The law was added:
19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. Gal 3
...then it was removed:
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. Heb 12
...abolished:
15 having abolished in the flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace; Eph 2
...done away with:
14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ. 2 Cor 3
The Function of the Law in the New Covenant..pt2
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by Iconoclast, May 4, 2018.
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So, what were the Laws applying to Abel and all of the faithful listed in Hebrews 11? They were the Two Great Commandments written in the heart. Because, faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, and comes no other way. These experienced the same circumcised heart Abraham and all the faithful experience. But to the uncircumcised in heart, the laws remained obscure and condemned everyone born of Adam. -
Which of the following highlighted portions from the text are descriptive of born from above, quickened, children of God?
7 to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
10 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
13 for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified: Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
14 (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
15 in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
25 For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision. Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
26 If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision? Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Regenerate, yes or no? If not, why not?
Go search your 'reformed box' and find the replies appropriate to your system, unless of course you dare to think outside of your box. -
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Agape vs Eros - Beyond The Rim...
...but you know that already, don't you? ...and it doesn't stop you from throwing it out there. -
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All the commandments in the Decalogue pre-date that [Sinaitic] covenant (Exodus 19ff).
1. You shall have no other gods before Me. Genesis 17:1.
2. You shall not make for yourself a carved image. Genesis 35:2.
3. You shall not take God's name in vain. Exodus 5:2.
4. Remember the Sabbath day. Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 16.
5. Honour your Father and Mother. Genesis 9:22; 26:34-35.
6. You shall not kill. Genesis 9:5-6.
7. You shall not commit adultery. Genesis 39:9.
8. You shall not steal. Genesis 31:32.
9. You shall not bear false witness. Genesis 3:4-5.
10. You shall not covet. Genesis 3:6.
Also, I suggest to you that when Adam took the apple, he put Satan's word before that of God, made an idol of his stomach, dishonoured his heavenly Father, coveted that which God had withheld from him and stole it, and killed all his progeny. That's six of the ten Commandments broken 2,500 years before the Sinaitic Covenant.
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“The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.” (Deuteronomy 5:2–3) (ESV) -
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We can certainly agree that the Ten Commandments occupy a higher position than the civil and ceremonial laws. I have agued that constantly. However, the Decalogue and the Sinaitic Covenant are not identical for three reasons:
1. Jeremiah 34:13-14; Ezekiel 44:6-8; Hebrews 9:1 & 9:18 are Biblical commentaries on the Sinaitic Covenant , but clearly identify that covenant with other things than the Decalogue.
2. Jeremiah 31:31ff says that the Ten Commandments will still function in the New Covenant.
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Exodus 34:28
“And He (God) wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.”
Deuteronomy 4:13:
“And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the Ten Commandments.”
Deuteronomy 9:9:
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.”
Deuteronomy 9:15:
“So I turned and came down from the mount . . . and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.”
“There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt,” I Kings 8:9
“And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” I Kings 8:21 -
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Jeremiah 34:13-14. 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: "I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of bondage, saying, 'At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him......'"'
By your own definition, this is the Sinaitic Covenant just as much as the Decalogue. See also Ezekiel 44:6-8 which is about foreigners coming into the sanctuary. This broke the covenant. How could it if the covenant was just the Decalogue?
Hebrews 9:1. 'Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.'
So the Decalogue isn't the Sinaitic Covenant, but only a part of it.
Hebrews 9:18-20. 'Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. For when Moses has spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."' Now it was God Himself who spoke the Decalogue to the Israelites, so the 'precepts' that Moses read (c.f. Exodus 24:3) must have been the ceremonial laws etc.
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It's agape, not eros or phileo or storge, but agape. -
““The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai. The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.” (Deuteronomy 5:2–3) -
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Secondly, Don Carson has claimed that agape and philia are both general words for love and basically synonyms. He points out (amongst many other things) that the Septuagint has agape when referring to Amnon's love for Tamar in 2 Samuel 13. I am not totally convinced, but a lot of people are. -
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