GENTILES ARE INDEED WITHOUT THE LAW BUT STILL UNDER IT

1 Corinthians 9:20,21 The word “under”. Strongs G1722  a good rendering is, give self wholly to,  whereas the word “having, follow, outside or without” as in various translations is Strongs G459 it does not mean the gentiles were not under the law but that they just didn’t keep it.  The gentiles did not “wholly give themselves to the law”.  There is only one definition for sin under the law, violating the Ten Commandments.  There isn’t one law for Jews and another for gentiles.  If gentiles were not under the law then they couldn’t sin, but yet…Romans 3:9,19  Romans 4:15  put gentiles under sin just as Jews.  It is ignorance to say that the gentiles are not under the law because this would mean they could not sin. 

When Moses made the covenant of the law with Israel he said, Deuteronomy 29:14,15  “those not with them there that day”, was everyone else in the world. 

Israel was to be a model nation, an example to the world of a people who GOD blessed abundantly and other nations were to see this and desire the same blessings Deuteronomy 28:1,210  Anyone desiring these blessings were required to become an Israelite and were to treated as one born in the land.  Exodus 12:48,49  Isaiah 56:6,7  Leviticus 19:33,34  What GOD was doing with Israel was proselytizing in order to bring the world under HIS law but Israel failed miserably and eventually GOD divorced them. 

Even though Israel failed the record of their experiences is recorded in the scriptures as well as the 613 commandments.  This system of laws has never been changed or altered and is the same today and all unconverted people are condemned to death by them.  The only way to escape this death is Christ.   

The tables of stone on which the Ten Commandments were written contained only the Ten Commandments, the thou shalt nots, but said nothing about if thou did and violated them.  This is where the book of the law of Moses enters as it proscribed the punishment for the violation of the Ten Commandments.  The Ten Commandments were the statutes and the law of Moses contained the judgments.  This is the whole law all 613 Commandments of the Torah.  Anyone that voluntarily puts themselves under the Ten Commandments is under the entire law and Jesus did not abolish one jot or tittle of the law.  Matthew 5:17,18   The unconverted people are all under the law anyway until the come to Christ.  GOD will judge all people either by the law or by faith and grace. The church is being judged today to found worthy because we will not be judged after Jesus returns but before, before the saints are changed.  1 Peter 5:17   Hebrews 12:25  1 Corinthians 11:31,32   2 Thessalonians 1:5  The Laodiceans are neither cold or hot, that is being a church of GOD are obviously not under the law but they have also neglected the covenant of faith and grace and this produces a problem with judgment.  Therefore they must not love their lives unto death and be willing to buy gold tried in the fire of the great tribulation, they must be martyred and those who are will be in the first resurrection with GODS elect saints.  Those who do not will perish in the tribulation.  These people quenched and grieved the Holy Spirit to the breaking point and disqualified themselves for salvation.  

So, I hope the reader can see that everyone is under the law except the church and that law and grace are the two methods GOD uses to judge humanity.

MESSAGE TO GODS SCATTERED ELECT

 Given the harsh reality of the world’s economic system there are a few things that I would strongly recommend my readers to consider.  1.  Keep some cash at home if you can.   2.  Stock up on non perishable foods, dry goods and canned goods like fruits vegetables and meats, flour, coffee, and any medications and personal hygiene products.  3.  If able buy some silver bullion.  1 Troy ounce rounds that you can hold in your hand, not on paper.  

I believe there is a possibility that very hard times may be coming.  If we are watching world events as Jesus said we should do then it should be obvious that the nations have gone into extremely high levels of debt while at the same time debasing their currencies.  The result is high inflation and decreasing amount of goods in the supply chain.  I have been following this situation for many years and know that eventually everything is going to come crashing down.  Will it be tomorrow or next month, I don’t know but the indicators are all bad and we need to prepare as best as we can.  This, when it does happen, is what I call the false tribulation.  There may also be at the same time wars breaking out around the world as currently there are many hotspots that could explode at any time.  

Please do not be overly alarmed or go to excessive measures but be realistic and stay within what you are able to do because I will say that this may be an event that will stretch out over time.  It is very difficult to predict anything when we are not in direct control of events.  It is as they say, better safe than sorry.  Perhaps many of you have already taken steps to do what I have recommended but if not it may not be too late to start.  This is stepping out on faith to believe what the prophets, Jesus and the Apostles wrote about concerning these days.  The list of things I gave is not all inclusive so determine what your needs are and prepare as best as you can remembering to not panic but keep a level head.  We do what we can but look to GOD to do what we can’t.  Above all continue in your walk with Christ, always submit to the power of his GOD to guide you in all things.  

