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The way they had to sacrifice often was very bloody. The reason I say "not improved" is because the new nature cannot be improved, but you could say we improve. We are already everything Christ is (except the deity of course), without doing anything; but we just mature more all the time in Him...

You misunderstood me somewhere. I said He was Christian when he wrote Ro 7.

v 17 and 20--"no more I that do the wrong" is Paul in his new nature, as he points out he still has the old nature. No Pharisee would ever say "I delight in the law of God," for the law was a bloody and burdensome thing. "He divides himself as it were into two parts, the mind, by which he...

Hi and thanks for the reply. It's my understanding that Paul is a Christian in Ro 7:14-25, and some think he is still a non Christian, but what he presented is only what a Christian would say.

I say “not improved” because the new man does not need improved, being the nature after Christ (Col 3:10); and the old man cannot be improved, because it cannot be “subject” to the will of God (Rom 8:7)! I am the new man, not the old, for we “are not in the flesh” (old man or sin nature - Ro...

Like what you said here! If you think about it, those who should be saved will be saved, and not a one will be lost. God knows all who will be saved, and nothing will interfere with this; though believers are often delayed from spiritual growth but never hindered. It's good to know that God will...

I know what you mean, thanks for sharing!

I'm still not sure how God is going to save all Israel, but your model looks ok. This is what keeps me thinking about the salvation of the Jews who believe in God, which is more than what can be said for the world who will not believe in God: --John Gill Verse 26. "And so all Israel shall be...

Though the Lord Jesus has gone away, He not only imparts to me what my condition requires, but also shares with me through the Spirit His position and Life in heaven (Col 3:4). All is coming forth in the sublime grandeur of the Man Who has broken the power of death, and now will introduce His...

Those among Israel who believe in God and not Jesus will continue as a people of God and miss the son-ship in Christ. They will inherit the new earth, and Christians the new heaven.

The Law was for a certain people (Israel) for a certain time (OT). There are numerous passages demonstrating the "passing away" of the Law. There cannot be two Covenants in effect. He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second. (Heb 10:9). "He is the mediator of a better covenant...

The Old Covenant (the Law of Moses or Pentateuch) was "taken away" in order to set up the New Covenant in Christ and His Gospel: He taketh away the first (OT), that He may establish the second (NT); Heb 10:9. "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought...

Christian living goes far beyond just the Decalogue, to all that Christ commands and His apostles teach. "one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Luk 21:32). When Christ fulfilled the Law it passed away!

True, it also involved their flocks and harvest.

The law tells you what to do, but it can't give you the power to do it. Jesus tells you what to do, and he gives you the power to do it. The Law was still in effect until Jesus' ascension, and therefore Christ was instructing them. Many of the Jews did not realize the cessation of the law until...

Law in general means the "will" of God, e.g. Christ commandments are not the part of the Law, like He says to love one another the way He loves us (Jhn 15:12), not according to how we love ourselves (love thy neighbor as thy self).

Don't sin "willfully" (Heb 10:26). The sins of the believer should be only those that are not intentional, e.g. envy, jealousy, wrath, etc.

"cheerful giver" 2Co 9:7.

True, and being led by the Spirit causes us to give more than 10%.

Amen, and God bless!