What matters is keeping the Commandments of God

[BobRyan]

1 Cor 7:19 "But what matters is keeping the Commandments of God"

Rom 2
7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;


13 for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves,
15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

 

[Dr. Walter]

Come on Bob, I have two threads challenging you to answer simple questions. Why are you so afraid to answer simple questions? I will tell you why! Because you know if you attempt to answer those simple questions your interpretation will be exposed for what it is - misinterpretation of the scriptures.

1 Cor 7:19 "But what matters is keeping the Commandments of God"

Rom 2
7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;


13 for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves,
15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

 

[BobRyan]

Come on Bob, I have two threads challenging you to answer simple questions. Why are you so afraid to answer simple questions? I will tell you why! Because you know if you attempt to answer those simple questions your interpretation will be exposed for what it is - misinterpretation of the scriptures.

I thank you for those threads. I find them very helpful.

There happens to be another web site consuming a lot of my board-time recently but I will try to be more focused here

in Christ,

Bob

 

[savedbymercy]

Christ is the end of the Law to Believers !



Rom 10:4

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

This scripture is basically saying that Christ has fulfilled the Law for all those who are believing ! Christ has fulfilled all of the ceremonial Law for it prefigured His blood cleansing death, and He fulfilled all of the Moral Law, with perfect, spotless, and sinless obedience to every detail of it !

All whom Christ died for are dead to the Law in order that they can serve in newness of life Rom 7:4

4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Paul tells these believers that they were made dead to the Law how? Not by their believing, though that would occur, not by their freewill, but by the body of Christ, which means His Death 1 Pet 2:24

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

All True Believers are dead to the law, in that it has no commanding power over them, no condemning power, no curse to worry about. Those whom Christ did not die for, are under obligation to keep the Law of God Perfectly.

Christ has honored God's Law to the Highest degree possible for all those He died for, that He was made a curse for. The end was so in order that we should be married to another, that is to Christ. That means all whom Christ died for shall come into a experiential fellows hip with Him 1 Cor 1:9

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

That word fellowship is the greek word koinōnia:

fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse

a) the share which one has in anything, participation

b) intercourse, fellowship, intimacy

1) the right hand as a sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office)

c) a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship

Amen, all for whom Christ died are called into, intimacy with Him,joint participation, communion with Him.

This He did, accomplished by His death, and causing us [If True Believers] to be dead to the law, to be married to Him.

Paul says the same thing in 2 Cor 5:14

15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

 

[Christos doulos]

In May 2010 Chowmah starts a thread on the 10 Commandments with this comment



Since the thread is full - and closed... I add this comment here

1Cor 7:19 "what matters is keeping the commandments of God".

In Eph 6:1-5 we are told that the 5th commandment is the "first commandment" in that still-authorotative group of 10, that has a promise associated with it.

In James 2 we are told that if we break one of them we break all.

In John 14:15 - "if you Love Me KEEP My Commandments" -- using the pre-cross context of commandments.

John repeats this in 1John 2 saying that those who claim to know and love Christ should keep His Commandments.

in Christ,

Bob

Keeping the commandments is impossible.

 

[Heavenly Pilgrim]

Are you certain of that?
1Jn 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1Jn 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

 

[savedbymercy]

Keeping the commandments is impossible.

Yes, ask adam about that !

 

[Heavenly Pilgrim]

Guilt is not the response of one not being able to perform an impossibility.........unless one could feel guilt for not being able to stand flat footed and jump over the moon. Who knows, some on this list may feel guilt for failure of such impossibilities. I have heard some say something to the effect that they had to repent for the way they were born.

 

[savedbymercy]

The Main Purpose for the Law !

The Main Purpose for the Law was for the Lord Jesus Christ to come up under it, and fulfill all of it's Holy precepts, and bare it's punishment for it's violation in behalf of God's Elect. It was in this that God's Law would be magnified and made honorable ! Isa 42:21

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

 

[DHK]

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