JESUS FULFILLED THE LAW

 

It is extremely important to understand how to count days. The count of days is from one day to the next day, you can’t call the day you begin with as a full day, you start on a day then moving to the next day is a full day.  To calculate when Pentecost falls you begin on the weekly Sabbath and move to the first day of the week, this is one day, then continuing the count for seven weekly sabbaths that will be 49 days and then the next day, Sunday, is the 50th day, Pentecost.  Below are two months that will be used for you to make the proper count. Begin on Saturday the 7th and move to Sunday the 8th and this is one day. Continue counting to month 2 Saturday the 26th, the 7th sabbath . Then one more day to Sunday the 27th which is Pentecost.  You can also do this count backwards because you always have two fixed dates, the weekly Sabbath and Pentecost both of which always fall on their own day of the week.  

Month 1

SUN              MON              TUE             WED       THUR              FRI              SAT

   1          2          3        4         5          6          7

   8          9         10      12       13        14        15

   16       17        18      19       20        21        22

   23       24        25      26       27        28        29

   30       31

Month 2

SUN    MON    TUE    WED    THUR   FRI    SAT

                             1           2           3           4         5

6           7              8           9          10         11       12

13        14            15         16         17         18       19

20        21            22         23         24         25       26

27       28             29        30

Furthermore, if you count 10 days backwards from the 27th you arrive on Thursday the 17th, the day Jesus ascended to heaven.  Also, from the month 1 sabbath, the 7th, count backwards 3 full days and this will be Wednesday the 4th Passover, the day Jesus was murdered. 

The first day of unleavened bread, a high sabbath day, was on the day after the Passover, the 5th, and the last day of unleavened bread was the 13th.  During the days of unleavened bread and after his resurrection, Jesus met two disciples on the road to Emmaus,  Luke 24:13 and when the three of them went into a house then, Luke 24:30  Jesus broke a loaf of leavened bread and blessed it, and this happened on the sabbath that Jesus was resurrected. Remember that days back then began at sunset so it would be a full 12 hours or so before daylight.  Jesus blessed leavened bread during the days of unleavened bread, specifically on the second day of unleavened bread, and as the disciples said, Luke 24:21  the third day from Passover.  The two disciples later told others about how Jesus was MADE KNOWN TO THEM in the breaking of bread. Luke 24:35   So the during this one week period of time Jesus fulfilled the Passover , the weekly Sabbath, the days of unleavened bread and later Pentecost.  Jesus didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.   True Christians do not keep any of the old covenant laws, none of them.  We are in the new covenant with the two greatest laws ever that GOD works out in us.  

LOVE GIVING AND GODS WORKS VERSUS HUMAN WORKS AND HUMAN LOVE

Jesus was the only human to ever match GODS level of love because his GOD and FATHER created him this way.  Jesus told us that his FATHER did all the works that the people of his day witnessed him doing . Human love is not the same kind of love as GODS love. In the worlds churches only human level love is practiced. The false churches plan giving events, like feeding the poor.  They plan the entire thing by putting an ad in the local paper announcing the event and church members prepare the food for the appointed day.  Everything they have done was planned by them not by GOD.   True giving is unplanned, it is like what the Good Samaritan did, it comes like a bolt out of the blue and places you in a situation where you are totally reliant on GODS love to be the force, power and motive behind your actions to help those in whatever need they may have.  In this way your works do not enter and are assured to be GODS work in you.  You cannot plan for something that takes you by surprise.  Only in this sense scripture calls these works your works, but it is well known that the true source of the works was GOD.  GOD motivates HIS people with HIS love both to love HIM and their neighbor.  Without this GODLY Love all types or forms of kindness, giving and compassion are operating in human love only.  When true Christians give their left hand doesn’t know what their right hand is doing.  It’s not a physically planned thing.  True Christians operate towards the carnal world under GODS direct motivation but within the true church it is different because it is true Christians giving to other true Christians and under these circumstances the act of giving and the plan to give are both driven and motivated by GOD.  An example of this was Paul’s collection for the saints in distress.  What makes the difference between the church and the world is that Holy Spirit is present in the true church while absent in the false churches.  People in these false churches will not be able to discern the difference and will indeed credit GOD for their giving but in truth it was all their own work based entirely on human love.   Usually these false churches brag about the things they do in their communities and around the world.  You have seen their commercials on TV and their asking for money for some kind of event they have planned.  You have seen the write ups in the local paper, “Church feeds over 100 people”  or something similar.  They have their reward in this world but none with GOD.  

I hope this article has shown the difference In giving between GODLY motivation or human planning.  Paul said, “it is GOD who works in you both to will and to do HIS good pleasure” , so then, in this sense faith is shown by GODS working in us because faith without GODS works in us is dead.  Therefore, the faith of the world’s churches is dead because their works are their own and not GODS.  

WORKS

 When the scriptures speak about works what does that mean  ?   Works are actions, deeds or activities performed by a person, but not by GOD.   Works are mentioned in both old and new covenants.  Under the old covenant,  which scripture confirms is the ten commandments and the book of the law of Moses . Deuteronomy 9:11,15  all the blessings under this old covenant were physical not spiritual.  Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Under the old covenant ten commandments Israel was commanded to do the works of the law.   Since salvation is not of works there are no works to perform in the new covenant that were in the old covenant.  In the new covenant our works are done in us by GOD, Isaiah 26:12KJV , we are HIS workmanship, and HE has prepared these works,  Ephesians 2:10  to fulfill what the ten commandments could not do. Romans 8:3  GOD works in us with HIS love to change our nature to be like HIS and Christs nature. 2 Peter 1:4  GOD gives us the will and ability to live by the two greatest of all commandments that HE revealed through Jesus. Matthew 22:37,30,39,40  Philippians 2:13 We then become partakers of the divine nature and do by nature GODS will and not by being commanded to do so by ten commandments. What was formerly done by command is now done because it is our will.  

Sinful human nature must be changed to overcome sin. We must live as Jesus lived. Jesus was totally dependent on his FATHER for everything and not on the old covenant because Jesus is the new covenant, Isaiah 42:6 and if we are in Christ we will be transformed to be wholly dependent on GOD just as Jesus was. John 5:19,30  John 8:28  John 14:10  Of himself Jesus could do nothing and neither can we, we rely totally on GOD for everything.   GODS love cannot sin and this love in us by HIS spirit enables us to overcome sin. Romans 5:5  Love is the fulfillment of the ten commandments.  Romans 13:10  The two greatest commandments given by Jesus have taken their place.  The ten commandments are waxing old and obsolete.  Hebrews 8:13

 The old covenant also had a curse. Deuteronomy 28:15-68   To enter the old covenant you had to be circumcised and swear an oath to keep all 613 of GODS laws.  Deuteronomy 29:12  According to Jesus the old covenant was not abolished and every word remains till all things are fulfilled.  Matthew 5:17,18  Therefore all of the old covenant laws are still in effect, ALL OF THEM, but not on the church.  Christians are told by Jesus to not make oaths so this would exclude them from even keeping the ten commandments as presented in the old covenant. Matthew 5:33,34,35,36,37  Physical circumcision is know to be useless.  The ten commandments were the ministry of death, 2 Corinthians 3:7 but the new covenant is the ministry of the holy spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:8  Under the provisions of the old covenant all Israel, by their own efforts, and with no help from GOD had to keep all 613 commandments of the law.  All people today that place themselves under the ten commandments have placed themselves under all 613 commandments of the old covenant and are responsible to obey all the provisions  that the covenant demanded. The old covenant was not to be altered in any way so the benefits of the new covenant cannot be added to the old covenant.  People under the old covenant ten commandments are not in the new covenant.   GOD makes the rules and not men.  It is abundantly clear that there are two covenants but only one saves. 

 Better choose the right one.  Ephesians 3:20,21  Keeping the ten commandments is your work in the old covenant and breaking even one brings death and this is why Paul called the ten commandments the ministry of death. 2 Corinthians 3:7   God told us this in Zechariah 4:6  Not our power , not our might, but by GODS holy spirit are the works of GOD that HE does through us just as they were done through Jesus Christ.  Jesus told us these things, Paul told us these things and the prophets told us these things, why do so many not believe these things ?  The answer,  John 8:47 

THE RICH YOUNG RULER

 In Luke 18:18-23  Matthew 19:16-30   Mark 10:17-31  Jesus is approached by a rich young ruler and in each of the three accounts additional information is provided that was not included in the other accounts therefore we must glean all relevant information from all three in order to understand what took place in the conversation between Jesus and this rich young ruler.  Jesus told this young man that if he wanted to have everlasting life to keep the commandments, Jesus even specified several of the ten commandments to be clear.

