Would you mind joining us in the forum? We would all be very happy to have you. You seem to be advocating common doctrines of salvation that I’m sure all on the forum will agree with.

I have opened a new thread for discussing this…
http://forum.narrowistheway.org/viewtopic.php?p=5814#5814

{Trenta wrote: …… if they believe the LAW is “useless”, they are in error, and do not know the scriptures. }

Yes, I am actually trying to refute your statements that the LAW is what we should be following after being Born Again.

In the few Scriptures I posted here, Paul shows that it is not the LAW at all that we should be following, for the LAW is “dead”, “obsolete”, “useless”.

As New Covenant Believers we are now to be walking “according to the Spirit” and “not gratifying the lusts of our flesh” (Gal 5:16).

The “fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness” etc (Gal 5:13), but too many Believers don’t know how to walk in the Spirit and therefore simply go “back” to trying to keep the LAW to try to be holy.

Simply following external LAWS is not dealing with the thoughts and attitudes of the Believers hearts and this is why we have churches filled with gossips, haters, back-biters, and unhappy people.

The LAW kills, but the Spirit gives life.

What we need to learn is how to walk in the Spirit, not keep the LAW, which is now obsolete to the Believer.

May God lead us all into this FREEDOM that Christ died to give us (Galatians 5:1).

Most sincerely,
LeeAnn

( P.S….side note….your blog has a lovely look and is very interesting to browse through! )

It seems like you’re trying to refute something here, is that right? If so, what exactly is it that you are refuting? Are you trying to imply that the LAW is now “useless”?

FYI: One cannot be saved if they do not believe in salvation by faith alone, through grace alone. If anyone thinks they are justified by the LAW, they are already dead in their sins, and do not know God. But, if they believe the LAW is “useless”, they are in error, and do not know the scriptures.

May God bless all who read the following, and grant the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to understand the riches and richness of our new inheritance as Children of God. Amen.
LeeAnn,
FaithSpeaksInc.ChristianBlogSites.com/blog/
http://faithspeaksinc.christianblogsites.com/blog/archives/2007/02/01

by abolishing in His flesh the law with its commands and regulations (NIV – Eph 2:14-15);

Christ is the end of the (NIV – Rom 10:4);

He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us an that stood opposed to us; He took it away, nailing it to the cross (NIV – Col 2:14);

He condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be FULLY MET IN US, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit (NIV – Rom 8:3);

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless, for the law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God (NIV – Heb 7:18);

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law (NIV – Gal 3:23);

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law (NIV & NKJV – Gal 5:18);

because you are not under law, but under grace (NIV – Rom 6:18);

you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another (NIV – Rom 7:4);

by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law (NIV – Rom 7:6);

Also:
– The Apostle Paul was astonished by the Galatians who were turning from grace and freedom, back to the Law (Galatians 1:6)

– Paul was persecuted by the Jews for preaching freedom from the Law (Galatians 1:10)

– Those who traveled with Paul were not compelled to obey any parts of the Law or its rules or regulations (Galatians 2:3)

– Paul continued to preach to Jewish Believers that all are now free from the rules of the Law (Galatians 2:5)

– Paul opposed Peter “to his face” because Peter was intimidated by Jewish Believers to be separate from Gentiles and keep jewish law and traditions (Galatians 2:11-14) which Paul says is “contrary” and “not in line with the Truth of the Gospel” (Galatians 2:14)

– Paul goes on to say that Gentiles should not be compelled to follow Jewish customs (Galatians 2:14-16)

– Paul states if any righteousness could be attained through observing any part of the law, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21)

– Paul calls obeying any part of the Law as departing from Christ (Galatians 3:1-3)

– Paul says “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:13)

– Paul calls the Law “weak and miserable principles” which will enslave us if we turn back to following them (Galatians 4:11)

– Paul teaches that returning to the Law after being born again, means enslaving yourself to the entire Old Law and Covenant (Galatians 4:8-11, 21-30)

– Paul then states that it was for Freedom that Christ set us free, and that we should not go back to observing or feeling compelled to observe the Law any longer (Galatians 5:1-4)

– Again, Paul reminds us that he was persecuted for preaching freedom from the Law (Galatians 5:11) and says that whoever preaches that Believers should be observing any part of the Law is actually throwing Believers into confusion (Galatians 5:7-10), that this teaching isn’t from Christ, and that teaching that we still need to observe any part of the Law is actually “keeping” us from the Truth (Galatians 5:8)