How can the Holy Spirit trump the bible when the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth *
JOHN 6:63 and God's Word is truth *
JOHN 17:17? God's Spirit works through the Word of God as it is the Spirit of the Word of truth. It does not work outside of the Word of God as it teaches us to understand it and testifies of it. You ignored this question.
MATTHEW 5:21 is simply a fulfillment of
ISAIAH 42:21
MATTHEW 5:20 [20], For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
JESUS came to magnify the LAW from the INSIDE OUT quoting
MATTHEW 5:17-32 (thoughts and feelings) in fulfillment of *
ISAIAH 42:21. This is to show that unless our RIGHTOUESNESS EXCEEDS the RIGHTOUESNESS of the Scribes and Pharisees we can in no way enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. Jesus is saying the problem runs deeper then outward observance to the 10 Commandments. EVIL begins in the HEART.
BREAKING GOD's 10 COMMANDMENTS from the heart defile a man *
MATTHEW 15:18-19. JESUS is saying we can be outwardly perfect and blameless like the Scribes and Pharisee but inwardly like dead mans bones *
MATTHEW 23:27-28. JESUS magnified the LAW to the INSIDE OUT. To show us that we are all sinners in need of a Saviour and that sin originates in the HEART (thoughts and feelings). That is why we have the NEW COVENANT promise and need to be BORN AGAIN by Faith in God's WORD for salvation to be free from SIN (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments) *
HEBREWS 8:10-12;
1 JOHN 3:3-10.
If we are not BORN AGAIN into the NEW COVENANT promise and continue in it we will not enter the kingdom of Heaven *
1 JOHN 2:3-4;
1 JOHN 2:3-4. ALL those who KNOWINGLY break any one of God's 10 commandments stand guilty before God of sin *
JAMES 2:10-11. All those who KNOWINGLY CONTINUE in UNREPENTANT SIN will not enter into God's KINGDOM *
HEBREWS 10:26-27 because they reject the gift of God's dear son *
ROMANS 6:23. God's 4th Commandment is one of the 10 Commandments that give us the KNOWLEDGE of what sin is. There is no such thing as the 9 commandments in God's WORD. The same as there is no scripure that says God's 4th commandment is Abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday as a Holy day.
RIGHTESOUSNESS comes from LOVE because LOVE is the fulfilling of God's LAW and the very expression of what LOVE is *
ROMANS 13:8-10. He that does not LOVE does not KNOW GOD for GOD IS LOVE *
1 JOHN 4:8. All those who are BORN AGAIN have a NEW HEART TO LOVE and FOLLOW GOD *
1 JOHN 4:7. This is the NEW COVENANT promise *
HEBREWS 8:10-12.
Those who are BORN AGAIN do not practice SIN (breaking God's Commandments) *
1 JOHN 3:4-9. This is why JOHN finishes on this subject by saying; For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous *
1 JOHN 5:3 and is why JESUS says IF you LOVE me KEEP my commandments *
JOHN 14:15. UNLESS we are BORN AGAIN under the NEW COVENANT to LOVE we will not enter the KINGDOM of HEAVEN *
JOHN 3:3-7. We need to be changed from the INSIDE OUT.
Can we have GRACE without God's LAW if the purpose of God's LAW is to give us the KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL; SIN and RIGHTOUESNESS *
ROMANS 3:20;
ROMANS 7:7;
1 JOHN 3:4;
PSALMS 119:172?
All of the above is revealed to us through the Word of God. The Words of JESUS are the Words of God. How can you know God's Word when there is no Word or the Word you are given contradicts the scriptures like what you and your friend are teaching?
- Yep the Word of God (Sola scriptura).
