Re: [TruthTalk] Christian Perfection

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man has no such covenant--you made this up; it's patenly unilateral and there's nothing in biblical writng to justify such a comment   written law and prophecy have always had one common mission motive and method which JC taught us smartly, e.g.:   If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.   consistently, there is no NT segment where law and grace are considered on equal footing--grace has always existed--law 'was added' in (a) time, for a particular historical context (Rom 5:20)   grace which transcends history is exclusive of law in every NT context where they appear together   Rom 6:14, 15 has always been true--there, grace is not dependant on anyone's explanation/s    grace, perennialy present, cannot be 'set aside' (Gal 2:21), certainly not for any/one's temporal laws   grace, not law which had to be added later, was God's guide in dealing w/ Abraham (Gal 3:18)--hundreds of years before Sinai which even Moses' and his brother Aaron and sister Miriam defied, even while God's grace overcame them   indeed some ppl abandon grace or turn away from grace for law practices, like you want us to do (illicitly, acc to the NT, Gal 5:4)   forget it    in sum, grace has nothing to do with law except in slick but confusing semi-dispensational thinking like yours   ..by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.  For in Christ Jesus..The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.. (Gal 5)   g       On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:28:15 -0400 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Man's covenant under law is what has changed, not the law per se.