QUOTE(prophetjul @ Mar 5 2015, 12:37 PM)
Dont you think its the other way.
That The principle of the Law is maintained? But the ritual commandments are done away?
What of the 7th day sabbath then? If commandment is maintained then we are to observe this?
But if the principle of rest is maintained, we can then say that its not necessary on the 7th day.
Hey prophetjul, I will try to define some terms, which I have done before:That The principle of the Law is maintained? But the ritual commandments are done away?
What of the 7th day sabbath then? If commandment is maintained then we are to observe this?
But if the principle of rest is maintained, we can then say that its not necessary on the 7th day.
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There are three aspects of the law: the principle of the law, the commandments of the law, and the rituals of the law. If you do not differentiate between these three things, we will never have a proper understanding of the law. As we have seen, the principle of the law is over (Gal 5:18; Rom. 10:4). Today, in the dispensation of grace, God does not deal with us according to the principle of the law; rather, He deals with us according to the principle of faith. Whether or not we shall be justified, saved, and accepted by God depends on the principle of faith, not the principle of the law. This is what it means for the principle of the law to be abolished in Christ under the dispensation of grace.
Although the principle of the law has been abolished, the commandments of the law have not been annulled. Instead, the standard of these commandments has been uplifted. Thus, the commandments, related to the moral standards, have not been abolished; they will remain for eternity. In His heavenly kingdom the King has uplifted the standard of the law in two ways: by complementing the lower laws and by changing the lower laws into higher laws. In this way the morality in the commandments of the law has been uplifted to a higher standard.
The kingly Savior Himself kept all the commandments of the law when He was on earth. Then He went to the cross to die for us. Through His substitutionary death, He fulfilled the law on the negative side. His intention in satisfying the law's demands was not to produce law-keepers but to acomplish redemption as the spotless Lamb of God (John 1:29).
The third aspect of the law is the rituals of the law. For example, offering sacrifices and keeping the Sabbath are outward rituals of the law. These rituals were also terminated because they were part of the old dispensation of shadows, figures, and types, all of which have been fulfilled by Christ as the reality. We are no longer obligated to observe the rituals of the law. Therefore, the principle of the law and the rituals of the law have been terminated, but the commandments of the law, which require a high moral standard, have not been terminated. Rather, these commandments have been uplifted. By means of Christ as the resurrection life in our spirit, we can fulfill the standard of morality required by the higher law of the kingdom of the heavens.
As much this sounds like a "technical" term, yet we should not read the above with a view to answer questions like "do we observe this? maintain the principal? Etc...". Again, the law is a testimony of God and God's purpose is to gain a people to be His expression and His testimony.Although the principle of the law has been abolished, the commandments of the law have not been annulled. Instead, the standard of these commandments has been uplifted. Thus, the commandments, related to the moral standards, have not been abolished; they will remain for eternity. In His heavenly kingdom the King has uplifted the standard of the law in two ways: by complementing the lower laws and by changing the lower laws into higher laws. In this way the morality in the commandments of the law has been uplifted to a higher standard.
The kingly Savior Himself kept all the commandments of the law when He was on earth. Then He went to the cross to die for us. Through His substitutionary death, He fulfilled the law on the negative side. His intention in satisfying the law's demands was not to produce law-keepers but to acomplish redemption as the spotless Lamb of God (John 1:29).
The third aspect of the law is the rituals of the law. For example, offering sacrifices and keeping the Sabbath are outward rituals of the law. These rituals were also terminated because they were part of the old dispensation of shadows, figures, and types, all of which have been fulfilled by Christ as the reality. We are no longer obligated to observe the rituals of the law. Therefore, the principle of the law and the rituals of the law have been terminated, but the commandments of the law, which require a high moral standard, have not been terminated. Rather, these commandments have been uplifted. By means of Christ as the resurrection life in our spirit, we can fulfill the standard of morality required by the higher law of the kingdom of the heavens.
Intrinsically, it is not a matter of the keeping a laws per se, but who God is. The moral commandments still exists because intrinsically it testified that God is righteous, holy, light, love etc. Who and what God is and His purpose never change regardless what age we are in. Also, God requires His people to MATCH HIM.
