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What the Old Testament Law Cannot Do:
It cannot justify (Acts 13:38-39; Galatians 2:16).
It cannot redeem (Romans 3:24-31; Galatians 3:13-14).
It cannot give an inheritance (Romans 4:13-14).
It cannot control sin in man (Romans 7:7-23; 8:2).
It cannot free from sin and death (Romans 8:2).
It cannot free a sinner from condemnation (Romans 8:1-4).
It cannot bring righteousness (Romans 8:4).
It cannot impart the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:2).
It cannot free from the curse (Galatians 3:10,14).
It cannot impart grace (Galatians 5:4).
It cannot enable a man to obey (Hebrews 7:18).
It cannot make perfect (Hebrews 7:19).
As the above Scripture states, the law is unable to do more than it is able to do.
The purpose of the law is to reveal sin and lead men to Christ. (Romans 3:19-20; 7:12-13; 1Timothy 1:9-10; Galatians 3:24-25).
What are the requirements of the Old Testament Law? Galatians 3:10 speaks of a two-fold requirement:
Continual obedience and obedience in all things. (Deuteronomy 11:22; 27:26; James 2:10)
This is why no man can have righteousness through the law; as sinners we cannot fulfill its high demands.
I don't eat easter eggs, nor dye them. I do not eat easter ham. I do not eat it Sam I am.
Far be it from me to use the passage in Acts 10 to justify eating pork... I have a different passage to use...
1 Timothy 4:1-4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Now, according to Paul's epistle to Timothy, those who command people to abstain from meats are speaking lies in hypocrisy... having their conscience seared. Paul clearly states that every creature (not some creatures) of God is good and nothing to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving. Whatever meat is laid before me on my table is not to be refused according to the Word of God. So you can cease and desist with your condemning spirit toward me.
I don't eat meat with blood in it. We cook our meat thoroughly. The forbidding of meats with blood was for health reasons.
What the Old Testament Law Cannot Do:
It cannot justify (Acts 13:38-39; Galatians 2:16).
It cannot redeem (Romans 3:24-31; Galatians 3:13-14).
It cannot give an inheritance (Romans 4:13-14).
It cannot control sin in man (Romans 7:7-23; 8:2).
It cannot free from sin and death (Romans 8:2).
It cannot free a sinner from condemnation (Romans 8:1-4).
It cannot bring righteousness (Romans 8:4).
It cannot impart the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:2).
It cannot free from the curse (Galatians 3:10,14).
It cannot impart grace (Galatians 5:4).
It cannot enable a man to obey (Hebrews 7:18).
It cannot make perfect (Hebrews 7:19).
As the above Scripture states, the law is unable to do more than it is able to do.
The purpose of the law is to reveal sin and lead men to Christ. (Romans 3:19-20; 7:12-13; 1Timothy 1:9-10; Galatians 3:24-25).
What are the requirements of the Old Testament Law? Galatians 3:10 speaks of a two-fold requirement:
Continual obedience and obedience in all things. (Deuteronomy 11:22; 27:26; James 2:10)
This is why no man can have righteousness through the law; as sinners we cannot fulfill its high demands.
abt the color coding or being of the mind of Christ? iow if your not of the mind of Christ then you are still under a tutour..therefore fake it till you make it.
If we love Him (heart), we will obey His commandments. Didn't He say that is how our love for Him will be shown? Right obedience comes out of love
Really did the young man believe his efforts were in vain? He confidently said so what, Jesus I have done all these things and have life. He is clearly mocking Jesus. Yet he leaves with remorse knowing he failed at both making a fool of God and not securing eternal life.
Jesus (God) would know a doer. It is simple, the Scripture clearly says there aren't any.
The point that Jesus wants to express is that this young man, as almost all of the Jews and the Pharisees, is that they keep the law for SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS. This He rebuke by advising the young man to sold his things and share it to the people who need it, and then follow Him. Which mean, the young man has given an advice to love his neighbor, which he didn't have so far, despite his perfect obedience.
And you think that pork is safe to consume? It's filled with worms. They are garbage dumps that eat their own young. Doctors even encourage people to refrain from pork due to "health reasons.
Originally Posted by Arthur57
Funny, Paul tells us that God took away the sting of death for those who trust His Son.
The sting of death is sin. Sin is a transgression to His law. What he took away is the sin, not His law. Are you so confuse that you couldn't comprehend those simple wording?
Jesus didn't take away the law as such. God the Father did as He promised and used His only begotten Son Jesus to achieve this feat.
What ever happened to Mat 5:17
What do you make of this - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Nope He came to fulfill the law, remember v 17. And in LK 24:44 Jesus He did just that.
Who are the first Christians? I think they were 100% bloodline Jews. This isn't enough to extablish Christian custom. They fully observed Jewish custom and law. It isn't like flipping a light switch.
Jesus said Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The Apostles talked about an unbearable yoke being the law in Acts 15 as the law of Moses and not the oral law.
Hey now none, I mean noe of the grace pushers are saying the law is wicked.
The Holy Spirit does and you say the law guides you.This is yet another unfounded and unsupportable accusation not pertinent to the discussion.
Why did Jesus say "a new commandment" while He knew that this law already given thousand years ago by Himself? You tell me.
If the rich young ruler believed that by obeying the commandments he would inherit eternal life, then why did he ask Jesus " Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" (Matthew 19:16b) Was that enough to have eternal life? He told Jesus that he had kept the commandments from his youth. This young man KNEW he lacked something that kept him from inheriting eternal life, for he asked Jesus: "All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?" (Matthew 19:20b) When Jesus told him what he "lacked", did he "obey" Jesus and do what He what he was told to do? "But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions." (Matthew 19:22) Obviously he did not. And obviously, this young man was "coveting" his possessions. therefore he did not "obey all the commandments". He was also lying (bearing false witness) to Jesus.
Jesus was not "mocking the man", He was using the commandments to prove that the man was not obeying the commandments. In addition, Jesus was proving that "obeying the commandments" is not a man's "ticket to heaven".
I agree. There is a big hole in your comprehension of Scripturre.
Matthew 23:23 was not written to the Gentiles. Read it carefully and prayerfully. It was written to Scribes and Pharisees... Jewish religious leaders who were required to tithe according to the Mosaic Law.
I'm sorry I must correct you.
The young man tell the truth, he didn't know what he lack.
But Jesus knew, the young man lacked "love" which is the principle of the commandment he did kept perfectly. The man was obeying perfectly the commandment but didn't fulfill the law demands, for he lacked the "love", he failed to fulfill the spirit of the law. The same as Saul the Pharisee, claiming himself blameless in his obedience to the law, but he knew he lacks the faith in the Savior, all what he did was self righteousness.
The point I want to correct you, is you keep saying no one can keep the law and I proved many can keep the law of the OT, 613 mitzvah perfect and blameless.
Nope again. I'm not a law keeper. And incidence isn't obedience ever. You keep insisting it is though.
There is only one place that I know Paul teach the law and it isn't to Christians, it is to children Eph 6. Every where else Paul uses the law as a launching pad for his teaching. Paul uses the familiar to teach from. This is far different than teaching required observance.
Listen you can agravate me all you wish. I won't cave in. Salvation and maintainece of it is by faith alone - Gal 3:1-3.
Walk after/in the Spirit:So, in order not to come under condemnation of the law, what should you do?
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