How is it a misquote? That verbatim from the King James, Matthew 19:17.
but the youth said he had kept all the commandments and Christ still sent him away ..
No, he hadn't kept the first.
Well, no man other than Jesus has, hence the stumbling block to those under the law....
Me, I m not under law, I have died to the law when I was redeemed by Jesus and His acceptable substitution in my place-He kept the law for me, and now, legally, God the Father sees me as “paid for in full” by the One who is perfect and paid the price that I could never.....
I am supposed to live by the Spirit, however, I am not able on my own to live w/o error, commission or omission. Since Christ’s Blood was efficacious then, and now and ever more, I am seen as still paid for. My effort is not win earn or purchase salvation, but to live worthy of it ( that which was paid for in my name). The big Ten are reminders of what was expected of me to enter into Heaven, and to remind me that I cannot on my own.
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Opps I was quoting Mark that does not have that in it...
If he had kept all 10 perfectly he would not need a Savior that had kept the law perfectly for him
James tells us that if you break one you have broken them all.. that is why we need a Savior..
Important to note here that the gentiles were never under the 10 commandments..they were given to and applicable to only Israel.. In the OT only the Jews were held subject to the law...
One of the purposes of the Jerusalem Council was to address whether the gentiles had to follow the laws of Moses....
But one more time..it is important to see the gospel reflect the OT as the New Covenant was not yet established