as far as follow the 10 commandments no. they are filtered in all through out the Bible. we live by the law of the spirit the life in Christ
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. ,
how ever none of this has to do with the topic
i am not going into this again .i have done previous post before , if you live by the ten commandments solo and break one your guilty of breaking all.
I'm afraid Jerry, that I try to live by the 10 commandments, except I go to church on Sunday - when I go.
And I also try to follow all the other commandments Jesus left us with.
He preached and taught for over 3 years.
His teaching was NOT just believe in Me and you will be saved.
He said we had to be born again...that means something.
Paul never meant to teach that we are not to follow God's commandments.
Romans 6:15-16
15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
16Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
Romans 7:6
6But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
We still serve Jerry...we now serve in the Spirit and not the the old way, by the letter.
But we still serve.
Philippians 2:12
12So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling;
Can the above be the same Paul that YOU are quoting?
And Peter, of the inner circle of Jesus states:
2 Peter 1:3-9
2Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
6and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
7and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
The bible is not in conflict with itself.
All the Apostles learned from Jesus.
They all state that we are to walk in the spirit
and not in the flesh.
The change is that God has made us be able to do this through His Holy Spirit.
Exactly what do you think Romans 8:2 means anyway?
