oops... sorry feat... :oops:
Here are some more verse about the law:
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.
Gal 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit THROUGH FAITH.
Gal 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though
it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many;
but as of one, And to thy seed,
which is Christ.
Gal 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ,
the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Gal 3:18 For
if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Gal 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was ADDED because of transgressions, TILL the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Gal 3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for
if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.Gal 3:22
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Gal 3:23 But
BEFORE FAITH CAME, we were kept UNDER the law, SHUT UP UNTO FAITH which should AFTERWORDS be revealed.
Gal 3:24 Wherefore
the law was our SCHOOLMASTER to bring us UNTO CHRIST, that we might be justified BY FAITH.
Gal 3:25
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Gal 3:26 For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.[/list:u]
There is OLD wine and the is NEW wine. There is an OLD garment and there is a NEW garment. There is an OLD covenant and there is a NEW covenant. There is the law of Moses (which was ADDED because of trangressions and to bring sin to light) and there is the ROYAL LAW, which is written in our hearts....
which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Mat 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.[/list:u]
Wonder how or if that ties to "cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree" and Christ "nailing it to His cross"??
The only thing that I can find, so far, that says anything about there
NOT being a NEW commandment, but it being and OLD commandment is this:
I write NO new commandment unto you, BUT AN OLD commandment which ye had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.[/list:u]
However, as I see it, Moses is not and was not "the beginning". The laws of Moses were ADDED because of TRANSGRESSIONS. Apart from the law there is NO SIN.... but DEATH still reigned even before the law of Moses was 'added'.
Moses is
not the BEGINNING. CHRIST IS.
I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end, the first and the last.[/list:u]
It is the ROYAL LAW (the Law of God and of LOVE) that we have had "from the beginning" and that we should be following.... not the law of Moses, which was 'added'.
If ye fulfil THE ROYAL LAW according to the scripture, Thou shalt LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF, ye do well:[/list:u]
That's my 2 (more) cents... plus some (more)... :roll:
Chrissie :wink: