There are false ministers that say the law has been abolished by Christ, well Christ calls them a liar, Matthew 5;17 Luke 16:17 Other false preachers say the law only applies to Israel. Well, if sin is the transgression of the law and all have sinned, then all are sinners. What, are gentiles sinless ? The entire unconverted world is under the law, Romans 3:9,19,20 Romans 11:32 Even when Moses gave the law to Israel he said this, Deuteronomy 29:14,15
The old covenant, the law, was not made with the fathers or the patriarchs; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob but with all people from Moses and beyond. Deuteronomy 5:3
The law must exist in order to draw people to Christ. Jesus said the no one could come to him unless the FATHER who sent him DRAWS THEM. John 6:44 The law serves as a schoolmaster to draw people to Christ because the FATHER uses the law to show those HE calls and chooses they are hopeless sinners in need of a savior. Galatians 3:24 When we become Christians we PASSOVER into a new covenant and escape the death penalty because Jesus paid for our sins by his death.
The gentiles are referred to as not under the law but not because the law doesn’t condemn them of sin, but because they never practiced the law. Paul explained to the gentiles that they were ignorant of the covenants, but so was Abraham. Abraham was a gentile when called and chosen by GOD. Just like Abraham all gentiles that are of the same faith as Abraham can become a Christian if GOD calls and chooses them.
Scripture says, where there is no law there is no sin or transgression of the law. Romans 4:15 The only people that cannot sin are the dead people . Romans 6:7 All humanity has sinned and has fallen short of the glory of GOD. Romans 3:23 Any scriptures that seem to say that the gentiles were not under the law or that Christ abolished the law are either very bad translations or deliberate alterations.
The law will in the future pass away but it happens when heaven and Earth pass away. Matthew 5:18 Revelation 21:1 2 Peter 3:13 Isaiah 65:17 Psalm 102:25,26 Yes, David knew about this as did Abraham, Hebrews 11:10 Isaiah 60:19,20 All these people of very long ago looked forward to the same things we do today, salvation in the kingdom of GOD, and they qualify for it in the EXACT same way that we do.
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