God gave the law to Moses for the natural children of Israel, but for the most part they were unable to obey those written laws [613]. Why should we today be able to compile a black and white set of written rules as some have done have from the written Bible including the NT or all of the Bible and be able to do better?
"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit." Rom 8:3-5
The secret of obeying that which God wants us to obey is no secret to those whom God has given understanding of what it means to "walk in ...or after the Spirit".
Jesus promised to send power to men:
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts 1:8
In Acts 2 we see the beginning of that promise. In the following words we see that it is through the Holy Ghost of Acts 2 that the "good things" and the "sound words" are kept by the Holy Ghost in us:
"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." II Tim 1:13-14
Pulling out specific commands or requirements from scripture is not in itself an evil thing, but that alone will not bring us into Jesus and into His Father.
To get into God and His Son, we need that Life giving Spirit.
"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." II Cor 3:6
That Spirit is the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. There is a spirit, or spirits, in every man, but not every spirit is a Holy Spirit.
We must have the Life, which Jesus is, and that Life comes to us from that Holy Spirit. It is that Holy Spirit that brings the words of the Bible, which we consume to Life within us [Resurrection]!
Jesus is the Word, and that Word is alive. Without the Spirit, there is no Life [no Jesus] in what we read or memorize or hear.
Those without the Holy Spirit then would be all of the dead people around us walking [men name then zombies], See what Jesus says:
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
And here:
Mt 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Mt 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit." Rom 8:3-5
The secret of obeying that which God wants us to obey is no secret to those whom God has given understanding of what it means to "walk in ...or after the Spirit".
Jesus promised to send power to men:
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts 1:8
In Acts 2 we see the beginning of that promise. In the following words we see that it is through the Holy Ghost of Acts 2 that the "good things" and the "sound words" are kept by the Holy Ghost in us:
"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." II Tim 1:13-14
Pulling out specific commands or requirements from scripture is not in itself an evil thing, but that alone will not bring us into Jesus and into His Father.
To get into God and His Son, we need that Life giving Spirit.
"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." II Cor 3:6
That Spirit is the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost. There is a spirit, or spirits, in every man, but not every spirit is a Holy Spirit.
We must have the Life, which Jesus is, and that Life comes to us from that Holy Spirit. It is that Holy Spirit that brings the words of the Bible, which we consume to Life within us [Resurrection]!
Jesus is the Word, and that Word is alive. Without the Spirit, there is no Life [no Jesus] in what we read or memorize or hear.
Those without the Holy Spirit then would be all of the dead people around us walking [men name then zombies], See what Jesus says:
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
And here:
Mt 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Mt 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
