Thursday, July 28, 2016
The Law of The Lord is Perfect
Psalm 19:7 reads, "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."
God said that his law is perfect. And God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. I'm so sick and tired of Christians quoting scriptures when they don't know what they mean. One of the most misunderstood scriptures amongst Christians so-called is Romans 6:14 where it reads,
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace".
Now what's so funny is that Christians will stop quoting the verse here, and then lump a load of misinterpretations on this verse. Verse 15 reads,
"What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid."
Romans 6:14 is saying that the law will not save us; grace will save us. Which is why we are not under the law (in regard to works) but under grace. Now if you're just going to use this verse to say "well, now because we are under grace, we don't have to obey the old testament laws" then you are a complete fool. This verse is NOT ABOLISHING THE LAW! Paul said in Romans 3:31 that by our faith "we establish the law". God's law (referring to the old testament) is established by faith in Christ. It is fulfilled (as Jesus came to do) by our faith in Christ. This means that God still expects Christians to keep the law. Which would be the commandments.
Now there are laws that have been done away with in the New Testament. But you can't just throw out the whole law. Unless something was specifically changed in the New Testament, then we do/don't have to worry about it. The Bible makes it very clear in the New Testament that all that has changed from Old to New Testament are the Ceremonial Laws or Carnal Ordinances. The Washings, Holidays, Sabbaths, Sacrifices, New Moons, Clean & Unclean, Tabernacle, and Meats. Colossians 2:16 says,
" Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:"
The Carnal Ordinances were not necessarily laws that were moral. They were laws that symbolized or represented things in heaven and foreshadowed the things to come. But these laws specifically were done away because of the reformation. Of course we know that the New Testament is the reformation. Hebrews 9:10 reads,
"Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation."
Now that is all that changed from the Old and New Testament. The Carnal Ordinances. Nothing else. The Moral or Civil Law still applies. Jesus dying on the cross doesn't mean a man can now walk around in a dress or a woman can now wear pants. It doesn't mean that you can now kidnap someone. It doesn't mean that children can curse or smite their parents. Jesus' death on the cross does not abolish the death penalty or any other penalty. What God said in the Law besides the Carnal Ordinances is what God still expects us to believe in.
Now before you get all "we're all sinners that deserve death"; understand that death in the Bible doesn't always mean the physical death all the time. Jesus did not save us from our physical death. He saved us from spiritual death. We are still going to die on this earth one day. To say that we all deserve to die spiritually is biblically correct. But to say that we all deserve to die physically is biblically incorrect. God has different capitol punishments for different sins (further proving that all sin in not equal). Some involve death, others don't.
Jesus promoted the death penalty. People don't think this because they don't understand John Chapter 8, the story of the adulterous woman. If you actually take the Bible for what it says, you will see the context in verse 6 that the Pharisees were "tempting him". So we have to understand right away that there is going to be a misdemeanour in their act. The next thing that we have to understand is that THEY WERE UNDER ROMAN LAW!!! They had no authority to put anyone to death. That would be vigilantism. What would you do if someone walked up to you with a gun and said "shoot her she's an adulterer" and you're living in the United States? You obviously wouldn't shoot her because you'd be breaking the law. You'd be considered a murderer under the American law. As it would be now, so it was then when they came to Jesus expecting him to take the law in his own hands. The Jews even said they couldn't put anyone to death in John 18:31:
"Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:"
Jesus didn't come to be a ruler. He'll come for that in Revelation Chapter 19. Jesus came to be a Saviour. The Pharisees and modern day Jews don't understand this and are now awaiting the Antichrist. Which is why they are of their father the devil (John 8:41-44). Jesus supported the death penalty in Matthew 15:3-6 where he stated "he that curseth his father or mother, let him die the death". Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for making God's commandment "of none effect" via their tradition.
Romans 13 is very well New Testament, and here we see God's ministry through government. Verse 4 reads,
"For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
Now what is a sword used for? Gardening!? A sword is used for slaughter. God ordained government for the punishment of evil doers and that punishment could include death. God said that the government has the right to execute people who commit crimes worthy of death.
Not only does the average Christian not understand that we are still supposed to obey God's commandments. The average Christian also doesn't understand that what Jesus said in Matthew 22:36-40 talking about the greatest commandments;
"...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
The average Christian says, "that's all we gotta do, love God and love our neighbour". What you don't understand is that he DID NOT say this is the ONLY commandment. He said it is the GREATEST commandment. If you look at the first four of the 10 Commandments, they have to do with loving God. (ex. no other gods before me; remember the Sabbath; don't take the Lord's name in vain...etc.) If you look at the last six of the 10 Commandments, they have to do with loving your neighbour. (ex. don't steal; don't commit adultery; don't bear false witness against your neighbour....etc.) And if you read all the rest of the commandments, they can be drawn back to the 10 Commandments. Cursing your father and mother would fall under "Honour thy father and thy mother". Usury would fall under "thou shalt not covet...any thing that is thy neighbours (Usury is charging interest). Murder would fall under "thou shalt not kill". And to keep all the others would fall under "thou shalt have no other gods before me". Since God is in authority, we must obey him (note that the 10 Commandments were not God's first commandments).
Jesus is making it easier for us to fulfil all the other commandments. If we love God with all our heat, soul, and mind then we'll keep his commandments, which is why Jesus said "if ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15) If we love our neighbour as we love ourselves then we would treat people the way we want to be treated. Would we like someone to kill us? Would we like someone to steal from us? No. How we want people to do unto us, we should do unto them.
Jesus isn't abolishing any of the commandments in this passage. The ONLY commandments that do not stand today are the Ceremonial Laws or Carnal Ordinances. The Bible says that Jesus is going to rule by a rod of iron (Psalm 2). Do you think that he is going to rule by the U.S Constitution? The Russian Constitution? The German Constitution? The New World Order Constitution? Jesus is going to rule by his perfect law.
It's so sad that Christians in America can't realize that our City laws are more oppressive than God's law. If we had to fit all the laws for our state they would fill our houses. Yet God's perfect law that makes perfect societies makes a small booklet. God isn't oppressive like Barack Obama. The Bible teaches in 2 Corinthians 3:17 that "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Christians always want to talk about bondage. The only thing that we are in bondage to is our government and ignorance.
Wake up sleeping Christians. GOD DOES NOT CHANGE!!!
(For more info on this doctrine, please copy and paste this link in the search engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkrZagxj3IA, or search "Steven Anderson revelation Shall We Continue in Sin Hard Preaching" on YouTube.com)
-Wake up
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