The rich young man said he kept all the Ten Commandments from his youth and asked what he yet lacked. Jesus answered him in Matthew 19:21   Obviously there was something this young man lacked that keeping the Ten Commandments did not provide.  Also as we should know, no one can keep the Ten Commandments because all have sinned and broken them.  This young man thought he was righteous by keeping the Ten Commandments just like Paul did before his conversion.  Philippians 3:9   This has the effect on many people that the keeping of them makes them righteous and in good standing with GOD when in fact they produce self righteousness which is filthy rags to GOD.  Isaiah 64:6   This is why Paul said the law deceived him and killed him.  Romans 7:11   This does not make the law evil it makes us evil.  The law is holy, just and good to condemn sinners to death, it was the ministry of death on stone.  2 Corinthians 3:7

People that put themselves under the Ten Commandments therefore are dead because anyone who broke the law dies without mercy.  Hebrews 10:28   The wages of sin is death, the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. 1 Corinthians 15:56  This is or at least should be Christianity 101 , it’s not difficult to read the scriptures to see the truth of these things. 

 Christians are no longer under the Ten Commandments, the old covenant, the ministry of death.  Christians undergo a spiritual transformation that changes their nature to become a partaker of GODS nature, they have GODS love so that we need not be commanded but do by nature what GODS will is by the example of Jesus Christ.  Jesus fulfilled the Ten Commandments with GODS love not by command but because he was one with his GOD and was created in his GODS image and we are to be recreated in the image of Jesus.  The first humans, Adam and Eve , had no knowledge of what sin is, they had to disobey GOD to acquire that knowledge but before this human nature was pure and innocent but would be changed by their obedience to Satan and from that day forward human nature became Satanic.  Before conversion we were the children of the Devil but through Jesus we can be made children of GOD.  Acts 26:18

AS HE WAS SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD

 

When Jesus was on this earth he did no miracles, he said nothing concerning teaching that originated from himself.  John 14:10,24  John 7:16  John 12:49  John 8:26,28,29  John 17:8  John 6:39   Jesus, when on this earth was just as we are now.  WE, the saints can do nothing of ourselves, our belief is not our own, the words we speak in the spirit are not our own.

 Now that Jesus is at his GODS right hand he uses the power of his FATHER to continue his work as mediator between his GOD and GODS saints.  GODS spirit does everything in the life of HIS saints by having HIS son live in them just as GOD did everything in Jesus and lived in him when Jesus was on this earth. John 14:10  

 The works of the saints are of the love of GOD.  The saints have no works of their own because we are GODS workmanship, Ephesians 2:10KJV , it is GOD who works in us both to will and to do HIS good pleasure. Philippians 2:13KJV  These works GOD has prepared for us and we are empowered by HIS love to work them out, to walk as Jesus walked.  In this way we are just like Jesus was when he was on this earth. 

 Some translations translate  1 John 4:17KJV  this way,   "as he is so are we on this earth" but this makes no sense because Jesus has been glorified and now given access to his FATHERS power, we are yet flesh with no power at all.  Therefore the correct translation is, "just as he WAS so are we on this earth".  

When on this earth Jesus was totally dependent on his FATHER for everything and so are we.  The obvious difference between us and earthly Christ is that he was the son of GOD and filled with the holy spirit without measure, WAS impeccable and was to be our messiah.  The connection Jesus had with his FATHER was without a mediator and he and his FATHER dwelt in one another, they were one, one in love, righteousness and holiness. John 10:30 

 The hope of the saints is to join GOD and Christ in this unity of oneness, that we may be one with GOD and Christ just as the FATHER and Christ are one.  John 17:21  

There is no amount of Ten Commandment keeping that will achieve this, no works by us of any kind, for if we work it is not GOD working but us working and you should know that salvation is not by our works but only by GODS.  This is the TRUE faith and description of what salvation is. It is nothing that you hear from all the worlds churches because they are all deceived. Revelation 12:9  

 If you understand these things then you are blessed and I would like to hear from you. Please write to me at the email on this blog.