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Old Testament Law – Gal 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
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The passages below are crucial to the understanding of Christianity and what Christ has brought for all mankind. They also contain a strong warning to all who insist on self-righteousness through dead works and ultimately deception and denial of the Faith.
Gal 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Gal 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
The verse above is of no consequence for those wrapped up in the deception of Babylonian talmudism, AKA judaism. It should however be of grave concern to one who claims to be a Christian.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy The Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
How is it that you are so blind? Is it not because all you have is the wisdom of this world which is foolishness with the Eternal God-Jesus?
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Christ is the fulfillment of the Law and Prophets!
Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
None were justified by the Law of Moses, but All can be justified by Christ Jesus.
Lets cut to the chase here; the judaizers would have you believe that they are justified by the Old Law which is a blatant lie, and the gullible so-called christians suck it up like poison kool-aid! Acts 15:5-11 still is happening today.
The problem for many religious folks still is self-righteousness unto dead works and the hatred of God!!
Jesus is God— that is the real problem that this and other groups will not come to terms with.
Acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
None can be justified by the Old Law, period.
Rom 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Below is another mystery to the blind! The Righteousness of God without the OLD LAW!!!
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
So go ahead and boast in your dead law of works, We WILL boast in the Faith of Christ Jesus!! Amen!
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Yes we establish the New Law of Christ through? Yes through Faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
This is one item amongst many that the judaizers and there cohorts lack.
Faith in anything other that there so-called superiority complex, that is has been and will be their destruction!!
Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Faith in Christ brings about ones righteousness; self centered lies bring about destruction.
So the judaizers and their christian dupes are not even part of the promise.
How devastatingly sad; they all claim to follow something that the Word itself declares is impossible to do.
Rom 4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Here is another parable for you to ponder?
Rom 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Here is the answer to that parable!
Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Yes there we have it, The Holy Spirit of Christ for all who are thirsty for Truth!!
Here yet another parable to ponder, you figure it out.
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Now, what do you want to do? Be in bondage to sin and death?
Or have Life abundantly in Christ Jesus.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Yes the Old Law could not do for us what Christ can and did at Calvary.
Rom 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Below is a sad History of the past, but it also quite accurately reflects the mindset of many within the religions of judaism and christianity (without the Holy Spirit of Christ).
Rom 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
God first came to Israel, and first gave this people the promises to be received by Faith. Abraham was a great example his Faith pleased God.
Rom 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
All who are in Christ Jesus are the True Israel of God.
Gal 6:15-16 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Rom 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Like Israel after the flesh that had rejected the Father, so too would these children of Judah reject the Lord and forfeit the right to be redeemed, or to be affectionately called the Israel of God (Jer 7:11; Math 21:13; Jer 7:11; John 1:9-14; Rev 2:9; Rev 3:9). Born again believers are the true Israel of God, for we worship Him in Spirit and in truth.
By the way becoming Born Again is when you have received the sealing of Christ, and His Holy Spirit of Truth resides in you.
Anyone with Spiritual discernment in Christ knows that He declared the false house of Judah to be desolate; their house was declared desolate as was their religion (Math 23:38; Acts 26:5; Gal 1:13-14).
Christ came to confirm the covenant with many, and only Born Again believers are the true Israel of God; as well they are the only ones to be recognized as the children of God. The true Israel of God, represent all who are in Christ Jesus. Those who continue in His covenant are indeed rightful Heirs of the Kingdom (Heb 8:6-10).
Eph 5:6-11 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth; Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Nations, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
The righteousness of Faith is the only way to please God, and it is not reserved for self-righteous hypocritical deceivers.
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Christianity in large part and Judaism, think they are justified by works, and not only works but that of a law that disappeared as it were with the blood of Christ. How unfortunate not to accept such a precious gift.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Make no mistake about it the stumbling block was and always will be Jesus the Christ, God manifest in the flesh a mystery for sure.
We will leave you the reader with a final warning on the deception of justification through the Law of Moses, which obviously after Christ proved a lack of Faith.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Gal 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Till the seed should come to whom the promise was made. Can you at least figure this passage out?
Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
I Will Bless Those That Bless Thee, And Curse Those That Curse Thee
Gen 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
This blessing was to Abraham, not modern day Israel! Mathew speaks of the generations that start with Abraham, continue through David and end with Christ. The blessings of Abraham come on all that have faith through Christ. The reason for this is that the promises were made to Abraham and his seed, which is Christ (Gal 3:14-16).
Old Testament Law Is Replaced By The New Testament link to website article
WHAT WAS ABOLISHED AT THE CROSS?
It is charged that, when He died on Calvary, Christ destroyed the moral law of Ten Commandments. But the Bible does not teach this.
Here are the passages used to show that Gods law has been abolished:
Hebrews 10:7-9 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me) to do Thy will, O God. Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin Thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law. Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.
Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace.
