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Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

by Cornelius R. Stam

There are three misconceptions that most people entertain about the law of God and its Ten Commandments:

1. Most people have a vague notion that the law always was in existence and that it must have been given to the first man, Adam, or soon after. Actually, God gave the law to Moses for Israel about 1500 B.C., after about 2500 years of human history had elapsed (John 1:17). So mankind lived on earth for about 2500 years without the law or the Ten Commandments.

2. Most people suppose that the law and the Ten Commandments were given to mankind in general, while, in fact, it was given to Israel alone (Deuteronomy 5:2,3).

3. Most people suppose that the law and the Ten Commandments were given to help us to do right. Even some clergymen teach this, although the Bible clearly teaches that they were given to show us that we are guilty sinners.

It is true that the law, while given to Israel, also shows the Gentile that he is a sinner. This is why Romans 3:19 says:

"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought in guilty before God."

But most important of all: Few people realize that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins to deliver us from the just condemnation of the law. This is taught in the following Scriptures:

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us..." (Gal.3:13).

"For God hath made Him to be sin for us, [Christ] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (IICor.5:21).

"For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE" (Rom.6:14).

Posted by Zeena (Member # 7223) on :

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Originally posted by WildB:
by Cornelius R. Stam

There are three misconceptions that most people entertain about the law of God and its Ten Commandments:

1. Most people have a vague notion that the law always was in existence and that it must have been given to the first man, Adam, or soon after. Actually, God gave the law to Moses for Israel about 1500 B.C., after about 2500 years of human history had elapsed (John 1:17). So mankind lived on earth for about 2500 years without the law or the Ten Commandments.

Yep, that's correct! [Big Grin]

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2. Most people suppose that the law and the Ten Commandments were given to mankind in general, while, in fact, it was given to Israel alone (Deuteronomy 5:2,3).

Israel alone! hehehe! LOVE IT! [clap2]

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3. Most people suppose that the law and the Ten Commandments were given to help us to do right. Even some clergymen teach this, although the Bible clearly teaches that they were given to show us that we are guilty sinners.

AMEN!
Romans 11:32
For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

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It is true that the law, while given to Israel, also shows the Gentile that he is a sinner. This is why Romans 3:19 says:

"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought in guilty before God."

But most important of all: Few people realize that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins to deliver us from the just condemnation of the law. This is taught in the following Scriptures:

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us..." (Gal.3:13).

"For God hath made Him to be sin for us, [Christ] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (IICor.5:21).

"For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE" (Rom.6:14).

GREAT POST!

Praise Jesus! [clap2]

Posted by Michael Harrison (Member # 6801) on :

Indeed. I am blessed by the brother!

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"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us..." (Gal.3:13).

Indeed, this Jesus 'did' past tense.

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"For God hath made Him to be sin for us, [Christ] who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (IICor.5:21).

Indeed, that we 'might' be made the righteousness of God [if we believe unto 'righteousness'] present tense.

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"For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE" (Rom.6:14).

Present tense! Right! Grace accomplishes for me what I cannot 'do'. It keeps the law for me so that I might not sin by being evil, by claiming that grace says that it is ok because I am a failure. I am not a failure, for I have God's grace to keep me from it.

Posted by Zeena (Member # 7223) on :

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Originally posted by Michael Harrison:
It keeps the law for me so that I might not sin by being evil,

Acts 15:10
Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

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by claiming that grace says that it is ok because I am a failure.

Jude 1:4
For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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I am not a failure, for I have God's grace to keep me from it.

Philippians 3:14-15
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Posted by CHEWY (Member # 6970) on :

Romans 2:14-15 - to those who don't have the law -

14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Romans 2:14-15 (KJV)

God has written the law upon every man's heart. it is part of His common grace. This is where morality as a whole should be understood from.

What a mess much of our world is in as it knows what to do, but denies the very essence of truth within themselves.

Chewy

Posted by Zeena (Member # 7223) on :

Michael said law, not morality..

Yet, if that's what he meant then it is truth, so long as 'it' is a He [Wink]