Not Obeying the Commandments is Unrighteousness

[robert derrick]

This is in answer to the lawless sinners that say obeying the law is not right.

Does obeying the law outwardly make anyone righteous with God? Without inward faith, no.

But disobeying the law outwardly certainly makes anyone unrighteous.

Christ came to reform them that keep the law outwardly in letter only, that they may first be pure inwardly.

But He came to save lawless sinners.

Those doing the law without inward purity, need to purify their hearts, but all lawbreakers just need to get saved.

Those running the race lawfully, may need to cleanse their hearts and lungs to breathe better, but the unlawful are not even in the race.

In any society, those doing the law outwardly are better than criminals, but it doesn't make them saints.

And in the commonwealth of Israel, there are no lawbreakers, just law abiding citizens, that may need to cleanse inwardly from time to time.

And there shall in no wise enter into (the city) any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

 

[robert derrick]

The biggest lie of the devil against the doctrine of grace and faith of Christ, is that somehow doing the law has become evil.

God never, ever rebuked His people for keeping His law, but for not keeping His law.

Take all Scripture written by the Spirit of Christ pertaining to doing the law of Christ, and insert 'with or without inward faith', and all is simple.

Doers of the law must do so with a pure heart to enter into Life, but lawbreakers aren't even in the running.

 

[robert derrick]

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but 'within' the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

There are those burdened under the law, whose hearts are not in it. There are the lawless without law, whose hearts are blind.

And then there are those who are lawful in Christ, who love the law, even as the Lawgiver:

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Those burdened by the law of Christ, need to purify their hearts from lust, and the lawbreakers need to be saved.

Those loving to do the law of Christ as written, because they love the One writing it, are the blessed saints in Christ Jesus.

 

[robert derrick]

Those teaching that doing the law at all is sin, are worse than the criminals, even if their lifestyles are less criminal, because their hearts are more blind and wicked against God, than the unlawful unbelievers.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

It is better to be a doer of the law only, than to be a breaker of the law openly.

But those teaching against doing the law at all, are anarchists, and if it is the law of Christ, they are antichrists.

 

[robert derrick]

Jesus did not come to do away with His law, but to do away with unpurified hearts burdened while doing His law.

And to save lawbreakers.

The lawful with unclean hearts, need inward cleansing to do the law freely and well. The unlawful need salvation.

Christ does not set free from doing His law, but sets free from the burden of doing so without spiritual purity within.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

 

[robert derrick]

The great honor of Jesus Christ among men, is that He kept the law of God blamelessly without sinning against it.

And yet, those walking in His steps are rebuked for keeping His law likewise?

Those doing His law without pure hearts, need purifying, but those not doing His law outwardly, are unsaved lawbreaking sinners.

And those teaching against doing His law at all are the worst of all.

 

[Bob Estey]

This is in answer to the lawless sinners that say obeying the law is not right.

Does obeying the law outwardly make anyone righteous with God? Without inward faith, no.

But disobeying the law outwardly certainly makes anyone unrighteous.

Christ came to reform them that keep the law outwardly in letter only, that they may first be pure inwardly.

But He came to save lawless sinners.

Those doing the law without inward purity, need to purify their hearts, but all lawbreakers just need to get saved.

Those running the race lawfully, may need to cleanse their hearts and lungs to breathe better, but the unlawful are not even in the race.

In any society, those doing the law outwardly are better than criminals, but it doesn't make them saints.

And in the commonwealth of Israel, there are no lawbreakers, just law abiding citizens, that may need to cleanse inwardly from time to time.

And there shall in no wise enter into (the city) any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

The Lord gave us the law to keep us out of trouble here on earth. Christians seem to always be focused on the afterlife, and never think about their life here on earth.

 

[robert derrick]

The Lord gave us the law to keep us out of trouble here on earth. Christians seem to always be focused on the afterlife, and never think about their life here on earth.

Nor their souls, which are still full of lust.

The Christians religion has always been more of a new-leaf conversion of doing more good and less evil, rather than the once for all conversion and translation from darkness to Light.

Today's virile form of grace, is all smiles and neighborliness, until the pitchforks come out against any preaching against their sinning.

And if the law of Christ is brought in, then the bonfire of indignation begins.

 

[Bob Estey]

Nor their souls, which are still full of lust.

The Christians religion has always been more of a new-leaf conversion of doing more good and less evil, rather than the once for all conversion and translation from darkness to Light.

Today's virile form of grace, is all smiles and neighborliness, until the pitchforks come out against any preaching against their sinning.

And if the law of Christ is brought in, then the bonfire of indignation begins.

If you don't want to go to prison, don't rob a bank.