What do those passages mean? They cannot mean that either the moral law of Ten Commandments or the Creation Sabbath were destroyed at Calvary.
Hebrews 10:7-9 is talking about the sacrificial and offering laws. It says so. Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross eliminated the sacrificial laws (also called ceremonial laws). The death of Gods Lamb did away with the offering of lambs on the altar. The sacrificial laws were taken away and the moral law of Ten Commandments established.
Ephesians 2:15 is talking about the commandments contained in ordinances. The ordinances were the ceremonial laws. By His death, Christ eliminated the sacrificial laws and, as our Mediator, brought us to God.
1. Jesus did not come to earth to destroy the moral law! Keep in mind that it was because that law could not be abolished that Christ had to die. Christ did not die so we could keep sinning. He died to provide us miraculous divine grace to empower us to keep the law.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
2. Some today claim that there has been no law since the death of Christ. But the Bible teaches that if there is no law, there is no sin! Indeed, without the law to identify sin, we cannot know what sin is. Apart from the presence of the law, sin does not exist.
Romans 4:15 Where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans 5:13 Sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 3:20 For by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 7:7 I had not known sin but by the law.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is the transgression of the law.
It is the Ten Commandment law of God that the saints will keep. When asked, Which law? Jesus replied by naming several of the Ten Commandments (Matt 19:17-19). And the Apostle James did likewise (James 2:10-12).
3. It is the ceremonial law, the law of Old Testament sacrifices, which ended at the cross.
The only thing abolished at the cross was the ceremonial law, contained in ordinances. They were the sacrificial laws. After Christ’s death, it was no longer necessary to sacrifice lambs at the Temple, for Christ, our Lamb, had died. But, after the death of Christ, we were still obligated to keep the moral law.
Daniel 9:26-27 predicted that, at His death, Christ would cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. And the Apostle Paul tells us that this is exactly what happened. When Christ died, the ceremonial ordinances were blotted out. The sacrificial services in the Temple no longer had meaning in the eyes of God.
Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross.
Ephesians 2:15-16 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.
A leading Protestant writer, Dr. Albert Barnes, in commenting on Colossians 2:16, said this:
But the use of the term [sabbaths] in the plural number, and the connection, show that he [Paul] had his eye on a great number of days which were observed by the Hebrews as festivals, as a part of their ceremonial and typical law, part of the moral law, and not on the moral law or the Ten Commandments. No part of the moral law not one of the Ten Commandments could be spoken as a shadow of things to come. Dr. Albert Barnes, Commentary on Colossians 2:16.
The shadowy laws were the ones that foreshadowed the coming of Christ: the slaying of the lambs and goats, the keeping of the yearly Passover, etc. All these ceremonial laws were taken away by the death of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1-4 For the [sacrificial] law, having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have cease to be offered? . . But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
The moral law is a perfect law (Ps 19:7; 119:172, 142; Rom 7:12). The ceremonial law was imperfect (Heb 7:18-19; 10:1-4).
The moral law is in itself spiritual (Rom 7:14). The ceremonial law was not in itself spiritual (Heb 9:10).
The moral law was spoken directly by God Himself (Deut 4:12-13, 22-23; Ex 20:1). The ceremonial law was spoken by Moses (Lev 1:1-2; 7:37-38).
The moral law was written by the Lord Himself upon two tables of enduring stone (Deut 5:22; Ex 31:18). The ceremonial law was written by Moses in a book (Ex 34:27; Deut 31:9).
The moral law is eternal, requiring obedience from all (Rom 3:31; Matt 5:17; Luke 16:17; Matt 19:17; 1 Cor 7:19; Rev 22:14). The ceremonial law was abolished at the cross; therefore obedience to it is not required from anyone today (Eph 2:15; Col 2:14-17; Acts 15:24).
These sacrificial laws included yearly holy days, or yearly sabbaths. The weekly Sabbath was given to mankind at the foundation of the world and is the fourth of the Ten Commandments.
But the yearly sabbaths were gatherings for special sacrificial service and foreshadowed the death of Christ. At those services, there were special meat offerings and drink offerings. A list of the yearly sabbaths will be found in Leviticus 23:4-44.
The weekly seventh-day Sabbath is called the Sabbath in the Bible, but the yearly sabbaths are easily identified. When mentioned together, an s is added; they were the sabbaths or sabbath days. All those yearly gatherings were abolished at the cross. Paul calls them (and their meat and drink offerings) a shadow.
Colossians 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
This is because the meaning of the Temple services ended when Christ died. At that moment a hand reached down from heaven and tore the veil of the Temple in two, thus desecrating it and destroying its significance:
Matthew 27:50-51 Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the Temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.
Hebrews 10:7-9 Then said I [Christ], Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me) to do Thy will, O God. Above when He said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law. Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.
The first the shadow laws and ceremonies was taken away by the death of Christ, that He might solidly establish by His death the principle that man must obey God and, through the merits of Christ, he can be empowered to do it!
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