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Post by sarah on Feb 5, 2007 21:23:52 GMT -8
11/05:
Mostly As I read this chapter I am overwhelmingly grateful to not live under the law, or to have been born in a time where I counted on the law to try to make me righteous!
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Post by Josh on Feb 5, 2007 21:37:50 GMT -8
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Note Paul's concern that his stress of grace is not misconstrued by his enemies to mean that the law is not valid or that we can just sin as we please. He is holding the fine line of paradox between grace and law, free salvation and good works.
I think it's sometimes really hard for Christians to understand what the point of the law is and how it applies to us now. But the law was for the Jews and is still for us primarily there to show us what sin is. Until we understand what sin really is, grace doesn't make any sense.
The law also was our 'schoolteacher' he says elsewhere- it was/is the training wheels necessary to learn to live a life of faith and holiness.
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Post by michelle on Feb 5, 2007 21:41:44 GMT -8
11/05:
As I read this chapter I realize that I need to get a different translation of the Bible. My mind just does not think in the New King James Version.
But the verses, "Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not." (verses 3b-4a) are so amazing to me. As we wonder on the path of our imperfections going through phases of doubt, questioning and unfaithfulness God never turns His back and doesn't rescind on His promises even when we do on ours. We are so undeserving of what He gives us, but He never stops. I guess that's the great thing about His grace. It also makes me think of something that I once heard about His grace and mercy...Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve and His mercy is not giving us what we do deserve. Powerful words!
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