Confessing Jesus is it enough?

[Mattathias]

SteVen said:

A change? More than that. (done away)
We are no longer under the guardianship of the law.

Galatians 3:23-25 NIV
Before the coming of this faith,[a] we were held in custody under the law,
locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.
24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

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“For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.”

(Hebrews 7:12)

“To the lawless I became like someone lawless (even though I’m not lawless before God, but under the Messiah’s law), so that I could win the lawless.”

(1 Corinthians 9:21, NTFE)

Those who belong to Jesus are under the law of Jesus, no longer under the law of Moses.

 

[Mattathias]

I would say, "No, the law did not change."
It was replaced with the new covenant of grace.
We are no longer under the law.

Hebrews 8:7, 13 NIV
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant,
no place would have been sought for another. ...
13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete;
and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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See the law of Christ.

 

[SteVen]

Those who belong to Jesus are under the law of Jesus, no longer under the law of Moses.

What is the law of Jesus?

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[Mattathias]

What is the law of Jesus?

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The law of Jesus is the law of the Messiah.

 

[SteVen]

See the law of Christ.

I have. It is not there defined.
Some definitions leads right back to the law that God gave to the Israelites alone through Moses.
"The two of the first four and last six." ??? (in reference to the TCs)

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[SteVen]

The law of Jesus is the law of the Messiah.

Is that supposed to be helpful?

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[Mattathias]

I have. It is not there defined.
Some definitions leads right back to the law that God gave to the Israelites alone through Moses.
"The two of the first four and last six." ??? (in reference to the TCs)

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I would define it as whatever Jesus commands.

 

[Mattathias]

Is that supposed to be helpful?

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I thought that it would be. I see from your response that it wasn’t. In light of that, I took a different approach, prompted by your comment, in post #175.

 

[SteVen]

I would define it as whatever Jesus commands.

Well... if that is law... we are all in BIG trouble.

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[Mattathias]

Well... if that is law... we are all in BIG trouble.

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Obey Jesus and we’ve got it made in the shade.

 

[SteVen]

Obey Jesus and we’ve got it made in the shade.

Right... no problem. - LOL

Jesus demands the impossible. You seem to see that as a piece of cake. ???

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[Mattathias]

Right... no problem. - LOL

Jesus demands the impossible. You seem to see that as a piece of cake. ???

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Commands like:

Repent and believe the gospel. Impossible?

Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Impossible?

Love God with your heart, mind and soul. Impossible?

Go and make disciples, baptizing them in his name. Impossible?

I think you’re selling yourself short.