In Acts 7:38, we read:
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
The word translated "oracle" (G3051) actually means "In the N. T. spoken of the words or utterances of God: of the contents of the Mosaic law."
And again:
Hebrews 5:12-14
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Matthew 5:17 is a good case in point as well. What does it mean when Jesus fulfilled the Law?
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
The Greek word translated "fulfill," according to Thayer's Greek Lexicon, means the following:
"universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f"
Oops!
It's absolutely true that the perfect Law of God cannot save mankind because of its weakness in us on account of our flesh, but why is it not taught in Sunday school and Bible studies, as if it has been abolished to the point that we ignore it?
I've always held God's Law in the highest regard and admiration. I love His Law. As Paul of Tarsus said, it is by the Law that we know what sin is, and yet it is ignored as if it's not even there.
So, what are your thoughts about the perfection of the Law of God, and that, as seen above, fulfillment doesn't mean abolishment, nor that we should cease teaching from it? This isn't about the legalism charge that so many have laid at the feet of those who teach from the Law. There are some seriously unhealthy attitudes out there toward the word of God that really need to be dealt with from what ALL of scripture has to say on the matter.
What say you?
MM
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
The word translated "oracle" (G3051) actually means "In the N. T. spoken of the words or utterances of God: of the contents of the Mosaic law."
And again:
Hebrews 5:12-14
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Matthew 5:17 is a good case in point as well. What does it mean when Jesus fulfilled the Law?
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
The Greek word translated "fulfill," according to Thayer's Greek Lexicon, means the following:
"universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f"
Oops!
It's absolutely true that the perfect Law of God cannot save mankind because of its weakness in us on account of our flesh, but why is it not taught in Sunday school and Bible studies, as if it has been abolished to the point that we ignore it?
I've always held God's Law in the highest regard and admiration. I love His Law. As Paul of Tarsus said, it is by the Law that we know what sin is, and yet it is ignored as if it's not even there.
So, what are your thoughts about the perfection of the Law of God, and that, as seen above, fulfillment doesn't mean abolishment, nor that we should cease teaching from it? This isn't about the legalism charge that so many have laid at the feet of those who teach from the Law. There are some seriously unhealthy attitudes out there toward the word of God that really need to be dealt with from what ALL of scripture has to say on the matter.
What say you?
MM