The Apostle Paul really had nothing good to say about the Mosaic Law, and pretty much put a curse on anyone that looked to it for guidance.
Actually, see Romans 8:4, Romans 8:7, Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16.
Paul taught us that the law will be obeyed by us (the spirit of it, not the letter...see Romans 7:6)...that it will be written on the hearts and minds of new Covenant believers.
Romans 7:4 contains a strong argument against adherence to the law:
It needs to be compared with other scripture in order to give the entire picture. What this verse is really saying is that we are forgiven of past, present, and future sin(s); and therefore the law's relationship to us is that it no longer condemns us from the outside, as it is written on tablets of stone. But it does govern us from the inside, as written on fleshy tables of human hearts.
You want to be righteous? Then you’re going to have DO or WORK righteousness.
God is a God who justifies (or declares righteous) the ungodly...Romans 4:5. Our faith is accounted as righteousness. The doing or working of righteousness stems out of being declared righteous...for it is impossible for God to lie, and He calls those things which be not as though they are. Therefore the beginning of our righteousness is faith...not works. We then do good works
because we are righteous by faith...and in this we do not become righteous by our works. The righteousness is by faith from beginning to end and all the way through...Romans 1:17, Colossians 2:6, Galatians 3:1-3. It is not of works...Ephesians 2:9 and context.
Do you want everlasting life? Then Jesus says you will need to LABOR or WORK for it.
This teaching of NO WORKS salvation is from the devil. He has had great success in deceiving the masses.
Salvation will most assuredly produce good works. But just as I am not going to obtain the blessing of being born again through giving money to the poor; but only by faith alone in Jesus Christ: and works will develop out of that faith: so I cannot obtain regeneration by doing a good work for God...this only comes about through faith in Jesus and what He did for me on the Cross. I am regenerated by this faith...and because of this regeneration I have the love of the Lord shed abroad in my heart (Romans 5:5); which love is not in word or in tongue only but in deed and in truth (1 John 3:17-18) and which love is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, Romans 8:4).
Was Abraham a man who did nothing? Or was he a faithful and obedient servant? Abraham worked his whole life being obedient to God.
Please tell me....which of the commands of God could Abraham have rejected and still been faithful? Did he have to leave UR? Could he have rejected circumcision? How about the sacrifice of Isaac?
He was justified before he sacrificed Isaac; and circumcision is certainly not a requirement for salvation. And since he left Ur of the Chaldees before he was justified by faith alone, it is clear that this work didn't save him.
He IS NOT teaching that you DON’t have to DO ANYTHING.
The devil has a hold on you and your understanding of WORKS.
The devil's hold on people in this area has to do with their motivation, as to why they do good works. If they do them because of obligation, then they are working for wages...and being sinners, whose righteousnesses are as filthy rags...the only wages that they can earn is death. But if they do them because Christ has redeemed them by His blood, and they are thankful...then their righteousness is fine linen that comes out of being connected to the vine. I realize that I have mixed metaphors.
Hi JBF,
Go back and read all my posts and tell me one where I said we are saved by works. I've NEVER said that and never will because it's not true.
Ephesians 2:8-9
You appear to believe, from my understanding of your posts, that we maintain our salvation by works. This to me, is the same thing as salvation by works.
Could you please explain to me what justification is?
It is the Lord declaring that a man is righteous. And since it is impossible for God to lie, it is to a certain extent
making the same man righteous (see Romans 5:19, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18).
Also, who ever said the Law could be kept perfectly?
The Israelites couldn't do it...why would WE be able to do this?
Of course, no one can keep the law perfectly. Yet it is what is required of anyone who would attempt to obtain righteousness/salvation/ entrance into the kingdom by virtue of their works.
faith without the work of God IS dead.
Faith
is the work of God according to the scripture in question (John 6:28-29).
We will reap IF WE DO NOT GROW WEARY...
otherwise WE WILL NOT REAP.
This has to do with reaping a harvest of souls in evangelism...not our own personal salvation.
Those that did good deeds will be raised to a life of resurrection.
Those who did not do good deeds will be raised to a life of jdugement...which is damnation.
Think with me about John 5:29. Those who have done evil will be raised to a resurrection of damnation. Yet the Bible teaches us that all of us have done evil (Romans 3:23). So, are all raised to the resurrection of damnation?
AFTER they were saved,,,they were required to obey God.
This is false doctrine. It is not a requirement to obey the Lord after we are saved but a privilege. We do it because we want to, not because we have to. See Psalms 110:3.
We are now made heirs through Jesus and not by trying to maintain the 613 laws of Moses....
If we are attempting to obtain (or otherwise maintain) our salvation by works (whether continued or otherwise), then we are required to keep the whole law (Galatians 3:10, James 2:10, Matthew 5:48). This includes all 613 commandments.
Where in Scripture is what you have said, spelled out?
