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Are you more into NCT then?

 

For direction and leading, not for salvation!

 

God Himself stated that the Mosaic Law was covenant between Him and national israel!

 

All sinners saved was due to them placing trust and belief in the promised Messiah to come, as all of the feasts, sacrificices, OT books etc pointed towards Him!

 

Cannot be saved/born again unless one has the promised Holy Spirit, and that was ln Pentacost!

 

No, as he had to hear of the messiah and receive the Holy Spirit for that to happen!

 

NPP is basically new old bad news, as it goes back to critical scholars who denied inspiration of Holy Spirit, and had Paul and Jesus arguing as to what salvation meant!

 

That is not what people who speak about the Covenant of Grace believe. The Covenant of Grace is understood to be an overarching covenant that expands throughout redemption history. Whoever is saved from the Fall to the end has a saving interest in the Covenant of Grace.

 

Any and all ever saved came under the CoG!

 

Neither is it a covenant of grace and faith.

It is the covenant of the New Kingdom. The one neither Abraham nor the OT house of Jacob got. A kingdom of grace in sight of the Lamb, and God on the throne.

 

you believe that Moses used existing writings/narritives and compiled them into a single book?

 

The Holy Spirit was there, could He not have revealed what happened to Moses?

 

Only the Bible never actually says that. Under the law of Moses, salvation was by faith and works, as often stated in scripture.

Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:12 And the law is NOT of faith: but, The man that DOETH them shall live in them.

Rom 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which DOETH those things shall live by them.

And indeed:
Eze 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

Psa 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Psa 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

Etc. Etc. Etc.

However, in the church age of grace, the works of the law are no more accepted of God as a basis of justification.

Rom 3:21 BUT NOW [i.e. not before] the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets [the law prophesied and typified salvation by grace, but it did not offer salvation by grace];

This is partly due to the fact that New Testament salvation includes elements (like regeneration, adoption, etc) which were not part of salvation under Moses' law, and which elements, now bundled-up with salvation, can never be attained by the works of the law. In the tribulation, and in the millennial kingdom, salvation will once again be obtained as it was under the law of Moses.

I realize this is highly contentious, and it took me a while to digest. Hopefully we can discuss it with scriptures over time.

To be clear, your question is very pertinent and difficult to answer for those who ascribe to the "salvation was always by grace through faith" creed yet also distinguish between a covenant of the law and then a covenant of grace. So what I'm saying is that you are at least trying to be internally consistent.

 

No one under the Mosaic law was ever justified by keeping that Law, as they were "saved" by placing trust and faith in the promised messiah to come!

 

It would be helpful if you would deal with the scriptures that were provided and that you quote scriptures in turn to support your claim.

 

Paul stated that NONE shall ever be justified before God by what they do, and that counts for all since Adam!

 

I quoted Paul's words in my original post.
The "that counts for all since Adam" part is what you added. Paul specifically countered that when he said that the law of Moses was not of faith but of works.

 

yes, as in n one have ever or will ever be justified before God bu the Law, or human works!