2ndWitness wrote:I don't even follow the law of Moses.
Kentucky wrote:"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil" Mt. 5:17. So you're thinking the Law was destroyed?
"Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known."(Deuteronomy 11)
"If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed."(Deuteronomy 28)
"And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me."(Luke 24)
"For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:"(Ephesians 2)
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it."(Colossians 2)
"In that He saith, A new covenant, He hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."(Hebrews 8)
"For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."(Galatians 4)
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. . . . 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: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."(Galatians 3)
"Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."(Revelation 5)
"These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will."(Revelation 11)
The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the righteousness requirements of the whole law, and to Him and Him alone belong the blessings. And He took the curses for those who would believe in His name, as well. But the plagues which Moses speaks of as being part of the law are still in place, and still waiting to be fulfilled.
No one has ever kept the whole law without the sacrificial part, which is why Paul can call himself righteous under the law... he gave to the priests his sin offerings. Today, there is no temple and the law cannot even be pretended to be kept without adding to or deleting from the law... which Moses clearly says not to do. The letter to the Hebrews calls these pretended lawkeepers enemies of the cross and crucifiers of the Lord over and over again, because they break that law... which was only supposed to be a schoolteacher until grace had come. Because there is only one thing that the law ever taught, and that is: how very desperately we need to be saved from ourselves.
David learned that lesson, after years of saying that he meditated upon the law... he does the absolute worst he could do... and his bones fell in upon him. Job learned that very same thing, in a different way. And so do we all, until we learn to look at the author and finisher of our faith, and stop watching foods and festivals and days and rudiments of the world. The Prophets and the Apostles are what the new covenant is based upon, not the law, with the Lord our Righteousness as the cornerstone and the foundation and every beautiful thing that exists in this dying world. The Lord Jesus Christ is carrying that key of the house of David and is telling us plainly to return to Eden. Back to the time when we lived second by second, listening to the voice of the Lord in the cool of the evening. And back to the covenant of the Promise which was given to Abraham, and where God is so clearly seen to be keeping both sides of that covenant. Jesus came to confirm the covenant, of which He is the seed, and by Whom we are heirs if we are like Abraham by faith. There is no Moses go-between in this faith in which we stand. There is only the consuming fire to purge us of the dross, and make from us all that queen in Psalm 45... for He is thy Lord and worship thou Him.
"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"--The Lord Jesus Christ
