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I agree that his law is part of us. It's just that in a discussion forum such as this, some people say that the law that is a part of us compels us to take particular physical actions (e.g. eat only certain foods) and others disagree.Not so. It is a just a question to distract from the truth. That is all. The New Covenant which is the good news in Christ Jesus is that we through God's Spirit do not have to live a life of death which is separation from Him. We now have His way, His Laws through love as part of us. As He is so are we in this world.
(CLV) Jer 31:31-33
Behold, the days are coming, averring is Yahweh, when I will contract a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
32) Not like the covenant which I contracted with their fathers in the day I held fast onto their hand to bring them forth from the land of Egypt, which covenant of Mine they themselves annulled while I was Possessor over them, averring is Yahweh.
We are in the New Covenant of God if we believe in and trust on the person and atoning sacrifice (blood, Romans 3:25) of Jesus Christ for the remission of our sin (salvation) and right standing with God's justice (justification).33) For this is the covenant which I shall contract with the house of Israel after those days, averring is Yahweh: I will put My law within them, And I shall write it on their heart; I will become their Elohim, And they shall become My people.
This is the covenant. Would YHWH go back on his word, and neglect to write his Torah on the hearts of his people? Can we say that we are in this renewed covenant; if his Torah is not written on our hearts?
We are in the New Covenant of God if we believe in and trust on the person and atoning sacrifice (blood, Romans 3:25) of Jesus Christ for the remission of our sin (salvation) and right standing with God's justice (justification).
While the law written on our hearts is manifested in our love of God and neighbor, which loving is the fulfillment of the law "and whatever other commandment there may be." (Romans 13:8-10).
That is the NT word of God for his New Covenant people.
Thanks.Nicely said.
Question for clarification: It looks like you're saying "if we believe in & trust on the person...of Jesus Christ, receive remission & justification, that we will (over time?) live in a way that fulfills [God's] Law written on our hearts & manifest love as He commands. So, biblical belief in Jesus Christ will include living in submission to Him - to God. Correct?
As I said in another post in this thread, once you learn to rightly divide the word of truth, you will find all these scripture passages much easier to understand.
Paul is referring to the Body of Christ, and yes you are correct, there is neither Jew nor gentile there.
Once you believe that Christ died for your sins, and rose again on the 3rd day for your justification (aka 1 Corinthians 15:1-4), you become a member of the Body of Christ.
But Israel is not the Body of Christ.
Israel only consists of the physical descendants of Abraham. They either believe that Jesus is their Messiah, which makes them True Israel, or they reject Jesus as their Messiah, meaning they are natural but not True Israel.
Could you explain this, please - "Abraham was not a "gentile"'?
When we get back to the OT Gospel, we at minimum track the Seed from Genesis 3, through Abraham, and down through history as more revelation was given & connected about the Jewish Messiah / Eternal King.
Why do you exclude gentiles being part of the true Israel through being spiritual descendants of Abraham, in Christ - Children of the Promise ???
No arguments at this point, but one thing I think is foundationally important about the Gospel that many with their knowledge tend to skip over, but our Text, when read as a whole, does not: Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God - YHWH's Christ/Anointed / resurrected Eternal King who rules Heaven and the earth.
This is very interesting and something I recently heard from a friend.
When I read Galatians 1 it is clear Paul is saying there is only one gospel and anything else is FALSE, it seems that another FALSE gospel had come about and he was warning them about it.
So... Is that a Yes, Jeremiah and his readers would have thought that the animal sacrifice laws were also God's laws?
In Rom 4 Abraham is affirmed as the father of the Jews/Israel and he was circumcised as part of his covenant relationship to God. No gentile was told that they had to be circumcised to worship the one true God.
Certain Jews were not affirmed with Abraham as their father. (Matthew 3:7-10)
In fact the OT prophets had "The Spirit of CHRIST in them"
In Rom 4 Abraham is affirmed as the father of the Jews/Israel and he was circumcised as part of his covenant relationship to God. No gentile was told that they had to be circumcised to worship the one true God.
Not permanently... as permanent indwelling is a new condition associated with the New Covenant which was to come according to Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
No acceptance is. The willing say ok lead oh God and we will follow.I think it matters a great deal.
Going back to the train of thought that starts about here,
the issue is what laws does God write on our heart?
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So the definition of the law of God is important.
No spirit dwells in a dead body. (James 2:26)
If you argue that the line going from Adam in Gen 3 to Abraham are all "Jews" or all 'not gentiles' then the entire planet is not gentile since every one today is a descendant of Noah and all of Noah's family were descended from Seth.
But none of them are circumcised until you get to Abraham the father of the faithful - the father of the Jews.
"Christ" is the Greek term for the Hebrew "Messiah". And John 8 tells us that Abraham saw the days of Christ - who is in fact Jesus Christ ... and was glad. In fact the OT prophets had "The Spirit of CHRIST in them" 1 Peter 1 informing them about "the sufferings of Christ AND the glories to follow" 1 Peter 1.
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