THE LAW AND GOD'S SAVING GRACE

 MOST DEFINITELY, STOP TEACHING, PREACHING, AND BELIEVING, THAT GENTILES WERE UNDER THE OLD TESTAMENT, LAW:

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The One's free in Christ, We know that Salvation is by grace and grace alone.” The Religious ones, counter, “That religious idea leads to lawlessness. God’s moral standard in the Law must be upheld.” And someone else chimes in with, “Salvation is by grace, but grace only comes to those who obey God’s Hebrews and Moses Law.”

( The biblical truth of the matter at hand, the Hebrews, Moses, Leviticus Laws, and Commandments were the Gentiles Nations Enmity!!!

( Ephesians 2:14-16
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14 For He is our peace, who has made both one and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. Got it?

At the root of the debate are differing views based on salvation. The importance of the issue helps fuel the intensity of the biblical truth.

When the Bible speaks of “the law,” it refers to the detailed standard God gave to Moses, beginning in Exodus 20 with the Ten Commandments. God’s Law explained His requirements for a holy Hebrew people and included three categories: civil, ceremonial, and moral laws.

The Law was given to separate God’s people from the evil Gentiles nations around them and to define sin ( Ezra 10:11;) ( Romans 5:13; 7:7 ). The Law also clearly demonstrated that no Hebrew could purify himself enough to please God,i.e., the Law revealed their need for a Savior.

By New Testament times, the Jewish religious leaders had hijacked the Law and added their own rules and traditions ( Mark 7:7–9 ). While the Law itself was good, it was weak in that it lacked the power to change a sinful heart ( Romans 8:3 ). Keeping the Law, as interpreted by the Pharisees, had become an oppressive and overwhelming burden ( Luke 11:46 ).

It was into this Jewish religious climate that Jesus came, and conflict with the hypocritical arbiters of the Law was inevitable. But Jesus, the Lawgiver, said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” ( Matthew 5:17 ).

The Law was not evil. It served as a mirror to reveal the condition of a person’s heart ( Romans 7:7 ). John 1:17 says, “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Jesus embodied the perfect balance between grace and the Law ( John 1:14 ).

God has always been full of grace ( Psalm 116:5;) ( Joel 2:13 ), and people have always been saved by faith in God ( Genesis 15:6). God did change between the Old and New Testaments ( Numbers 23:19;) ( Psalm 55:19 ). The same God who gave the Law also gave Jesus Christ ( John 3:16 ).

His grace was demonstrated through the Law by providing the sacrificial system to cover sin. Jesus was born “under the law” ( Galatians 4:4 ) and became the final sacrifice to bring the Law to fulfillment and establish the New Covenant ( Luke 22:20 ). Now, both Jews and Gentiles who come to God through Christ are declared righteous ( 2 Corinthians 5:21;) ( 1 Peter 3:18; ) ( Hebrews 9:15 ).

The conflict between Jesus and the Jews' self-righteousness arose immediately. Many Jews who had lived for so long under the Pharisees’ oppressive system eagerly embraced the mercy of Christ and the freedom He offered ( Mark 2:15 ).

Some, however, saw this new demonstration of grace as dangerous: what would keep a person from casting off all moral restraint? Apostle Paul dealt with this issue in Romans 6: “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” ( Verses 1-2 ).

Elder Paul clarified what Jesus had taught: the Law shows us what God wants ( holiness ), and grace gives us both believing Jews and Gentiles the desire and power to be holy in the Holy Spirit. Rather than trust in the Hebrew Law to save, we trust in Christ. Jews are freed from the Law’s bondage by His once-for-all sacrifice ( Romans 7:6; ) (1 Peter 3:18 ).

There is no conflict between grace and the Law, properly understood. Christ fulfilled the Law on their behalf and offered the power of the Holy Spirit, who motivates a regenerated heart to live in obedience to Him ( Matthew 3:8;) ( Acts 1:8;) ( 1 Thessalonians 1:5;) ( 2 Timothy 1:14 ).

James 2:26 says, “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” A grace that has the power to save also has the power to motivate a sinful heart toward godliness. Where there is no impulse to be godly, there is no saving faith.

Both Jews and Gentiles are saved by grace, through faith ( Ephesians 2:8–9 ). The keeping of the Law cannot save Jews or anyone ( Romans 3:20; ) (Titus 3:5 ). In fact, those Jews who claim righteousness based on their keeping of the Law only think they’re keeping the Law; this was one of Jesus’ main points in the Sermon on the Mount ( Matthew 5:20–48; ) see also Luke 18:18–23 ).

The purpose of the Law was to bring Jews to Christ ( Galatians 3:24 ). Once they are saved, God desires to glorify Himself through their good works ( Matthew 5:16;) ( Ephesians 2:10 ). Therefore, good works follow salvation; they do not precede it.

The conflict between “Grace” and the “Law” can arise when Gentile Ministers and Non-Jews ) misunderstand the purpose of the Law; ) redefines grace as something other than “God’s benevolence on the undeserving” ( See Romans 11:6 ) tries to earn their salvation or “supplement” Christ’s sacrifice; ) follows the error of the Hebrew Pharisees in tacking manmade rituals and traditions onto his doctrine; or ) fails to focus on the “whole counsel of God” ( Acts 20:27 ).

When the Holy Spirit guides our search of Scripture, we can “study to show ourselves approved unto God” ( 2 Timothy 2:15 ) and discover the beauty of God's love, mercy, and grace that produces good works in the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Churches.

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