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To: RnMomof7
What did God mean when he said "I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse"(Deuteronomy 30:19)?

It was a call to save themselves by perfectly keeping the law of God perfectly and then they would have life . Could they ? Did they?

So then, my unanswered question from before re-appears. Was God just teasing them?

SD

431 posted on 10/01/2002 1:47:13 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
So then, my unanswered question from before re-appears. Was God just teasing them?

The Bible answers that Dave

Do you mean did God know that the Jews (and you and I ) could not keep the Law..yes he did

The The Law and its moral commands shows us the way of righteousness and holiness. All we have to do is never sin, and keep the Law perfectly at every point without fault and we will merit a true holiness before God.

The Law was the school master..It showed man how sinful he was ...and that NO man could keep the law perfectly no matter how hard he tried. Without the law there is no sin..Rom 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; James 2:10 states, "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." If you attempt to keep the Law and fail, if you stumble at one point, you will spend eternity under the wrath of God for being disobedient to His Law.

The law pointed us to Christ the only one that could keep the Law

444 posted on 10/01/2002 2:15:12 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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