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5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. - 1 Timothy 1:5-11
Please re-read this section of Scripture paying close attention to verse 5 and verses 8 and 9.
We in our above posts have agreed that Jesus is the standard we must look to for guidance and salvation. Just as the serpent was lifted in the wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted. We look to Christ and see life, yet looking to the Law only brings death. Because it only brings death it also points to the One that can give life. The Law is unobtainable whereas Christ is obtainable, we are being conformed into His image.
We are the just being justified in Christ. Christ's standard far exceeds the Law, Him being perfect in every aspect of the Law. We are not called to perfection in the Law rather perfection in love, perfection in Christ. The former is impossible for man and was completed for us, the latter is possible only in Christ and will be completed in us as God's word promises. The Law was not laid down for the just, but for the unjust.
The Law still has validity in human society. It points the ungodly to Christ. It shows sinners their faults and gives them guidance into what is right from wrong. Yet even these commands they twist into meanings that were never intended. Some bend and stretch them so as to avoid the vigor of their content. Others make them so ridged and brittle they can only be broken.
The Law cannot bring life so we cannot be under it. We are under grace through our faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice for sin and His resurrection for our justification. We can learn from the Law, yet we are to press on to the maturity that is only found in Christ.
The Law was handed down from Moses to the nation of Israel. It was these nation people, and only these people, that bound themselves by oath to the Law. The Law contains 613 mitzvot. Every command has validity to human society. We as Christians do not point to these commands that bring death rather to Christ that brings life. We have put our hand to the plow, tilling the land to bring forth the rich harvest God will provide that is salvation in Christ. Let us not look back so as to waver in our lines by directing towards Law.
6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. - 1 Timothy 1:5-11
Please re-read this section of Scripture paying close attention to verse 5 and verses 8 and 9.
We in our above posts have agreed that Jesus is the standard we must look to for guidance and salvation. Just as the serpent was lifted in the wilderness so must the Son of Man be lifted. We look to Christ and see life, yet looking to the Law only brings death. Because it only brings death it also points to the One that can give life. The Law is unobtainable whereas Christ is obtainable, we are being conformed into His image.
We are the just being justified in Christ. Christ's standard far exceeds the Law, Him being perfect in every aspect of the Law. We are not called to perfection in the Law rather perfection in love, perfection in Christ. The former is impossible for man and was completed for us, the latter is possible only in Christ and will be completed in us as God's word promises. The Law was not laid down for the just, but for the unjust.
The Law still has validity in human society. It points the ungodly to Christ. It shows sinners their faults and gives them guidance into what is right from wrong. Yet even these commands they twist into meanings that were never intended. Some bend and stretch them so as to avoid the vigor of their content. Others make them so ridged and brittle they can only be broken.
The Law cannot bring life so we cannot be under it. We are under grace through our faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice for sin and His resurrection for our justification. We can learn from the Law, yet we are to press on to the maturity that is only found in Christ.
The Law was handed down from Moses to the nation of Israel. It was these nation people, and only these people, that bound themselves by oath to the Law. The Law contains 613 mitzvot. Every command has validity to human society. We as Christians do not point to these commands that bring death rather to Christ that brings life. We have put our hand to the plow, tilling the land to bring forth the rich harvest God will provide that is salvation in Christ. Let us not look back so as to waver in our lines by directing towards Law.