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Those Who Are Under The Law

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James 4:
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Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother
and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law.
But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy.
Who are you to judge another?
Romans 3:
19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those 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 no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Those who sit in judgment of others stand under the condemnation of the Law
James 2:
8
f you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted
by the law as transgressors.
Romans 2:1 Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are who judge,
for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself;
for you who judge practice the same things.

Fellowship is essential to reveal what we find worthy of condemnation,
so that we may judge ourselves, under the Anointing of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 11:
31
For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord,
that we may not be condemned with the world.

Those who reject the discipline of the Spirit remain in lawlessness,
and under the condemnation of “The Schoolmaster”.

Matthew 7:23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Justification by Grace through Faith does not allow for
ignorance of the Law!
The Word of God expresses the heart of God.
Who would know it?
Exhortation
Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged;
and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
 
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Not a tough call.
Hebrews 5:
8
Though He were a Son, yet He learned obedience
by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect,
He became the author of eternal salvation

unto all them that obey him;

And yet, for many they struggle with the part about suffering.
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with,
that we may be also glorified together.

How do we suffer with Christ?
1 Corinthians 12:26 And whether one member suffers,
all the members suffer with;
or one member is honored,
all the members rejoice with it.


Is perfecting obedience through fellowship a small thing?
James 2:
9
but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted
by the law as transgressors.
10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point,
he is guilty of all.

Until impartiality within the Body is established, one remains under
the condemnation of the Law. I have never heard that preached, but
I am fairly certain this is the Will of God.

Ephesians 6:6 Not with eye-service, as menpleasers;
but as the servants of Christ,
doing the will of God from the heart;

It is not a tough call as long as preachers avoid the demands of the Spirit.
Hebrews 12:4 You have not yet resisted unto bloodshed, striving against sin.

Here is the conundrum for me brother.
People state "salvation is easy because Christ
did all the work. Believe in Him and you are saved".
Then when people fall away, as many do,
and did in the New Testament,
the explanation is "they were never saved in the first place".

Is modern discipleship abandoning the commandments of God
as our schoolmaster, in favor of an "easy Grace"?
 
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Paul speaks of under the law of condemnation, the law of sin and death Rom7:23 the wages of sin is death Rom6:23 not that the Spirit leads us to worship other gods or kill our neighbor or break the least of these commandments, the opposite of what Jesus taught Mat5:19-30. The Spirit gives us power to keep God's commandments if we love Him and want to obey God John14:15-18 and not reject them Rom8:7-8 and through His power we can overcome sin 1John3:4 James 2:11 and be reconciled back to God Rev22:14
 
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Until impartiality within the Body is established, one remains under
the condemnation of the Law. I have never heard that preached, but
I am fairly certain this is the Will of God.
Man, even in religion, looks for loopholes in order to have it both ways, being self-serving while changing the Will of God as Superior in contrast to our own. We use God instead of follow Him. Christianity would not find much favour among the middle class or elite if the abandonment of self-servitude were taught. Even the institutional church abandoned the Kingdom in order to harlot itself to the Roman Empire. (Rev.) 2 contrasting ideals cannot live as 1.
 
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People state "salvation is easy because Christ
did all the work. Believe in Him and you are saved".
Then when people fall away, as many do,
and did in the New Testament,
the explanation is "they were never saved in the first place".
The only salvation Jesus came for was to overcome death. Because the institution of man changed that to forgive our sins with a different meaning has caused the problems. Repentance (change) is still required in our part to gain the Kingdom. We have not been set free to continually sin. God never declared we no longer need to put His will first. Just the opposite.
 
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The commandments of God belongs to God and were before Moses, before Israel, before man. They are God's standard of righteousness Psa 119:172 Isa 56:1-2 is eternal Psa 119:142 the foundation of God's throne Psa89:14 where His word is settled Psa119:89 . God claimed them as His Exo20:6 and are given and kept by those who love Him

Exo20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
And those who fear God - what was said after God spoke His commandments Exo20:1-17
Exo 20:20 And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.

What God does is forever, no one can take from them or add to them, our only correct response should be to fear God and obey because we love Him and trust Him above what everyone else says.

Ecc 3:14 I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.

God does it, that men should fear before Him.

Exo 32:16 "Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God engraved on the tablets.
Deut 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone
Exo 31:18 "And He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God."

