I might observe the fact that the Law
arouses sin because it's a fact, there to arouse. We do not avoid arousal in denial or avoidance.
Is that the fault of the Law or the sin?
No matter how much one seeks to cover the fact of sin that adverse relationship with law and sin remains.
And no fault of the LAW.
Those who understand the Law's purpose this way comes forward UNDER it for our 'beheading,' allegorically speaking.
The Law does NOT produce SIN.
Sin produces sin.
Paul tells us that the Law is what? Holy, Righteous, Spiritual and Good!
Do we toss all those away because sin reacts adversely to that which is Spiritual, Holy, Righteous and good?
Uh, no.
The Law in effect is both an instrument of DEATH
and
an Instrument of LIFE as Paul revealed in Romans 13:8-10
There is your classic TWO EDGED Sword of the Word.
This is the SAME SWORD that SWINGS from the Mouth of Jesus:
Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and
out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD killeth,
and maketh alive:
he bringeth down to the grave,
and bringeth up.
It is a good thing to understand that BOTH EDGES of this Sword apply to us.
It remains problematic for dead men to walk
in presently hidden life. Let alone to see alike.
Those who REFUSE the
DEATH of the Sword
do not LIVE by that same Sword.
Both edges are currently in SWING in this present earth.
One to our death.
One to our LIFE.
It is problematic to deny either edge of it as both edges have purposes that will not be swayed by any man and are meant to be applied.
The old head, the head of the blinded sinner is meant to be lopped off, to be replaced by the Mind of God in Christ...every WORD of God. The old man and the new man. The flesh man and the spirit man. The carnal man will not take his DEATH under the LAW and will seek to avoid it.
Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel, Cephas to Peter, Saul to Paul are ALL pictures of these same matters. As are the two sons of Adam, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Joseph, of Moses
the SAME MATTERS.
Being double minded is not an advantage.
Understanding brings both Fear of God and Love of God.
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