Rom_13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another:for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.Like not killing and remaining faithful to ones mate and not lying?
Does your Bible say that we fulfill the law if we love one another?
Gal_5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
John 8_32, with the advent of Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit, God goes deeper with us than just the letter of the law and the outward observance of it. He is after our hearts and the attitudes of the inward man. True, you may not kill anyone, but God does not even want you to hate anyone. Isn't that right?
Does your Bible liken lust in your heart to adultery?
Mat_5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Keeping the Law will not purify your heart, will it?
That is why Jesus says that the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. If you love your neighbor, you won't inwardly hate them. Jesus likened hate in our heart to murder.
Like Jesus, I am always working aren't you? Yet, I "labor" to always be at rest in Christ. Jesus was ALWAYS working, yet always resting in His Father's love and care. What do you define as work? Compare that to what Jesus defines as work.When do you work?
John_9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Are you actually going to side with the OT Testament teaching about doing NO activity at all that it defines as work on the Sabbath? Remember, where a LAW exists there is a PENALTY. There is no such thing as a LAW without a PENALTY
Jas_2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
If your Employer is a Taskmaster, then yes, I don't work for him. He keeps trying to employ me, but I keep turning him down.You apparently don't work for my employer.
Here are my Master’s instructions to me.
Gal_5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Does that sound like a taskmaster?
Paul, another of His servants testifies this way.
Gal_5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Gal_5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Gal_5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal_5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Gal_5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Does your Bible say that the only thing that AVAILS is FAITH which WORKETH by LOVE?
Rom_6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Rom_6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
The Law will not cleanse the heart or save an individual. That alone is the work of the Holy Spirit in response to one's faithful abiding in Christ.
Great chatting with you, John8_32,
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