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The churches maintained the necessity of obedience of the decalogue from the beginning. Jesus and Paul both upheld them as necessary in order to gain eternal life Matt (19:17), as holy, spiritual, and good (Rom 7:12,14), as fulfilled by love (Rom 13:10). And that love is the only way to fulfill them authentically. This is to live by the Spirit, under grace, not under the law. As we come to love, as God does and as He wants us to, then we don't even need to hear the law to obey it (Rom 2:13). This comes by virtue of union with the Trinity who indwells a believer.Paul gave us some guidelines in Colossians 2:
Further, the indwelling Spirit will show us, Hebrews 10:
"my laws" refers to the Paraclete or Holy Spirit of God. It is fulfilled when the Spirit/Paraclete dwells in my conscience.
Rom 7:
That was before. Now comes the after:
Galatians 5:
Thayer's Greek Lexicon for the Greek word paraclete:
Study God's commandments daily. Grow in the Spirit. Let your conscience and the peace of the Paraclete guide you in your daily walk.
Human teachings and precepts, self-made religion, asceticism, and severity to the body are describing paganism, not OT laws.Paul gave us some guidelines in Colossians 2:
That verse is quoting Jeremiah 31:33, which says that the New Covenant involves following the Torah, so that is the easy answer to which laws we should obey.Further, the indwelling Spirit will show us, Hebrews 10:
"my laws" refers to the Paraclete or Holy Spirit of God. It is fulfilled when the Spirit/Paraclete dwells in my conscience.
In Roman 7:22-23, Paul said that he delighted in obeying the Torah, but contrasted that with the law of sin that was holding him captive, so verses that we interpret as referring to the Torah should make sense for it to be referring to something that Paul delighted in doing. Case in point, in regard to Romans 7:5-6, it wouldn't make sense to refer those verses as referring to the Torah as though Paul delighted in stirring up sinful passions in order to bear fruit under death and delighted in being held captive, but rather it is the law of sin that he described as holding him captive.Rom 7:
That was before. Now comes the after:
The Spirit is God, so wouldn't make sense to interpret Galatians 5:18 as referring to the Torah as though following the Spirit were opposed to following the Father, especially when in Galatians 5:19-23 all of the works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against the Torah while all of the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God's nature that are in accordance with it.Galatians 5:
Thayer's Greek Lexicon for the Greek word paraclete:
Study God's commandments daily. Grow in the Spirit. Let your conscience and the peace of the Paraclete guide you in your daily walk.
How did you arrive at the highlighted clause?That verse is quoting Jeremiah 31:33, which says that the New Covenant involves following the Torah, so that is the easy answer to which laws we should obey.
I cited Jeremiah 31:33.How did you arrive at the highlighted clause?
Paul answered the question in Ro 13:8-10.Paul gave us some guidelines in Colossians 2:
Further, the indwelling Spirit will show us, Hebrews 10: "my laws" refers to the Paraclete or Holy Spirit of God. The putting is fulfilled when the Spirit/Paraclete dwells in my conscience.
Rom 7: That was before. Now comes the after:
Galatians 5: Thayer's Greek Lexicon for the Greek word paraclete:
Study God's commandments daily. Grow in the Spirit. Let your conscience and the peace of the Paraclete guide you in your daily walk.
Respect and love them as one respects and loves oneself; i.e., committed to their well being, to providing the necessities they are unable to provide for themselves, as in the example Jesus gave us of such in the good Samaritan.The new law, he gives us is love one another and respect them how? The Ten Commandments except for number four.
Morality is in regard to what we ought to do and we ought to obey God, so all of God's laws are inherently moral laws. If morality were just in regard to our relationship with man and not our relationship with God, the it would not be immoral to commit idolatry. Laws were given to equip Israel to be a light and a blessing to the nations by turning them from their wickedness and teaching the nations to obey them in accordance with the promise and with spreading the Gospel.Hi, we all, if we love God and our fellow man, will obey all the laws that deal with morality (how we treat our fellow man). Clare is on the spot with her answer to your question. Laws that dealt with keeping days and things were made for the Israelites and were words of the old covenant.
All of the 613 laws of Moses are either in regard to how to love God and our neighbor, which is why Jesus said that those are the greatest two commandments and that all of the other commandments hang on them. It is contradictory for someone to think that we should obey the greatest two commandments, but not the commandments that hang on them.The new law, he gives us is love one another and respect them how? The Ten Commandments except for number four.
Christ spent his ministry teaching his followers to obey the Mosaic Law by word and by example, yet for some reason people think it makes sense to interpret Acts 15 as essentially ruling that Gentiles shouldn't follow Christ. Gentiles can look at what Christ taught and decided whether or not to become his follower, but Gentiles can't follow him by refusing to follow what he taught.Acts 15:5
Acts 15:10
Acts. 15:20
See Why not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together? and follow up thereall of God's laws are inherently moral laws.
1 Corinthians 7:19I can't prove it. I believe that the Gentile Christians who lived within Judea and Samaria were circumcised.
While Paul said that circumcision has no value and that what matters is obeying God’s commands, he also said that circumcision has much value in every way (Romans 3:1-2) and that circumcision conditionally has value if we obey the Mosaic Law (Romans 2:25), so the issue is that circumcision has no inherent value and that its value is entirely derived from whatever we obey the Mosaic Law.1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands is what counts.
Are you circumcised?While Paul said that circumcision has no value and that what matters is obeying God’s commands, he also said that circumcision has much value in every way (Romans 3:1-2) and that circumcision conditionally has value if we obey the Mosaic Law (Romans 2:25), so the issue is that circumcision has no inherent value and that its value is entirely derived from whatever we obey the Mosaic Law.
Do you keep all the laws of Moses?Indeed.
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