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 4/14/11 12:26 PM |
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from a sinner to a sinner wrote:
1Tim 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Now!
"O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion!"
(R.Burns) So if the Law is for the sinner, then why are Christians picking and choosing which Law they follow and which one they don't? Follow all the Law or follow none. |
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| 4/14/11 12:12 PM |
| Revivalandreformation | | North of the Equator | | | | | | | |
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Wildmore wrote:
"Doesn’t that mean we have no free will?"
Man in his natural estate has no free will because of sin. Thus he is under the dominion of sin.
The Christian is freed from sins dominion by the Holy Spirit and comes into the estate of faith.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Yep. We are slave to someone, it will either be sin or Christ. Either way we obey a Master. Nothing can find itself outside of God's will and sovereignty, if so, then God is not sovereign. |
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| 4/14/11 12:07 PM |
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Pastor Thomas Donelan wrote:
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Genesis 14:18-20
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone . –Matthew 23:23
We see here that the tithe predates the law, as Abram was paying tithes to the priest of God centuries before the law, and Jesus himself said pay the tithe but do the rest as well.
It does not sound like he is abolishing the tithe. But the tithe is just the starting point. There needs to be offerings also. So does animal sacrifice... |
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| 4/14/11 11:50 AM |
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New in Focus wrote:
Reed,
Thank you for your input, I was just wondering where the best place would be to proceed with the subject(s) in discussion, all the subjects, contained herein, are like numerous points on a line, yet all on the line. But from what point of this line should we continue, the first point being established. If you know what I mean? I agree with both of you, but my main point with this invigorating discussion is this: In order to activate the New Will, the Old Will must be done away with. How was the Old Law established? By doing as Christ commanded. The Old Law was squeezed into two very easy and basic commandments and if we accomplish these we have establish, completed and fulfilled what was commanded way back in the day. The Law was perfect, man is sinful. The Law pointed man in the direction of the Cross, once the cross was completed, now what? Is the Law for the saved or the unsaved? Do we still need to be confronted with our need of a Saviour even after we are saved? Interesting... |
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| 4/13/11 5:17 PM |
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Jessica Dawson wrote:
I agree, in the New Testament we are given the opportunity to give more, or to give less. Although, If someone chooses to tithe, I don't believe there is any fault in it. God bless!
2 Corinthians 9:6-8 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. Remember this verse, Jessica?James 2.10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Be careful with that mentality. If you decide to follow one part of the Law you automatically place yourself under obligation to follow ALL the Law. And if you fail, Deut. 28 15-68 jumps up and grabs you.
Why would you only want to give 10% to God anyway? We as His slaves really don't have any option but total surrender. |
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| 4/13/11 4:34 PM |
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I must clarify a statement that I made earlier. Yes, Abraham and others were saved by God's grace, because they believed that God's Messiah was coming to earth as the sacrificial Lamb. It was grace that saved them...but the whole idea of Jesus coming to earth, living a sinless life, dying on the cross, rising from the dead had not transpired yet. The people of the OT had to believe in something that had not happened yet. This was faith and it was accredited to them for righteousness. The people of the OT were under the Law of Moses. They were shackled if you will to rules, laws and ordinances that did not free them, but kept them down. There is only one Man who kept the Law perfectly, and that was Jesus. There is a clear distinction between the Law and Grace. The Law brought man to the cross and showed him his sin and incapacity of obtaining favour in God's eyes. The Cross was the tipping point, a cross roads where Jesus Christ dying for us, bridged that gap between us and God and made it possible to have that relationship with Him. No man can be saved except through the work of Christ on the cross. |
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| 4/11/11 11:42 AM |
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John UK wrote:
Nowhere is that to be found bro.
The only yoke we want around our neck is that of Jesus Christ, who said that his yoke is easy and his burden light.  Amen...with that slavery comes enormous freedom, giving all of everything not ten percent of a little. |
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