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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Works of the flesh “carnality” is just going through the motions of keeping the law of God. Like a check list, therefore the items mentioned in Galatians 5:19-21 are the byproduct of those who ecclesiastically keep the law of God. |
Hmm. But is just going through the motions actually "keeping the law of God"? Since God commands us "thou shalt love the Lord thy God with ALL thy heart, soul, mind, strength" etc. So just going through the motions is not actually obeying God anyway, right? The Pharisees claimed to be keeping the law, and people think they kept the law "but just not sincerely in their heart, they were just going through the motions". Yet Jesus and Paul both declared those people did not in fact keep the law:
Galatians 6:12-13 KJV
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. [13]
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
So yes definitely one may "go through the motions" in a liturgical sense (performing acts of worship without actually worshipping by faith) but this can happen even among Pentecostals who wave and jump and shout just because they "are Pentecostal and that's how we do it" even though their heart may not be right with God. Like Cain. Of course, there is the question of whether or not Cain even brought the correct offering. And, even more interesting (to me anyway) is how did they both know to bring an offering at some set time, apparently at the same time?
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