Re: [TruthTalk] Only 9 of the 10 commandments?

[Marlin Halverson]

A Christian is Justified by living for God.  (Outline and Study Bible)   Would you practice homosexuality, deny it is a sin, and think that you have salvation?  ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Only 9 of the 10 commandments? "...God's Old Testament laws are fulfilled.  " How so? A Christian is Justified by living for God.  (Outline and Study Bible) Gal. 2:19-21. 1.  The Christian lives for God by dying to the law.  The law shows a man that he is a sinner and that he comes ever so short of perfection and righteousness.  The law shows man that he is to be punished and separated from God forever.  The law shows man that he stands no chance of ever being accepted by God -- NOT IF HE HAS TO APPROACH GOD BY KEEPING THE LAW.  He just cannot keep the law -- not continually, not consistently--for he is always coming short of God's law and glory.  The law slays man; it kills him and condemns him to death.  The ONLY hope man ever has of being acceptable to God is to die to the law -- somehow, some way to be delivered out from under the law -- to be removed so far away from the law that it has no bearing upon him.  HOW can man do this?  By turning away from the law and finding SOMEONE who can stir God to count him righteous and to accept him.  The first thing a man must do in order to live for God is to die to the law and to self-righteou s works. 2.  The Christian lives for God by being crucified with Christ.  v 20 3.  The Christian lives for God by allowing Christ to live His life through his body.  4.  The Christian lives for God by trusting the grace of God, that is, by trusting Jesus Christ who is God's righteousness.  The word "frustrate" means to set aside, void, invalidate, make ineffective, and nullify.  If a man sets aside the grace of God to seek righteousness by the law, then CHRIST DIED IN VAIN.  The person who teaches that a man can be good enough -- that he can work enough and keep enough law -- to become righteous and acceptable to God. 1.  Voids and does away with the grace of God 2.  Makes the death of Christ empty and meaningless THE ONLY WAY A PERSON CAN LIVE FOR GOD IS BY TRUSTING THE GRACE OF GOD, THAT IS, BY TRUSTING THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.