Paul says in Romans 8: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Dear bro.tan,
You said:
That righteousness of the law Paul is talking about here is the Commandments of God. So if you walking in the spirit you walking in the law, and one of those Commandments is to keep the Sabbath day on the seventh day of the week Saturday.
Rom 3:21 But now the righteousness of God (Jesus Christ) WITHOUT THE LAW is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
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 righteousness of the law is fulfilled when a believer has been converted and is only walking by the Spirit. When the Spirit governs a believer, they will love God and love their neighbor. "Love is the fulfilling of the law":
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
It is the
Spirit that causes us to "will and do of His good pleasure". And since the Spirit is holy and righteous, it cannot sin.
When the Spirit governs a converted believer, they
rest from their works and will never sin again.
When a believer "rests" in Christ, they are spiritually fulfilling Sabbath Day.
You are not applying the concept the verse below teaches to your understanding:
1Cor 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
The physical observance of the Sabbath Day is a
physical type that is spiritually fulfilled when we "walk by the Spirit".
The same is true of circumcision. Circumcision is a
physical type that was commanded under the Law. But after a believer is governed by the Spirit, they are spiritually fulfilling the law of circumcision.
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Let me ask you this:
Do you still observe the physical law of circumcision? If you answer no, then why are you still observing the physical law of the Sabbath Day. Both laws are the same and both are spiritually fulfilled when a person is governed by the Spirit.
You said:
Stop copying how I say things, I never said there was a scripture that says Jesus did his part, but Jesus did do his part according to scriptures.
So you know that there is not a scripture that says Jesus did His part, but you still teach that Jesus did His part. Does your understanding of Christ not come solely from scripture? Don't you realize that you are adding to God's Word?
Because you believe that Christ only did part of the work necessary for our salvation, it causes to believe that "we must do our part" to complete the work. Where is your scripture that supports that statement? There are none. Again, you are adding to scripture.
Paul clearly says that mankind has no part to play in our own salvation. Christ does 100% of the works necessary.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Salvation is a "gift of God". God gives it to us freely because of His GRACE. We don't have to do anything to receive salvation or to earn it. Christ will do all that is necessary and a large part of His work is spiritual and is done "within" mankind. He is the one who will causes us to "will and do of His good pleasure". This is what produces a believer's "works of faith" and why they will stop sinning.
You are still operating under the Old Covenant of Law which is founded upon man's works. The New Covenant is founded upon the works of Christ. Christ does all the works (both physical and spiritual) that will cause a person to "walk by the Spirit". When a person does this, the law is fulfilled. This is how Christ fulfills 100% of the law.
You said:
So by coming under the blood of Jesus you are saved from your past sins. And if you are saved now, it is on a day to day basis. Because for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 23:3), and if you continue to live you will sin again. It is the willful sinning that you need to put in check. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrew 10: 26, 27).
The "willful sin" is adding your own works to the works of Christ. I explained this concept to you earlier. When you mix your own works with faith , you are saying that Christ and His sacrifice was insufficient to save you. This is the one and only sin that leads to death.
I have explained the truth of how Christ converts a person to you before, but I will explain it again since it is so vital to know. When a person is called out from the world to enter the church, Christ comes to them without their asking and without their permission and freely gives them the
Early Rain of the Spirit. Paul calls it the Holy Spirit of Promise in Eph 1:13:14. However, the Early Rain is only an earnest amount (down payment). It will leave the new believer spiritually blind and still governed by their carnality. Because it does, Satan will come to them and deceive them into accepting his "another gospel" which teaches faith mixed with works". This is the gospel that all the churches of the world are following. This is the sin that leads to death. They have lost their salvation and are not believe governed by the Holy Spirit. They are being governed by the spirit of anti-Christ.
If a fallen away believer is also "chosen", Christ will come to them a second time. This is commonly called the Second Coming of Christ but it is greatly misunderstood. In the marriage analogy, it is when Christ returns to marry his chaste virgin. But since all new believers fall away and fornicate with Satan (believing Satan over Christ), the chaste virgin is no longer chaste. To correct this "worse than the first" (
Mat 12:43-45) spiritual condition before the Bridegroom returns for them, Christ will send a person to them in the
spirit of Elijah with the call of repentance from works. Christ will then cause the fallen away believer to repent of their works. When they do this, the pathway for Christ to come to them is made "straight" by the person's faith. Christ will then come to them and pour out the
Latter Rain of the Spirit (Baptism of the Holy Spirit). This will convert the person into a child of God who is governed by the Spirit. With the Spirit within the person, the Spirit will cause the person "will and do of His good pleasure". The law will then be fulfilled within them.
You said concerning the Seventy Weeks prophecy:
It's common sense according to the scriptures, if Jesus got cut off in the middle of the week, then Jesus didn't fulfill all.
That is right. Jesus is still working to fulfill the last 3 1/2 years remaining of the prophecy.
In the first 3 1/2 years, Christ did the physical work that needed to be done (first comes the natural, then comes the spiritual). That work was completed at the cross and was under the Old Covenant of Law which demanded His blood sacrifice. As you said, He was cutoff in the middle of the final week. That leaves 3 1/2 years for Christ to complete the prophecy.
The last 3 1/2 years are currently being completed under the New Covenant. Since the New Covenant is spiritual, Christ is spiritually completing the last 3 1/2 years
within His Elect. The last 3 1/2 years begin for an Elect person when Christ comes to them and gives them the Early Rain. It ends when Christ returns and gives them the Latter Rain. With the Latter Rain, the person is converted into a child of God who is governed by the Spirit. After Christ completes this spiritual work within all the Elect of this age,
all SIX of the goals of Dan 9:24 will be fulfilled:
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, 1). to finish the transgression, and 2). to make an end of sins, and 3). to make reconciliation for iniquity, and 4). to bring in everlasting righteousness, and 5). to seal up the vision and prophecy, and 6). to anoint the most Holy.
Joe