Preach it, brother.
For by grace you ARE saved.
We have passed from death unto life and have been transferred into the kingdom of the Son He loves.
We are now seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus and we now have in our hearts the Holy Spirit who has sealed us and who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we take possession of it.
We have begun in the Spirit and are not so foolish as to think that we finish in the flesh.
What was abolished was condemnation. The Torah is eternal and is the only standard for righteousness in the universe. It will out last the stars. Haven’t any of you read the “Sermon on the Mount”? Yeshua plainly expected his Talmidim to keep Torah. Read Psalm 1 for starters. I think it was his talmid Yochanan who said that if a man claims to be one with Yeshua then he ought to “walk” the same way as his master. The ancient manuscripts present Yeshua as a meticulous, Torah observant orthodox rabbi. Come on fellas, don’t be stubborn; HaShem is trying to lead you out to green pastures. Why be all tangled up in the sticker bushes?
John says that if you deny his commandments, you are not in him, and John would know better than you or I would. (Paul, Peter and James agree with John too)
Those that are relying on Yeshua are keeping his commandments, out of the love he planted in their hearts.
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That's good....because Christ WILL keep his law IF we allow him to live through us and reign in our bodies. Our job is easy. See what his law is and let him do his thing...
I 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.
