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Man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law Roman 3:28,
was not rightly understood, for by faith here Paul meant faith in the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ. By "the deeds of the law," he did not mean the deeds of the law of the Decalogue, which are the Ten Commandments, but the deeds of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews; that by a wrong interpretation of those few words, two enormous falsities had been established, one, that Paul here meant the faith of the present church, and the other, that he meant the deeds of the law of the Decalogue. It is clearly evident [these claimed] that Paul meant the works of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews, and not the works of the Decalogue, from what he said to Peter, whom he accused of Judaizing, although he knew That no one is justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Galatians 2:14-16;
"The faith of Jesus Christ" meaning faith in Him and from Him. By "the deeds of the law" Paul meant the deeds of the Mosaic law, he distinguished between the law of faith and the law of works, and between the Jews and the Gentiles, or "circumcision" and "uncircumcision," "circumcision" signifying Judaism here as everywhere else. Moreover, Paul closes with these words:
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid; but we establish the law (saying this in connection with the foregoing), Roman 3:27-31.
Likewise in the preceding chapter:
Not the hearers of a law shall be justified before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified Roman 2:13;
God will render to every man according to his deeds Roman 2:6;
For we must all be made manifest before the judgement-seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done through the body, whether it be good or bad 2 Corinthians 5:10;
besides other passages in his writings. From all this it is clear that Paul rejected faith without works, just as James did James 2:17-26.
That Paul meant the deeds of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews, these were still further convinced from the fact that all the statutes written for the Jews in uses are called "the law," thus, "the deeds of the law," as can be seen from the following:
This is the law of the meal offering Leviticus 6:14-18.
This is the law for the burnt offering, for the meal offering, and for the sin offering, and for the guilt offering, and for the consecrations Leviticus 7:37.
This is the law of the beast and of the fowl: Leviticus 11:46.
This is the law for her that beareth a son or a daughter. Leviticus 12:7.
This is the law of leprosy Leviticus 13:59: Leviticus 14:2-57.
This is the law of him that hath an issue: Leviticus 15:32.
This is the law of jealousy: Numbers 5:29-30.
This is the law of the Nazarite\: Numbers 6:13-21.
This is the law of cleansing: Numbers. 19:14.
This is the law respecting the red heifer Numbers 19:2.
The law for the king: Deuteronomy 17:15-19.
Indeed, the whole book of Moses is called "the book of the law," Deuteronomy 31:9-26; Luke 2:22 Luke 24:44; John 1:45; John 7:22-23 John 8:5.
Harry
was not rightly understood, for by faith here Paul meant faith in the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ. By "the deeds of the law," he did not mean the deeds of the law of the Decalogue, which are the Ten Commandments, but the deeds of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews; that by a wrong interpretation of those few words, two enormous falsities had been established, one, that Paul here meant the faith of the present church, and the other, that he meant the deeds of the law of the Decalogue. It is clearly evident [these claimed] that Paul meant the works of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews, and not the works of the Decalogue, from what he said to Peter, whom he accused of Judaizing, although he knew That no one is justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ. Galatians 2:14-16;
"The faith of Jesus Christ" meaning faith in Him and from Him. By "the deeds of the law" Paul meant the deeds of the Mosaic law, he distinguished between the law of faith and the law of works, and between the Jews and the Gentiles, or "circumcision" and "uncircumcision," "circumcision" signifying Judaism here as everywhere else. Moreover, Paul closes with these words:
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid; but we establish the law (saying this in connection with the foregoing), Roman 3:27-31.
Likewise in the preceding chapter:
Not the hearers of a law shall be justified before God, but the doers of a law shall be justified Roman 2:13;
God will render to every man according to his deeds Roman 2:6;
For we must all be made manifest before the judgement-seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done through the body, whether it be good or bad 2 Corinthians 5:10;
besides other passages in his writings. From all this it is clear that Paul rejected faith without works, just as James did James 2:17-26.
That Paul meant the deeds of the Mosaic law, which were for the Jews, these were still further convinced from the fact that all the statutes written for the Jews in uses are called "the law," thus, "the deeds of the law," as can be seen from the following:
This is the law of the meal offering Leviticus 6:14-18.
This is the law for the burnt offering, for the meal offering, and for the sin offering, and for the guilt offering, and for the consecrations Leviticus 7:37.
This is the law of the beast and of the fowl: Leviticus 11:46.
This is the law for her that beareth a son or a daughter. Leviticus 12:7.
This is the law of leprosy Leviticus 13:59: Leviticus 14:2-57.
This is the law of him that hath an issue: Leviticus 15:32.
This is the law of jealousy: Numbers 5:29-30.
This is the law of the Nazarite\: Numbers 6:13-21.
This is the law of cleansing: Numbers. 19:14.
This is the law respecting the red heifer Numbers 19:2.
The law for the king: Deuteronomy 17:15-19.
Indeed, the whole book of Moses is called "the book of the law," Deuteronomy 31:9-26; Luke 2:22 Luke 24:44; John 1:45; John 7:22-23 John 8:5.
Harry