Although Paul uses his terms from his background that there is the LAW of the Spirit of life [There is this reality] and that we no longer walk according to an elevated ethical code. Paul is saying that it NOT faith in Christ, but Christ Himself, His wonderful person, who is the end of the law for believers. Note that it is for believers that He is the end of the law. This means that after we believe in Christ, to whom the law as a child-conductor has led us (Gal. 3:24), the law is superseded by the person of Christ.
So, the New Testament economy is much higher than simply empowering Christians with enhanced vigor to keep the law. Romans 8:4 assures us that we will spontaneously fulfill the righteous requirement of the law when we walk according to the spirit. This same chapter consummates with the highest goal----being conformed to the image of His Son as the full reproduction of God’s firstborn Son (vv. 29-30).
God's intention for His children is not simply to supply them for a virtuous living, a behavior according to an elevated ethical code. Rather, God intends to give us Christ Himself. Thus, the highest ethic is actually Christ expressed within our human virtues. When Christ is lived out through His many brothers, divinity is expressed through humanity, and all the requirements revealed in God’s law are more than adequately fulfilled in us. We certainly should not make the mistake of deliberately shunning ethics. However, the Bible reveals that genuine ethics are found in the living out of Christ through the members of His Body. These ethics are the expression of God’s divine life in man. The expression of Christ as the image of God through the believer is the excelling human virtue and ethic. All virtues, ethics, human conduct, and law-keeping, when devoid of Christ, cannot compare to what is manifested in a Christian who is living out Christ. When Christ is lived out through His believers, He is reproduced and enlarged in His expression;
Indirectly, the moral commandments are fulfilled spontaneously. BUT THIS IS NEVER the POINT in the New Testament, it is Christ as the reality lived out.
The First Three Commandments Requiring Man to Have Only God and Not Have Any Idols aside from God.
If we only have Christ as our center and everything, these commandments are fulfilled already. Many people shed tears today for various reasons, but we have rarely seen some brothers or sisters shed tears for the Lord. Perhaps we have never shed tears for the Lord.
The Fourth Commandment Requiring Man to Take Only God and All That God Has Accomplished for Man as Man’s Satisfaction and Rest
The keeping of the Sabbath means that you can take only God and all that He has done for you as your satisfaction, enjoyment, and rest. Keeping the Sabbath indicates that you have nothing on earth other than God; you take only God Himself and all that He has accomplished for you as your enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. Your God is your everything, and He has accomplished everything for you. All you need to do is enjoy Him and take Him as your satisfaction and rest.
I realize that this is the way God deals with us. He is doing things for us, but if we try to help Him, the more we help, the more work He has to do. He does not want our help. Rather, He wants to do everything for us. Today everything is ready, and all we need to do is to come to the feast and enjoy Him. What does it mean to keep the Sabbath? To keep the Sabbath is to take God and everything that He has done for us as our satisfaction, enjoyment, and rest. Otherwise, we violate the Sabbath. When the Lord Jesus came, the Sabbath was simply the Lord, for the Lord is the real Sabbath. Therefore, there is no longer the need for us to keep the Sabbath as a ritual.
The Fifth Commandment Requiring Man to Honor His Parents and Trace Back to His Source, His Origin—the God Who Created Man
The fifth commandment requires us to honor our parents and thus trace back to our source, our origin—the God who created us (Exo. 20:12). To honor our parents is to remember our source. We came from our parents; without our parents, how could we have existence? But where did our parents come from? When we trace back to our source, our origin, we trace back to God. I believe that everyone who honors his parents venerates God. Hence, although it seems that the fifth commandment is concerned with parents and is therefore related to man, it is listed in the first group of five items, which belongs to the first tablet of stone, and is related to God.
The Sixth through the Tenth Commandments Requiring Man to Live Out the Virtues That Express God according to God's Attributes
So, when you have Christ as your centre and everything and lived according to this wonderful Person in the Spirit, expressed Him out. You have "indirectly" fulfilled 10 commandments [but that is not the point!]
This post has been edited by pehkay: Mar 5 2015, 03:37 PM
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