Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

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From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]org>
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Sent: Sat, 28 May 2005 10:53:28 -0400
Subject: Re: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments

John wrote:
> You are a legalist, David.

Thank you.  Nothing wrong with being a legalist.  God is a legalist too. 
Read the Torah and study why Jesus had to die for your sins.

There can be no argument that God was the author of the Law. Christ took the curse of the Law away
Blessed are those whose "sins and iniquities are remembered no more."  Where there is forgiveness
of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin  --   He 10:18. In the fulfillment of
the Law, we have the end of law.   The contrast is law verses Spirit.If righteousness came by the Law, 
then Christ died in vain, David.   Therefore, the faith of Christ is presented in the place of 
righteousness (or the lack there of).  The very purpose of the Law sealed its fate  --  for through 
the Law I died to the Law that I might live to God.   More than a contrast between law an d Spirit,
th
e biblical text speaks of faith verses Law  ..  the incumbent rewards of abiding in the Law is not
a demonstration of faith  -   rather, such rewards are the result of indebtedness.   That which was
presented in Jere 31:31-34 as a promise had its beginnings in the time of Abraham and before the Law.
The law, then, was only a tutor, leading us to the time when we would be justified through faith,
leading us to Christ.   As a tutor, the Law was temporary.   We are not children of the law (the 
bondswoman) ; rather and in contrast, we are children of the free woman.  The really bad news in all
this is found in this fact:  to be justified by Law is to be fallen from grace.   
Keep the law, if you will DM  --   as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  
 
 
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