JESUS AND PAUL AND THE LAW

[DougE]

There is a difference in what Jesus preached about the law, as opposed to Paul

Jesus preached to keep the law to enter the kingdom of heaven. ********** [Matthew 5:18 KJV] "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
[Matthew 5:19 KJV] "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
[Matthew 5:20 KJV] "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Paul preached grace, and that we aren't under the law ******** [Romans 6:14 KJV] "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

 

[Richard Aberdeen]

There is a difference in what Jesus preached about the law, as opposed to Paul

Jesus preached to keep the law to enter the kingdom of heaven. ********** [Matthew 5:18 KJV] "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
[Matthew 5:19 KJV] "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
[Matthew 5:20 KJV] "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Paul preached grace, and that we aren't under the law ******** [Romans 6:14 KJV] "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

Apparently, you don't fully understand what it means to be "not under the law, but under grace." Jesus fulfilled the law for us sinners, who are not capable of fulfilling it ourselves. This is some of what the Bible says about being under God's grace:

“...how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? You observe days and months and seasons and years. I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain." -- Galatians 4:8-11

"Stand fast therefore, in the freedom of which Messiah has made us free and, be not entangled with a yoke of bondage." -- Galatians 5:1

"You have become estranged from Messiah, you who try to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." -- Galatians 5:4

"But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law." -- Galatians 5:18

"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." -- Romans 6:14

". . .having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross." -- Colossians 2:14

"Therefore, if you died with Messiah from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—'Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,' which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?" -- Colossians 2:21-22

“.. .but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. -- II Corinthians 3:4-6

"where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."

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