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I am no longer under the law
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As Adventists we are not under the law by keeping the law or having law. We are under the law only when the law is broken, then we are guilty and UNDER it's condemnation. This is what Paul taught.
If a child had a law which said "Don't eat the cookies", the child would not be "under the law" until he broke that law. Then he would be guilty and "under the law".
If a person is speeding down the road and is caught and the penalty for speeding is death. That person is brought UNDER the condemnation of that law. He is guilty of Breaking the law.
The law was always there before, he was keeping the law before and therefore was not "UNDER that law". But after breaking it he was brought "UNDER the law" and therefore must die now.
But someone else who was not under the condemnation of that law said I will be made under that law and take that penalty of death for him to redeem him who is under the condemnation of the law. So Christ was made "Under the penalty of the law, to redeem us who are under the penalty of the law".
Gal 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
It's beautiful when properly understood. Now we as Adventists who have been redeemed from the law are no longer under the condemnation of the law. Would we ever break the law(ten commandments) because we are not under the law??
Rom 6:15 What then? shall we sin(break the law, Rom 7:7, 1 Joh 3:4), because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
I keep the law by faith, I am no longer under the (condemnation of) the law. Shall we break the law that condemned us to death before, God forbid.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
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I'm just writing to say you hi that is all.
In Christ,
Nebiyu
larry duncan says...
Which law are you referring to? The Ten Commandments or the Law of Moses?
Hi Larry,
The law of God and law of Moses are the same law. There is no distinction. I will quote Waggoner on this and you can check out his references for yourself to verify this. There is a distinction between the moral and ceremonial law, however the law referred to here is for the most part the moral law including the ten commandments.
"But there is still this distinction, that the ceremonial law was written only in the book, while the moral law was written on the tables of stone, with the finger of God, and also in a book. That the term, ?the law of Moses,? does sometimes refer to the ten commandments, will be evident to anyone who will carefully read Deuteronomy 4:44 to 5:22 and onward; Joshua 23:6, 7; 1 Kings 2:3, 4; 2 Kings 23:24, 25, etc. See also Great Controversy, vol. 2, pp. 217, 218, beginning with last paragraph on page 217. On the other hand, the term ?the law of the Lord? is applied to the ceremonial ordinances. For instance, see Luke 2:23, 24. Thus the terms, ?the law of Moses,? and ?the law of the Lord,? are used interchangeably of both laws."(EJ Waggoner Gospel in Galatians).
I ask you to truly check this book out if you have time. It is a most eye opening letter.
http://www.elijah144.com/thegospelingalatians.htm
