We are justified by faith in Christ, not by keeping the law. The Law was put in charge to lead us to Christ (Galatians 3:24) that we might be justified by faith. It does not mean that one can sin with impunity. Anyone with that attitude is not saved. You can’t have the Holy Spirit within you and live like that.
Keeping the Law never saved anyone in the first place and there’s a WHOLE lot more than just the Teen Commandments. We CAN’T keep the Law because Jesus revealed that it’s more than just doing the externals, it’s a matter of the heart. So someone can keep all the laws and appear perfect and still sin in their hearts and not be saved.
What were the two commands that Jesus said were the greatest?
If we do those, we fulfill the law inwardly, and when we sin, we confess and are forgiven.
Christ came to fulfill the Law so that He could be the perfect sacrifice for our sins and that he could impute, or credit to our account, HIS righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.
When someone who is truly saved sins, God will discipline and they will be miserable from the sinning.
You do know that the more you try to not sin, the more you do, don’t you? I don’t see the point of trying to beat the flesh into submission because it can’t be done in human strength. The more we try, the more we fail.
If we focus on being Christlike, and like Him, going about doing good, we won’t have the time or inclination to sin, not for trying, but as the natural outworking of our faith.
I don’t worry about trying to keep the Ten Commandments because the Christian life is about more than the negatives.
Don’t forget, King David WAS an adulterous murderer, and yet God still called him a *man after my own heart*.
Good grief.
*** bangs head on desk***
Proof reading is my friend.
Proof reading is my friend.
Proof reading is my friend.
Proof reading is my friend.