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Ricky:
How do we live by 10 commandments and no free will to keep them. Cannot be done. Jesus says, No one is good except God. Why do we have them if they are what seems to be useless to us? What are we to do with them.   Ricky

Extol:
Ricky,

They are there to show us that we cannot keep them. By giving us a law that is impossible to follow, God makes us realize our weakness, our futility. Our egos are deflated, we are humbled, we are driven to Christ on our knees. If we could really keep all the commandments, what need would there be for a Savior? What need would there be for faith? I encourage you to do a study on the book of Galatians; Paul discourses on how we are to live by faith, not the law. The law cannot save any of us. Our best hope--indeed, our only hope--is to have faith that Jesus Christ will overcome our sins, since we are helpless to do so ourselves.

Remember, the Law was not the original covenant. Before the Law, God made a covenant with Abraham. A snippet from Galatians 3:

16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator.
 20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:18-19, The Message: What is the point, then, of the law, the attached addendum? It was a thoughtful addition to the original covenant promises made to Abraham. The  purpose of the law was to keep a sinful people in the way of salvation until Christ (the descendant) came, inheriting the promises and distributing them to us.

Romans 5:20, New Living Translation: God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful grace became more abundant.

Romans 3:20, NIV: Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin
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lilitalienboi16:

--- Quote from: Ricky on January 11, 2014, 03:05:59 PM ---How do we live by 10 commandments and no free will to keep them. Cannot be done. Jesus says, No one is good except God. Why do we have them if they are what seems to be useless to us? What are we to do with them.   Ricky

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The law is spiritual Ricky. Paul kept the law blamelessly and flawlessly and yet still was able to, as he put it, "BREATH SLAUGHTER" against the church. Just imagine that. Breathing slaughter. The image is quite vivid.

Jesus said unless your righteousness surpasses those of the pharisees you shall in no wise see the kingdom.

Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Why where these things true? How could that be? Its because the law was spiritual the entire time and the carnal mind is deep seated hatred against God. You cannot keep the law your own accord.

Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Galatians 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH, but after the Spirit.

Hope this helps answer your question.

God bless,
Alex

John from Kentucky:


We do not live by the 10 Commandments, which were the core of the Old Covenant that no longer applies to those who are under the New Covenant.

We live by Jesus in us, the hope of glory. Col 1:27

se7en:
Ricky,

The references to the Word that everyone gave really gets at the meat of why, but I wanted to add this as well...

1 Tim 1:8-11 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust.

The ten commandments were given as it's part of the process we have to go through in salvation... in recocgnizing that we ourselves are beasts.  The ten commandments are for the old unrighteous carnal men in each of us. But the law of the spirit/Christ is for the new man to live by.


I hope that helped explain it a bit better?

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