ADDENDUM We ourselves shall never be true to ourselves. Our human path is, as such, a path from one disloyalty to another; and it is the same with the ways of the gods of this world. They do not keep what they promise. So with them there is never any real peace and clarity. In God alone is there faithfulness, and faith is the trust that we may hold to Him, to His promise and to His guidance. To hold to God is to rely on the fact that God is there for me, and to live in this certainty. This is the promise God gives us; I am there for you. But this promise at once means guidance too. I am not left to my waywardness and my own ideas; but I have His commandment, to which I may hold in everything, in my entire earthly existence. The Creed is always at the same time the gospel, God's glad tidings to man, the message of Immanuel, God with us, to us; and as such it is necessarily also the law. Gospel and law are not to be separated; they are one, in such a way that the gospel is the primary thing; that the glad tidings are first in the field and, as such, include the law. Because God is for us, we may also be for Him. Because He has given Himself to us we may also in gratitude give Him the trifle which we have to give. To hold to God thus always means that we receive everything wholly from God and so are wholly active for Him.
. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: November 15, 2004 09:06 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands > Ahhh they difficulty of discerning the presence of humor on email? > > Please say this one more time in different words so that I may understand > YOUR meaning. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: November 15, 2004 08:28 > Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands > > > > Too cool! I can do whatever I want and live however I choose 'cuz I'm > > covered by grace!!!! > > > > K. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lance Muir > > Sent: Monday, 15 November, 2004 08.25 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands > > > > > > The indicatives of Grace always preceed the imperatives of Law. Take a > look > > at the paragraph just prior to the decalogue in Exodus. > > > > > > From: "Susan Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: November 15, 2004 08:09 > > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] 613 Commands > > > > > > > Adhering to the Law of Moses to earn salvation is > > > legalism and bondage. There is nothing we can do to > > > earn our salvation. Once again I say that we follow > > > the Law out of love for Jesus. If you love Me you will > > > follow my commandments. And there is no difference > > > between God's commandments and Jesus' commandments. > > > > > > Suzy > > > > > > --- Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > jt: Both. All of God's Word is good in balance and > > > > in context that is, > > > > when we allow scripture to say what the author > > > > intended. There are > > > > clearly two Covenants involved here and to insist > > > > that those who have > > > > been made free in Christ must also adhere to the Law > > > > of Moses is putting > > > > them back into legalism and bondage. > > > > > > > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:59:53 -0600 "ShieldsFamily" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Judy, You have just contradicted yourself. If you > > > > "don't have any > > > > objection to any commandment of the Bible because > > > > every word of God is > > > > good," then why do you call it "that kind of > > > > bondage"? Either it is good > > > > OR it is bondage. Which? Izzy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jt: I don't have any objection to ANY commandment of > > > > the Bible because > > > > every Word of God is good. However, why put people > > > > back under that kind > > > > of bondage when we have been given liberty in > > > > Christ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ---------- > > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlo > > ry.org > > > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know > > how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
