|
Re: Law was an impossible system to keep
The key to this is not to think avoidance of lawkeeping means we can break laws and sin. It's just the MEANS of accomplishing the same END of righteous living above sin that lawkeeping was purposed to accomplish is fulfilled without lawkeeping. The Spirit in us is leaned upon to empower us to serve God. And the Spirit does not cause one to sin. Hence, the letter to the Galatians contrasts lawkeeping with grace and says there is no law against the fruit of grace. That does not mean we do not count sin as sin if we do commit sin. It simply means the results of Spirit empowerment are nothing the law of God forbids. The results of living by the Spirit is a life that does not commit sin. And it is only so long as one walks after the Spirit. The moment one ceases to do that, sins will occur again in one's life.
__________________
...MY THOUGHTS, ANYWAY.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
|
Threaded Mode
