No one is under the law if they have come to Christ and repented and confessed their sins at the foot of the cross and through faith accepted the gift of God's dear son.
It is only those who break God's LAW that are "UNDER THE LAW" because they stand guity before God of breaking it as it is written in Romans 3.
ROMANS 3:9-20
[9], What then? are we better than they? No, in no way:
FOR WE HAVE PROVED BOTH JEW AND GREEK, THAT THEY ARE ALL UNDER SIN;
[10], As it is written,
THERE IS NONE RIGHTOUESS NO NOT ONE:
[11], There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God.
[12], They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one.
[13[, Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
[14], Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
[15], Their feet are swift to shed blood:
[16], Destruction and misery are in their ways:
[17], And the way of peace have they not known:
[18], There is no fear of God before their eyes.
[19],
NOW WE KNOW THAT WHATSOEVER THINGS THE LAW SAYS, IT SAYS TO THEM WHO ARE UNDER THE LAW; that EVERY mouth may be stopped, and ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILTY BEFORE GOD.
[20], Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
ROMANS 2:12-13
[12],
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT THE LAW SHALL PERISH WITHOUT THE LAW: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
[13], For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Why?
ROMANS 6:23 [23],
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Yep this is the role of God's LAW in the NEW COVENANT. To give us a KNOWLEDGE of sin and rightouesness. (
Romans 3:20;
Romans 2:13;
Psalms 119:172)
God's LAW (10 Commandments is the standard of the judgment for God's people.
Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without the law shall perish without the law; WHY?
Romans 6:23 because the wages of sin is death because they have not excepted the gift of God's dear son. As many as have sinned in the LAW (God's professed people) shall be judged by the LAW.
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Sorry Steve, ACTS 15 says no where in that chapter that God's 10 Commandments are abolished. The Chapter topic of discussion is laid out in v1
ACTS 15:1-2 [1], And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said,
EXCEPT YOU BE CIRCUMCISED AFTER THE MANNER OF MOSES, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED [2], When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispute with them,
they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders ABOUT THIS QUESTION.
What is the chapter topic and what question was Paul and Barnabas going to Jerusalem to settle? IF CIRCUMCISION was a requirement of slavation. You get the shadow law from the MOSAIC book of the covenant mixed up with God's ETERNAL law (10 Commandments). Circumcision is now a requirement for salvation in the NEW COVENANT which points to circumcision of the heart. Gentiles are now grafted in to God's ISREAL who are all those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD (Romans 11:16-27)
Sorry Steve, God's WORD disagrees with your teachings.
You misinterpret the scriptures dear friend. Let's look at the scriptures in detail...
GALATIANS 3:23-25 VERSE BY VERSE
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[23], But before faith came, we were kept UNDER THE LAW, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
v23, says before faith has come it says we were kept "UNDER THE LAW", shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE "UNDER THE LAW"?
ROMANS 3:19-20 [19], Now we know that WHATSOEVER THINGS THE LAW SAYS, IT SAYS TO THEM WHO ARE
UNDER THE LAW: THAT EVERY MOUTH MAY BE STOPPED AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILTY BEFORE GOD. [20], Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
1 JOHN 3:4 [4], Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: FOR SIN IT THE TRANGRESSION OF THE LAW.
[ANSWER] So to be "UNDER THE LAW" in this case means to be GUILTY BEFORE GOD of breaking the LAW (sin). FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN and this is what God's LAW teaches us. That we are all sinners in need of a Saviour
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[24], Therefore the law was our
schoolmaster [GREEK παιδαγωγός means tutor; instructor; teacher; schoolmaster] to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
v24 the GREEK word used for your versions rendition of guardian [I do not know how they get that translation]. The KJV is Schoolmaster which is a better translation to the original GREEK word used which is παιδαγωγός which means tutor; instructor; teacher; schoolmaster.
So v24 says that the LAW was our TEACHER, TUTOR, SCHOOLMASTER to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by FAITH.
SO WE ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES THE LAW TEACH US?
We touched on it earlier...
ROMANS 3:20 [20], Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.
[ANSWER] v23 and v24 says being "UNDER THE LAW" means to be guilty before God of SIN. God's LAW is TEACHING US what SIN is. GOD'S LAW teaches us by giving us a KNOWLEDGE of what sin is. God's LAW shows us that we are all sinners in need of a Savior. THE LAW is our TEACHER, TUTOR, SCHOOLMASTER that teachers us that we are sinners it gives us a KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is and BRINGS US TO CHRIST that we might be justified by FAITH.
This is the purpose of God's LAW in the Gospel. It teacher us that we are all sinners in need of a Savior that we might be justified by Faith.
* IF there is NO LAW then we have no KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is
* IF we have no KNOWLEDGE of SIN we have no need of a Savior.
* IF we have no need of a Savior then we have no Salvation.
* If we have no Salvation then we are all lost because we are still in our sins
Either way you want to spin it God's WORD says...
ROMANS 3:12-13 [12], For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; [13], For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
So v14 God's LAW is our TEACHER that gives us a KNOWLEDGE of what SIN is and lead us to Christ that we might be justified by FAITH.
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[25], But after faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. [GREEK παιδαγωγός means tutor; instructor; teacher; schoolmaster]
Final section then we will tie it all together.
v25 NOW when FAITH has COME we are no longer UNDER THE LAW, TEACHER, TUTOR, SCHOOLMASTER
WHEN FAITH IS COME WHY ARE WE NO LOGER "UNDER THE LAW" TEACHER?
[ANSWER] Because the purpose of the LAW is to bring us to show us we are all sinners in need of a Savior. It brings us to Christ that we might be justified by FAITH. When we have FAITH in God's WORD we have FORGIVENESS. We are no longer GUILTY and CONDEMNED by the LAW, THE BLOOD of CHRIST Cleanses US from ALL SIN. No longer being guilty we are no longer UNDER THE LAW BEING CONDEMNED by it.
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CONCLUSION:
Galatians 3:23-25 does not say God's LAW (10 Commandments) are ABOLISHED. The scriptures say when FAITH has come we are no longer "UNDER THE LAW" as a schoolmaster; teacher or tutor that show us our sins because we have been forgiven our sins by faith in the precious blood of Christ.
Sorry Steve God's WORD disagrees with you.
Hope this helps
By quoting Romans 3:9-19 and Romans 2:3-13 earlier was only to show that both JEW and GENTILE are "UNDER THE LAW" through sin and none are rightouess before God.
