Keeping the Law

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That’s pretty silly indeed. The people in that passage (Luke 23:54-56) were the First Christians. They walked along side Christ and learned, from His physical mouth to their physical ears, what He intended for all Christians. They were practicing Christianity (the following of the teachings of Jesus Christ) not Judaism.

Do you know how to quote a post? It’d make it easier for those you address to know specifically what you’re responding to.

That’s a pretty common misinterpretation of that verse. End means purpose or objective in that Old English translation.

“Christ is the objective of the Law for righteousness to every one that believes.” is the more accurate modern translation of that verse. We obey the Law (the 10 Commandments) for the purpose of living and walking as Christ did (1 Jn. 2:6). That’s what the Bible says we are supposed to do as Christians if we love Jesus (God). Christ echoes that sentiment in John 14:15 and 15:14.

It all fits together perfectly - unlike the version of Scripture that so many like yourself put forth.

So I should accept your interpretation instead of the one determined by a committee of scholars? LOL! :joy:

That doesn’t mean much. Those of us who have received the Holy Spirit do not want to sin.

The whole issue comes down to one basic principle: the law is external; the Holy Spirit is internal. If you’re “born again” you have received the Holy Spirit to guide you; there is no longer any need for an external set of rules.

Try explaining that to the Officer when he pulls you over…

“Well Sir, I’m born again and I have no need for an external set of rules.”

Jesus take the wheel!

And yet how many of those people are totally without sin?

Matt22: The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

I would be grateful if you would explain how one keeps the greatest commandment.

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It’s the Bible’s interpretation, not mine. Just study the Bible and forget about “committees of men” - just as we are told in 1 John 2:27 and 2 Tim 2:15.

We are never once told to learn God’s Word from men, we are told to study it for ourselves.

“… ye need not that any man teach you: …”
1 Jn. 2:27

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.”
2 Tim. 2:15

That set of rules is no longer ‘external’ and it is of paramount importance to sincere Christians who wish to know how to please God. Just as Paul lays out thoroughly, the Law is what teaches us what sin is. If we love God, we want nothing more than to keep from offending Him. And John supports this concept with 1 Jn. 3:4 when he declares that sin is the breaking of the Law of God.

We can only understand how to avoid that if we learn His Commandments. If He wrote 10 of them ‘in stone’, that’s a pretty significant indicator of the priority of those 10 rules in God’s eyes.

Not sure who this was directed to, but doesn’t it make sense that if we love God that much, we would want to obey the 10 Commandments that He set in stone?

The answer to your question is the 10 Commandments. That is how God told us exactly how He expects us to love Him. The first 4 concern how to love God, the last 6 are how to love our fellow man. All of them together please God when incorporated into our daily walk, our regular daily conduct.

Contrary to modern popular objection, none of them are impossible to keep and the more you practice, the better you get - and when you consider that God’s Spirit is assisting you, it becomes even more plausible.

That is total nonsense! If you have received the Holy Spirit you have no desire to violate the law, including speeding.

:innocent: Ok @Benny enjoy your holiness.

I will do just that, as I have for many years. Thanks.

That does not a swer thequeztion.

How does one loveGod with All our thoughts, when driving one has to concentrate on driving not on lovng God.
If married the love of ones life is ones spouse, often loving them extravagantly, but that is taking love away from God.

Spiritual nstructions have to be practical and applied to life.
Saying have faith is meaningless.