From a LinkedIn thread today
We are getting close to the place we need to be - to really loving God as dearly loved children. The Spirit brings it about. The Spirit does uphold the Law even though the blood of Jesus requires a new covenant as the old one becomes (though still intact and preserved) a pre-Christ covenant requiring sacrifices no longer necessary because Christ has been sacrificed (and raised).
Paul wrote in Romans: "For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law."
So the Spirit leads to the righteousness described in the Law and some commands continue into the new covenant commands from God as God dictates. It is a richly promise-driven covenant. We want to obey its commands if we love God. We need to seek and find His commands. But we need the Spirit poured out on us like the fire on Elijah's sacrifice. Then we will be led to the commands God wants us in the new covenant to obey according to true testimony God gives us. The fire is not just tongues of fire of Spirit on us but trouble coming to test us a prove us in this obedience of faith. War might come. Firey trials, He, our Christ Jesus, baptises with Spirit and with fire and winnows out the chaff. Glory to God through Him. God have mercy on us.
We are getting close to the place we need to be - to really loving God as dearly loved children. The Spirit brings it about. The Spirit does uphold the Law even though the blood of Jesus requires a new covenant as the old one becomes (though still intact and preserved) a pre-Christ covenant requiring sacrifices no longer necessary because Christ has been sacrificed (and raised).
Paul wrote in Romans: "For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law."
So the Spirit leads to the righteousness described in the Law and some commands continue into the new covenant commands from God as God dictates. It is a richly promise-driven covenant. We want to obey its commands if we love God. We need to seek and find His commands. But we need the Spirit poured out on us like the fire on Elijah's sacrifice. Then we will be led to the commands God wants us in the new covenant to obey according to true testimony God gives us. The fire is not just tongues of fire of Spirit on us but trouble coming to test us a prove us in this obedience of faith. War might come. Firey trials, He, our Christ Jesus, baptises with Spirit and with fire and winnows out the chaff. Glory to God through Him. God have mercy on us.
