• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

Presbyterian Continuist

Senior Veteran
Site Supporter
Mar 28, 2005
21,968
10,837
77
Christchurch New Zealand
Visit site
✟867,272.00
Country
New Zealand
Gender
Male
Faith
Charismatic
Marital Status
Married
When a believer becomes a new creature in Christ, he is dead with Christ to the Law. He was crucified with Christ, buried with Christ, rose with Christ, and is seated at the right hand of God with Christ. The Mosaic Law cannot apply to someone who is dead to it. The Scripture says: "For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose (Galatians 2:19-21).

The Law only applied to those who were subject to it before Christ had ascended to the right hand of God and who had sent the Holy Spirit to transform the disciples and made them into totally new creatures in Him. Therefore those who insist on keeping the Law show that they have come short of being new creatures in Christ, even though they may wear the Christian badge and are very religious. If they are depending on righteousness through keeping the Law, they cannot have righteousness through Christ, because the latter is bestowed only on those who have been genuinely converted to Christ and are part of the new creation in Christ.
 
Upvote 0

Bob S

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Dec 5, 2015
4,947
2,355
90
Union County, TN
✟833,811.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Why then did Paul refer to the ten commandments as the "ministry of death"'?
 
Reactions: Danthemailman
Upvote 0

sparow

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Oct 7, 2014
2,737
452
86
✟570,419.00
Country
Australia
Gender
Male
Faith
Protestant
Marital Status
Single
Amen we are no longer under the Mosaic law we are under the law of the Spirit.

To me this is a confusing statement; by Mosaic Law do you mean the Law of the Great God who never changes, the Law (and the prophets) that Jesus said no change could be made to, do you mean the Law that is intrinsic to covenant of salvation, the covenant where God provides the King, the kingdom and salvation for those who enter into the covenant and then keep the commandments.

A difference for them of the OT, they looked forward to when the covenant would be confirmed, we look back to see Christ confirming the covenant, which is still a work in progress, with still more confirming to do.

What God expected of Israel of old God still requires of Israel of new, that is to ENTER IN to the covenant not abrogate it.
 
Upvote 0

Presbyterian Continuist

Senior Veteran
Site Supporter
Mar 28, 2005
21,968
10,837
77
Christchurch New Zealand
Visit site
✟867,272.00
Country
New Zealand
Gender
Male
Faith
Charismatic
Marital Status
Married
Why then did Paul refer to the ten commandments as the "ministry of death"'?
Exactly. Paul said, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death." We are set free from the obligation to keep the Law in any form.
 
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
Why then did Paul refer to the ten commandments as the "ministry of death"'?
Both Romans 2 and Colossians 2 and 3 demonstrate your reading cannot be correct.

Therefore there has to be another reading of 2Corinthians 3 that goes along with both. As far as I'm concerned the first 3 verses set the context for the entire chapter as they say the law is now written in the heart rather than on tables of stone. That is the result of the NC so that we now know God.
 
Upvote 0

HIM

Friend
Site Supporter
Mar 9, 2018
4,935
2,039
59
Alabama
Visit site
✟552,168.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
Exactly. Paul said, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death." We are set free from the obligation to keep the Law in any form.
You are seriously misunderstanding Romans 7 and 8. What you are sharing is not true.
 
Upvote 0

BNR32FAN

He’s a Way of life
Site Supporter
Aug 11, 2017
25,845
8,376
Dallas
✟1,086,812.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Non-Denom
Marital Status
Married
There were some Gentiles who were saved under the Law, Rahab would be one example.
 
Upvote 0

Bob S

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Dec 5, 2015
4,947
2,355
90
Union County, TN
✟833,811.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
There were some Gentiles who were saved under the Law, Rahab would be one example.
Again, the Law could not save anyone. Rahab was a gentile without the Law. Rehab was saved just like Abraham and anyone else that believed and served God with all their hearts. SDAs are told never to say they are saved. They believe their salvation hinges on how well they perform, mainly keeping Sabbath according to their teachings which comes from their prophet.
 
Reactions: Danthemailman
Upvote 0

Aviel

Well-Known Member
Jun 21, 2023
619
170
63
Nashville
✟28,396.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
It's amazing how many of the critics of Adventism have attempted to redact all of the commands of Jesus down to two commands which

If Commandments or keeping them... hung on the Cross and died for your sin, then just keep trusting in them to get you into heaven.

if they didnt, then .................
 
Upvote 0

Studyman

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Apr 18, 2020
2,483
703
66
Michigan
✟474,401.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Non-Denom
Marital Status
Married
I would like to submit that WE, Gentiles, were never under the Law.

It is enshrined in God's Law that a Gentile who partakes of the Passover, and adopts God's covenant, is to be considered "As one that is homeborn". Or as it is written, "There is no Jew or Greek in the Word of God which became Flesh, AKA "Christ".

Lev. 19: 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

So your religious philosophy that Gentiles were never under God's instructions, is simply Biblically untrue.

At Pentecost the Holy Sprit was poured out to all mankind, It was the promise of Jesus to be with us always.

