and go to a place that He would show him ... for Abram not to have obeyed God's bidding in that instance ... would have been sin, ... despite the fact that it was not written into any Law at that time.
Likewise, when Jonah refused to go to Nineveh ... that was sin.
A question ... when Rahab bore false witness to those looking for the Hebrew spies, ... was that sin ? And if so, ... then why is she in mentioned as a heroine of faith in the book of Hebrews ... for doing this very thing ?
I truly believe that those that take the "just obey the Law" approach ... are taking the easy way out. For following the Spirit is infinitely more than making sure that you are in accord with a list of do's and don'ts ...
As I have opined before, as the fear of the Lord is the BEGINNING of wisdom, ... so the observance of the Law ... is only the starting point in our walk with God. He has much MORE to show and to tell us, and to desire of us.
Following the advice of a marriage manual could be a great START to pursuing a successful marriage with my wife. But to FINISH successfully with her, ... I am called upon to do MUCH MORE ...
I had asked earlier, ... perhaps you can answer ...
Is the any command in the Law regarding prayer ???
I thought you meant that there was no more need for the law, and that it was done away with when you said:
"Jesus fulfilled the Law by giving His life to pay for our violations of the Law.
It is finished.
There is nothing left for us to do in regard to the Law."
The reason she was included in the hall of faith, was because although she knew it was a breaking of the law, she had faith that the reason she was doing it, was then going to be justified. Why was she justified? Because, the law is about love. The not bearing any false witness against your neighbor, doesn't just mean lying about something they've done. The main thing about that, is that you aren't to lie about something with the intent to hurt, or ruin them. When she did this, it revealed that she understood the intent of the law, which is love. The law, is love, because the law, is the way of God. So, to love God, is to love the law, and that which it says to do. This is reflected everywhere in the bible.
1 John 5:3 -
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
John 14:21 -
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him."
2 John 1:6 -
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
They heard this commandment from the beginning, meaning that it was what was talked about in the beginning, in the Tanakh. Those of the spirit, saw that the law was out of love, and that God would justify His children, but those in the flesh, placed their faith in the letter, and not in God. Which is why She was mentioned in the hall of faith, because she was led by the spirit, and knew the law was about love, and that God would justify her righteousness.
I could keep linking verses about how God's law is love, and how those that are righteous love it, and enjoy it, and how it keeps them out of harm, etc, but I'll move on.
I'm not saying that you "just obey the law" I'm saying that we should desire to keep the law, because it's what God wants for us. Biblically, yes, if God literally comes down and talks to you, and tells you to do something, then NOT doing that, would be sin. But, does He come down and talk to you? Does He tell you, "A_Thinker, move to Canada."? No. We aren't normally gifted with that right now, I agree that not listening to God, is sin. But, you yourself said that the law wasn't done away with. So did Jesus. You yourself said that the law showed us our sin. If then, it still shows us our sin, how can you avoid sin without it?
1 John 3:4 -
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John 3:24 -
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Here we see, that sin is in fact the transgression of the law. We also know that the Spirit He gives us, can show us whether or not we are His. How? This next verse can bring some light to that.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 -
26Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27“I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
From this, God tells us what the giving of His Spirit will look like. We can also gain insight to what was meant in 1 John 3:24, because His Spirit, God says, will be known to reside in a man, because it will cause him to carefully observe His ordinances. Does this mean that the law will save us, because we carefully observe them? No, by our faith we will be saved, but the result of our salvation, will be evident by our works, because we will desire to listen to His laws and decrees.
James 2:14-20 -
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Paul even writes about this. I'll write it in an additional post, it's not necessarily to just you, but I just was pointed out something by Father, and I kind of want to run with it, because it's a really good point.
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