I am a part of the New Covenant and have the Spirit inside of me.
What was Paul talking about when he compelled the Galatian church to "cast out" the Sinai covenant of bondage in Galatians 4:24-31 ?
Gal 4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Gal 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Gal 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
(We find heavenly Jerusalem in Hebrews 11:16.)
Gal 4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Gal 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Gal 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Gal 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Gal 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
The inheritance does not come through the Sinai covenant of bondage.
Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Gal 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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Since you are apart of the covenant where the Spirit dwells inside of you, why do you teach against obeying God's commandments? Part of the new covenant that you are in is having God's law/commands written on your heart and walking in/living them!
Paul was talking about inheriting the promise through faith and not through works. Notice in 5:4, he says "those of you who are justified by the law".
This means those who establish their own righteousness through their own works and not through faith. He's talking about salvation and and how the promise is inherited, not whether to obey God's commands.
Salvation and the promise is not through the law(Torah), but this doesn't mean you aren't supposed to obey the law and live according to God's commands
If, before we were believers, lived a life against God's law(Torah), why wouldnt we then repent of our ways and learn to walk and live according to God's commands? Remember, we were called out of our precious lives of living AGAINST God. Why wouldn't we then live a life FOR God?
Remember, Paul lived according to the law, which included the feast days, the food laws, the Sabbath, 10 commandments etc
Ishmael was conceived because of Sarah and Abraham tried to bring about the promise through their own works, instead of having faith in the Father and waiting on the promise.
the issue is faith-based salvation vs works-based
Obeying God's commands is not a yoke of bondage. Working your way to salvation and righteousness is bondage. We are saved by FAITH, but once we are saved and called out, we are then supposed to live a righteous life according to how YAH The Most High says to live!
Paul lived according to the Torah(law). If living according to God's command is a yoke of Bondage, then Paul lived according to bondage, since he took a vow in Acts to prove he lived according to the Torah! I don't believe he lived in bondage, but this is what you are basically teaching based off your posts.
considering Paul lived according to God's commands, its contradictory and absurd to think that he was teaching believers in the Messiah to NOT obey God. What kind of sense does it make to live according to God's commands, but tell your brothers and sisters in Christ to NOT obey God's commands, and that it's bondage to do so?