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Hello @PloughBoy,'For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God,
but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness,
and going about to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.'
(Rom 10:2-4)
Hello @PloughBoy,
Thank you for your response, it is good to consider what the state of mankind would be like without the law of God. It does not bear thinking of.
Yet, speaking concerning his own countrymen, Paul spoke the words above: and stipulated that where God's righteousness is concerned, 'Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth'. Praise God! God's righteousness has been imputed to the believer in Christ Jesus, so the necessity to keep the law for righteousness is no longer a requirement for the Jews among those believers in Rome to whom Paul wrote. To the Gentiles among them: not ever having been under law given at Sinai, this would have no application, except that there were at that time Judaisers who sought to place the Gentile under law, so it was a necessary corrective even for them, as it is for us today. For we are not under law, but under grace. Praise God!
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
Considering the above entry of mine, I would ask you a question, please.:- In relation to what I said concerning the Jew, and the keeping of the law for righteousness, as referenced in Romans 10:2-4: was the believing Jew, under the terms of the old covenant, still obliged to keep the law? For though Christ had died, and the blood of the New Covenant shed, the New Covenant still awaits inauguration as per Jeremiah 31:31, yes?
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris