Am I required to follow the Law?

[Christ4Ever]

1 John 3:4 Question

What is the result of my coming to Jesus Christ?
------------As I yield my life to Him, He gives me the power to keep the law through the Holy Spirit.
------------It is not that as Christians that we are lawless. That is free to live any old way, to indulge in our fleshly appetites.
------------We are free not to live any old way, but free to not live the old way.
Half truths are very dangerous. They can be the worse form of a lie.
------------Christ has freed me from the curse of the law, True.
------------Keeping the law will not justify me before God. True
------------The law expresses God's desires for me, how He would have me to live. True

1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Now if a believer were to sin, he “transgresses” or breaks the law. If we completely disregard the law or have no accountability (which is what I’m trying to say.) then it would be impossible for a believer to sin regardless of what he does. How about this statement: If a person sins, then they are not believers. In light of 1 John 3:4 which if any of these two are true statements? You’re welcome to provide one that would put into context the standard of behavior acceptable in light of how this world has turned good to evil and evil to good and not use God’s Law as a reference point (Keep in mind the word Love as seen scripturally verses how the world would sees it and defines it.)
As always YBIC

 

[smitty]

law

romans 9:31, 32 but Israel pursing the law of righteousness has not attained to the law of righteousness why, because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. for they stumbled at the that stumbling stone. acts 15:10 now therefore why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear. romans 6:14 for sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law but under grace. i
i am not sure but i think we fall under grace, is what Jesus did on the cross.

 

[smitty]

sin

i hope people do not think I advocate that sin is ok, i am not, but i am saying that Jesus dying on the cross has allowed God"s grace and mercy to come into my life. that i am very thank full. I am not able to keep the law, but only Jesus Christ did, i hope i have not offended anyone, but i still think we are under grace .

 

[strawberry]

i hope people do not think I advocate that sin is ok, i am not, but i am saying that Jesus dying on the cross has allowed God"s grace and mercy to come into my life. that i am very thank full. I am not able to keep the law, but only Jesus Christ did, i hope i have not offended anyone, but i still think we are under grace .

Those were excellent scriptures concerning the law and grace!

i am not sure but i think we fall under grace, is what Jesus did on the cross.

Yez!!!

 

[Christ4Ever]

i hope i have not offended anyone,

Not at all brother. Prov 27:17 "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." so we are with each other. At least for me that is how I've always attempted to be. That's part of the reason I've also included questions within some of my posts so that we can continue to grow in knowledge of His Word! They don't always get answered, however, that too is part of the growth process, and path that we're on. That any of my posts may have you looking to the Holy Scriptures is a joy to me! When you were “finally caught”, it was not meant for you to just exist in your salvation, but to increase in all areas of your life. Studying His Word is one of those areas. On this site, not everyone will agree, with you on everything, and that’s okay. That you are sensitive to others, by its self speaks volumes on who you are! So keep at it brother! In Christ Jesus. YBIC