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I believe we are not under any part of the Law for the simple reason that there is nothing good in us--we are under Grace, as the goodness to fulfill the Law (what pleases God--"He works in us to will and to do for His pleasure") is in Him.

Yeah, or else what was the point of Jesus dying and resurrecting? "God's wrath is revealed from heaven upon all the unrighteousness of men whereby they suppress the truth about God" (Ro 1:18). If being "under Grace" just results in more unrighteousness, what has Christ accomplished? The men He...

And your "answer" was answered : "if we deny Him He will deny us" refers to peoples' righteousness being "forgotten" (in accordance with Ezekiel 18:24--eg, Matthew 18, parable of the unforgiving steward), and "if we are faithless He remains faithful" refers to the fact that if we sin...

@Johann "A righteousness of my own" points people to me, to trust in me, to praise me, but "God's righteousness" points people to God, to trust in God, to praise God's glorious grace.

By your own standard, have you been "confident" to answer the simple reality of how the person who does not walk in the Law of Faith, not merely hold faith, fully persuaded in his own mind, is sinning against God and is therefore condemned? We've been going on that question for many pages now.

What ever the Spirit instructs us to do, our walking in that automatically causes those commands to be fulfilled in us by God's righteousness.

It's true--and, as I see it, our "steps of faith" ought to be so as to proclaim God's kindness to us--know God, and make God known, as Paul says, "Though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant of all, that I might save some." So, our "walking in faith" has an end : "we rejoice in hope...

"Against [the fruit of the Spirit] there is no law" (Gal 5) : when we walk in the Spirit, walk in faith, we fulfill the righteous requirement of the Law, because we do no harm to our neighbor (eg, do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, etc).

The righteous requirement of the Law is fulfilled in those who walk by the Spirit/walk in faith (Ro 8:4)--eg, love God, do not covet, etc.

"Love is the fulfillment of the Law" (Ro 13:8-10), and we walk in love by walking in faith (Gal 5)/conviction authored by Christ (Ro 14:5).

I specifically answered.

God's Law is being written in our hearts, by the Spirit, in accordance with promises He made about the New Covenant--this is what it means to be "under Grace", and not "under Law"--faith without works doesn't justify, but condemns the man who only has faith but doesn't walk in faith!

It is what I have asked God for, so I don't have to be confused when I read. LOL

The Law of Moses contained both commands to "REMEMBER", and to DO--remembering what Christ has done, and walking consistently with our convictions should not be understood as being in conflict, especially bc He commands "as I have loved you, so love one another", so, as we are receiving His love...

It's a gift, both in its being affirmed AND in its being walked out--and it is to both be held and walked in--the Law of Faith is a twofold command ("This is God's command : that you believe in the Name of God's Son AND love one another [walk in faith which works by love]"--a single command with...

And, specifically, as I see it, a dynamic relationship with God (eg, "I asked the Lord to remove it, but He said "No, My grace is sufficient. My strength is made perfect in weakness.") through His Word that now lives in us and is "written on the heart".

Yep, and Ja 2 is just a call to repentance by walking in faith, not merely holding faith--as he says, "Adulteresses! Don't you know friendship with the world is enmity with God!?"

"Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst, but the water I give him will become a well of water springing up to eternal life" : We have the word implanted/we drink the water, and the water becomes a well/the Word implanted continues speaking to us internally. We have the Law in us...

Wouldn't you say he writes to "believers", who have had the Word ingraft/implanted, so that they are to "receive" the Word as it speaks to them, not harden their hearts, but to walk in faith, moment by moment, as the ingraft Word directs their minds, thus it refers not to "humans", but...

We are both being enriched by God's grace working in one another. God is good!