I'm not sure the Scriptures support this preaching that the Pharisees, Greek god worshipping Romans, were all given the Holy Spirit when the first Church of God under His Prophesied New Priest were gathered together on His Holy Feast, "Pentecost". Having counted the days correctly from the Last Day of Unleavened Bread, in obedience to God and the Feasts of the Lord?

Where is your evidence that God's Holy spirit was poured out on those who "Transgress God's Commandments"? Can you provide something from scriptures which make Peter's words below, void?

Acts 5: 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Why were they gathered on Pentecost? Is it not because the Jesus "of the Bible" instructed them to "Keep the commandments"?
He has sent the Comforter to do just that. 2Cor3:6-12 tells Jews that they are not under the guidance of the Law because the guidance of the Holy Spirit is much greater.

What Spirit "Ordained Good works beforehand, that His People should walk in them"? What Spirit sent the Light" of the World, the Jesus of the bible? If I walk in the Commandments and Judgments of God, am I not walking in the Spirit? Did Abraham not "Walk in the Spirit"? And Zacharias and Simeon?

Luke 1: 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

67 And his father Zacharias "was filled with the Holy Ghost", and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

Would this be a different Spirit than was given on Pentecost? Was the Spirit God gave to them on Pentecost, not the Same "Helper" Jesus Promised, which God gave to Zacharias and Simeon?

These are prudent questions, relevant to the discussion.
 
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
As an SDA I have a very real assurance of salvation. I know my heavenly Father and His Son and that is eternal life. I don't believe you can have that kind of assurance as Jesus is our Creator and you're an evolutionist so you don't believe you you were created.
 
Upvote 0

SabbathBlessings

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Jun 12, 2020
13,364
5,502
USA
✟699,018.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
There were some Gentiles who were saved under the Law, Rahab would be one example.
No one is saved by the law. We are only saved by grace through faith. In the OT it was faith in Jesus pointing forward to the Cross and now its faith in Jesus pointing back to the Cross. It's the only way anyone is saved. Eph 2:8

Rahab was saved by faith

Heb 11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

Faith is not passive James 1:22 Rom 3:31 and this is how the faithful live all throughout scripture

Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Compared to the lost

Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

If we have faith in Jesus we would have faith in everything He taught and did, all for our example to follow 1 John 2:6 which reconciles us Rev 22:14
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
If Commandments or keeping them... hung on the Cross and died for your sin, then just keep trusting in them to get you into heaven.

if they didnt, then .................
So you think stone can be nailed to a cross? Jesus is the truth.

Galatians 5: 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Love for God is the determining factor in being saved or lost for we cannot love someone we don't know.

Matthew 7: 24 ¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Jesus gave the 10 commandments from Sinai therefore the 10 commandments are His sayings. I have built my house upon the Rock and when bad times come my house will last.

Revelation 12: 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
 
Upvote 0

Aviel

Well-Known Member
Jun 21, 2023
619
170
63
Nashville
✟28,396.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
So you think stone can be nailed to a cross? Jesus is the truth.

I think that you have a better chance of nailing a rock to a tree then you will ever have trying to go to Heaven by trying to keep commandments.

See, God requires that we become His Righteousness, and Commandments can't do that for you.

See, if law and commandment keeping could save you, could forgive sin, or could get you into Heaven, then Jesus didnt need to be tortured and die for you on The Cross.

Do you understand?
 
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
Nope.

Romans 3: 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The fruit of the Spirit in our lives violates no law. This includes the 10 commandments.

Why would anyone think God is a cruel taskmaster and requires that which is impossible?

Matthew 5: 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
 
Upvote 0

Aviel

Well-Known Member
Jun 21, 2023
619
170
63
Nashville
✟28,396.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others

"Christ has redeemed (the born again) from the Curse of the Law".

"The law is the power of sin" "The power of sin is the Law".

"Christ is the end of the Law, for Righteousness, to everyone who Believes".

And once you do believe, then "you are not under the Law, but under Grace".

And "where there is no LAW, there is no Transgression".
 
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
So as far as you're concerned God argues with Himself as He is the author of all scripture.
 
Upvote 0

Aviel

Well-Known Member
Jun 21, 2023
619
170
63
Nashville
✟28,396.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
So as far as you're concerned God argues with Himself as He is the author of all scripture.

Those are your words, and they have nothing to do with my Post.

You seem to not understand that God's Grace is not Moses's Law or Commandments.

Like this..

"""""""""The Law came by Moses....but GRACE and TRUTH.""""...and the NEW COVENANT... ALL Came by JESUS.
 
Upvote 0

Gary K

an old small town kid
Aug 23, 2002
4,660
1,017
Visit site
✟111,942.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Constitution
Sorry, you're wrong again. Jesus is the one that told us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect.
 
Upvote 0

Aviel

Well-Known Member
Jun 21, 2023
619
170
63
Nashville
✟28,396.00
Country
United States
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
Sorry, you're wrong again. Jesus is the one that told us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect.

And you can't do that by self effort.

You have to become that one., as "born again" "In Christ"... "ONE with God".

That is how you become PERFECT, like the "Father".
 
Upvote 0