Romans 6:1-23 is talking about the spiritual death of someone that has been baptized into Christs death being raised to walk in newness of life and being dead to sin and the old man of the flesh.
So, you do believe then, that through the law you died unto the law, that you might live unto God, and that you have become dead to the law through the body of Christ?
I probably didn't explain it well.
It depends how your interpreting what the scriptures mean by "being dead to the law". The application in Galatians 2:19 as shown in post # 120 with scripture context is in seeking to be justified by the works of the law. God's law does not justify us. God's law only gives us the knowledge of good (moral right doing) and evil (moral wrong doing); sin (moral wrong doing) and righteousness (moral right doing) according to the scriptures *Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4; Psalms 119:172. We cannot be justified by the law because we have all sinned and broken God's law *Romans 3:9-23. We live unto Christ according to Romans 6:1-23 by being dead to sin, being baptized into Christ death and resurrection to walk in newness of life and the death of the old man that lived His life of sin. Of course we are not dead to the law to obey Gods law as that would be a contradiction of the scriptures as not living in sin is what it means to obey God's law and walk in newness of life and holiness. All Gods' law does is to give us the knowledge of what sin is according to the scriptures.
It doesn't really depend on how I'm interpreting it, I paraphrased directly from the scriptures, changing only "I" to "you" and other grammatical things like that. No added interpretation.
But for the man or woman who believes at the moment of death, they wouldn't be able to show any fruit of that belief in this lifetime. I have seen criteria written - "he who believes and is baptised," "he who confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in his heart that God has raised Him from the dead," which would imply three things are required: belief, baptism, and confession of faith.
Your response here...
It was the scripture contexts I was trying to point out here in Galatians 2:19 as shown in post # 120 that defines the interpretation, meaning and application of what "dead to the law." I think you missed this point.
According to the scriptures though God's forgiveness is conditional and only given to those who believe and follow God's Word not to those who do not believe and follow Gods' Word *Exodus 20:6; John 14:15; John 15:10.
No Universalism takes it's doctrine from the father of lies first given in Eden in Genesis 3:1-5 where the serpent said to Eve if you break Gods' commandment you will not surely die. We need to be careful we do not fall for the same lies that Eve did.
This is what I meant when I said that believing everyone could be saved would not make Christ's death meaningless, because if everyone believed at the moment of death, everyone could be saved, but they would be saved the same way we are, through Christ's incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.
True but once again the point I was making earlier is that our salvation takes place before the second coming and is conditional on us believing and following what Gods' Word says before the second coming. There is no second chances once Jesus comes as His reward is with him according to the scriptures *Revelation 22:12. The wicked are those who choose to reject Christs free gift of grace and Gods' salvation in the sacrifice and blood of God's dear son. They reject Christs offering and death to pay the price for their sins and is why they must pay the price for their own sins and the wages of sin is death to those who reject the gift of Gods dear son *Romans 6:23.
Sorry I respectfully disagree. 1 Corinthians 15 does not stop anyone believing the false teachings that we can continue in a life of known unrepentant sin and receive everlasting life. That teaching is simply not biblical *Hebrews 10:26-31.
