Posted on 04/20/2009 5:26:00 PM PDT by DouglasKC
Fascinating. Thanks.
Jesus did not come to abolish The Law, He came to fulfill it. There is a big difference!
sounds like the author never heard of the Noachide laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah
And the point is? Those of us who are Bible teachers have known this...it is not new information. So the author’s point is what?
God says he has written His law on the hearts of men - that is why all cultures had certain prohibitions. Additionally, Christ came to fulfil the law, not abolish it. The Law’s purpose is so we realize that we are, in fact, sinners and deeply so and the Law is so that realizing we are sinners we will be ready to accept Him who came to set us free from sin and death. If we do not acknowledge that we are sinners, then we really have no need for a Savior, then do we? Of course, that’s the problemo for many today - they think they sin not apparently, or that there is NO law other than man-made. Well, wait til they find out otherwise (uh oh).
Amen and Amen.
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You would be surprised that many Christians think that the ten commandments are no longer applicable to Christians.
I guess God felt He had to write ‘em down. It worked too. :-D.
On the hearts of men who repent and accept the sacrifice of Christ under the new covenant:
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Additionally, Christ came to fulfil the law, not abolish it. The Laws purpose is so we realize that we are, in fact, sinners and deeply so and the Law is so that realizing we are sinners we will be ready to accept Him who came to set us free from sin and death.
Well, yes, but to fulfill means also to fill it up, to reveal it's true spiritual intent and purpose.
If we do not acknowledge that we are sinners, then we really have no need for a Savior, then do we? Of course, thats the problemo for many today - they think they sin not apparently, or that there is NO law other than man-made. Well, wait til they find out otherwise (uh oh).
Amen.
I disagree - God has written His law on the hearts of ALL men and that is why no man will ever be able to stand before God and say He didn’t know. I agree with everything you say except that. What man does is try to override that law and squelch it.
Do you have any scripture to support that statement?
Other than the one that says he has written the Law on the hearts of men? (he he). I’ll try to find the specific verse but I’ve studied this many years ago and am pretty confident. It makes sense too if you think about it.
Why would God NOT write His law on the hearts of men so they would SEEK Him when not all people will have Billy Grahams, Bibles, Christian radio, etc. etc. or nice people like you to witness to them.
I’ll check.
"Then they were pricked in their hearts...."
KJV
That is the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:33
"Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts."
The Jerusalem Bible
Worth a look. Too bad most will not look.
Romans 2:15
ISV:
They show that what the law requires is written in their hearts, a fact to which their own consciences testify, and their thoughts will either accuse or excuse them
KJV:
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts
the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Bible in Basic English:
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
Thank you. I'd never looked at Acts 2:37 in that context before.
Seems like as soon as they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that man became aware of what sin was and subject to the law of sin and death.
That is when the new law was written. On the hearts of men who were gathered together in order to celebrate Pentecost.
What holiday celebrates the giving of the law to Israel by Moses on tablets of stone?
It is all so very simple.
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