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    Did Paul have knowledge of Moses and the Law before conversion?

    Doesnt it fit? Thou shalt not covet, thou shalt not have impure thoughts, thou shalt not lust. Concupiscence, strong sexual desire, correct. How many women could you desire that do not belong to someone else? Very few in Paul's day KJV What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I...
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    Did Paul have knowledge of Moses and the Law before conversion?

    But Saul the pharisee was trying to follow the law to the letter: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me...
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    Romans 3:31

    Its really good you quoted the previous ten verses before verse 31, to quote just the one verse in isolation does not give you the whole picture. Paul, in the previous ten verses had been stressing the believer has no righteousness of obeying the law, they had justification apart from that, a...
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    Did Paul have knowledge of Moses and the Law before conversion?

    The following is of Saul the Pharisee, he knew the law: 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all...
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    Paul on the Law: Romans Chapter 7

    As I have twice told you, the spiritual intent of the fourth commandment is upheld seven days a week in believers. You have a law written in ink, I have a law in my heart and mind, that is biblical! For you were only convinced to follow a set saturday sabbath by firstly reading what is written...
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    Would you be a Christian if there was no afterlife?

    That's a good question! In truth, I'm sure I would. Simply because, every time I have gone my own way/erred only misery followed. I'm far happier, and have much more peace on this earth the closer I am to Jesus, and through him the Father. I would go so far as to say, I don't believe I could get...
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    I have lost my faith

    Sometimes, God wants to use the pain of our past for good, if we will let him. Corrie Ten Boom was placed in a concentration camp and watched her sister die there, and her father before her in prison. I'm not meaning to be glib here, but some of the greatest testimonies, and some of the people...