The Ten Commandments, the only law that was numbered by God, spoken by God, written by God, inside God's ark, under His mercy seat are in heaven first, the earthy temple was patterned after God's heavenly one Heb8:1-5 Heb9:22-23 where they still are as seen for Judgment John 12:48 James 2:11-12 at the last trumpet Rev11:18-19

Sadly, mans fear of God has been through mans traditions over fearing God and keeping His commandments, Ecc12:13-14

Isa 29:13 Therefore the Lord said:

“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

What Jesus condemned

Mark 7:7 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men

No wonder why in the everlasting gospel Rev14:6-12, we are told to get back to fearing God, give Him glory, worship our Creator who made Exo20:11 Rev14:7, keep God's commandments, His version Exo20:6 Rev 14:12 and come out of the false teachings that all the nations follow Rev14:8 before its too late Rev18:4 Rev22:11
 
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This is the Mosaic law composed of 613 commandments including the Decalogue.
There is One Law by One Spirit in Christ.
Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Love is perfected by abiding under the Law of Christ
Galatians 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

The Pharisees who became believers attempted to enforce the Law of Moses upon the Gentiles.
Hence, the council at Jerusalem was held.
Acts 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,
which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
 
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No wonder why in the everlasting gospel Rev14:6-12, we are told to get back to fearing God, give Him glory, worship our Creator who made Exo20:11 Rev14:7, keep God's commandments, His version Exo20:6 Rev 14:12 and come out of the false teachings that all the nations follow Rev14:8 before its too late Rev18:4 Rev22:11
Accomplished in those who are led by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

The Law is a schoolmaster to observant Jews to lead them to Christ.
Gentiles and Jews who accept Yeshua Messiah are under the sure mercies of David,
and disciplined by the chastisement of the Spirit. Hebrews 12:5-11
 
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Accomplished in those who are led by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Agreed, through the Spirit we can keep the commandments of God. John14:15-18 why its important to allow the Spirit in us so we can do God's will Psa 40:8 and not refuse to subject ourselves to the law of God Rom8:7-8

Whatever people think under the law means, it doesn't mean being a law breaker as Paul so plainly taught in the next verse

Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [d]adultery, [e]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, [f]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.


The Law is a schoolmaster to observant Jews to lead them to Christ.
Gentiles and Jews who accept Yeshua Messiah are under the sure mercies of David,
and disciplined by the chastisement of the Spirit. Hebrews 12:5-11
God does not show partiality Rom2:11 Anyone who is a saint of God, and loves Him Exo20:6 John14:15 keeps His commandments. Why Jesus said "whoever" breaks or teaches others to break the least of these commandments Mat5:19-30

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
 
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Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Meaning you don’t have to follow a rule book, it comes to you naturally. This is what happens when people are aware of the cause of our human problems and reject that cause in order to follow a culture that runs counter to the self-serving ingrained ways of mankind
 
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Meaning you don’t have to follow a rule book, it comes to you naturally. This is what happens when people are aware of the cause of our human problems and reject that cause in order to follow a culture that runs counter to the self-serving ingrained ways of mankind
The problem is instead of following what God said, people want to follow the dictates of their own heart.

This is what got some people destroyed and others taken captured by Babylon. Because they were so far removed from the law of God and what sin was Jer 16:10-11 their sin was engraved in tablets of their heart and they had no idea Jer17:1 because they followed their feelings Jer 17:9 over obeying God. Many people confuse feelings with the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit leads us to do what God said. John14:26 and will never lead us to break the law of God and sin Isa8:20 that is the other spirit. 1John3:8
 
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Because they were so far removed from the law of God and what sin was
And that was and always has been the fault of religious leaders who were more anxious to govern than teach the counter-culture of God’s will.
 
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And that was and always has been the fault of religious leaders who were more anxious to govern than teach the counter-culture of God’s will.
We can’t just blame the religious leaders, sure they will be held accountable, Jesus said when we lay aside the commandments of God quoting from the Ten Commandments for traditions of man, it makes both who teach and follow their teachings leads to a ditch or off the narrow path Mat15:3-14

If we look at the theme of the Bible, over and over again, God raises up a prophet or messenger to get people back to the word of God because the majority of the religious leaders are not teaching to obey God, this is what the people did, not just the religious leaders because they want to hear smooth words Isa 30:10

2 Chron 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.


We have not changed, why the Bible says only a remnant keep God’s commandments Rev12:17 we are told in the last days which I believe we are in the whole world has followed the same false teachings Rev14:8 over fearing God, giving Him glory, worshipping our Creator Exo20:11 Rev14:7 and keeping His commandments Exo20:6 Rev14:12 God’s version Exo20:6 Deut4:13 Ecc3:14 Psa 89:34 James 2:11.
 
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The evil within no one follows the law, bottom line.

Anyone who claims they have no evil present within them, no evil defiling thoughts are deceived and possibly outright liars.

Whatever happened to simple honesty?

In Hebrews it speaks of having our evil conscience cleansed. It's not permanent.
 
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