ya, confusion there, too, but tbh i find that kind of silly; obey the laws that you can get arrested for not obeying, and apply conviction to everything else imo.
Discover what law you are "under" when you find yourself "under," and calling out for relief imo
In Civil Law, there is no excuse to "not know", precisely because it is written, recorded, and available to the public.
The crux of the matter, that we have tossed back and forth....IS
Hebrews had laws. Written, Spoken, Taught, and they were Subject to the Laws....
Because "they agreed TO BE Subject to those Laws."
Ex 19:8
Josh 1:16
Time travel forward...some Hebrews KEEPING their own word, some not.
Time travel forward...the 12 Tribes...each Tribe with it's own "leader"...
Time travel forward..."leaders" die, new "leaders", often with "new ideas".
Time travel forward...Ten Tribes to the north,
Split and call their lands ISRAEL...Two Tribes to the south, Judah and Benjamin, call their lands JUDAH and call the people Jews.
Time travel forward...Israel / Judah becomes over powered, claimed by Gentiles.
Time travel forward...a little strip of land, in original JUDAH, is declared to be called ISRAEL, and occupied with men calling themselves, Jews, Israelites.... AND Gentiles.
Reverse in Time ~ (and forward to today)
Jews and (some) Gentiles claiming the one Same God. Some Gentiles claiming the Jewish Messiah is come and Give Salvation to any man who chooses to Accept His Gift.
Many Jews reject such notion.
Reverse in Time ~ (and forward to today)
Jews / Gentiles are no different to God.
Jews / Gentiles PEOPLE continue to SEPARATED themselves.
Jews (not all, but religiously practicing Jews)
Continue to be SUBJECTED to their historical Laws.
(By the way, which would be found IN THEIR BOOKS and RECORDS in their own Deppositories .... NOT every Civil Governments Library depository .)
Gentiles (not all, but those WHO "SUBJECTED THEMSELVES" TO CHRIST JESUS)... were NOT subjecting themselves to Hebrew or Jewish Laws. THEY WERE "SUBJECTING THEMSELVES" " TO " "CHRIST JESUS"!
Now...to not forget...the Hebrews, the Jews, were APPOINTED Teachers, long before the Gentiles were grafted in.
It is the Hebrews, the Jews writings, that Gentiles have wide access to ... ie the Bible;
One of the thee most world wide distributed books.
And to NOTE....a man SUBJECTING himself to Christ Jesus....needs to HEAR and KNOW what Christ Jesus set forth AS LAW.
Matt 22
37
38
39
40
Everything depends ON "IF", what an individual man BELIEVES.
A Jew or Gentile has his own INDIVIDUAL Believes and can SUBJECT himself to WHAT those BELIEFS entail.
I subjected MYSELF to Christ Jesus, and His Two all encompassing Commandments.
(All encompassing revealed in Matt 22:40).
But what about ALL the LAWS of the Jews, taught in the NT?
IF you are familiar with legalese...you would know...A LAW...has an expanded inclusion.
That INCLUSION is ... the CONSEQUENCE.
There is a CONSEQUENCE
FOR....obeying the law
AND
FOR....not obeying the law
Every Consequence for NOT obeying Hebrew Law, and Jewish Law....is Broadly called a SIN, and the consequence thereof is specifically identified.
WHEN I subjected myself to Christ Jesus;
I was FORGIVEN "ALL" of my sins Against God.
For Disobeying Hebrew Laws? No.
For Disobeying Jews Laws? No.
FOR not believing in God? Yes.
FOR corrupting my soul, in my disbelieving flesh? Yes.
So here's the deal...
The Scriptures teach PRECEPTS, of things that ARE and ARE not Glorifying to God.
It matters not to me IF they are called LAWS or not.
It matters not to me IF Jews believe there is a Consequence of SIN, for not doing something to Glorify God.
I am not a Jew, nor did I subject myself to their Religious Laws.
All of their "consequences" for NOT obeying a Law.....ARE "curses" FROM God, to the MAN, called a SIN of the man.
I have been Forgiven of ALL of my Sins Against God....and am KEPT by His POWER, that I can NEVER AGAIN, NOT BELIEVE in Him, or Again corrupt my soul.
And ALL of the "CURSES" of the Laws that are SINS unto the man.... I have been REDEEMED of being SUBJECT TO.
Gal 3:13
And all those STILL UNDER THE LAW, are still UNDER the CURSE of the Law, which is to say, violation of the law, is still unto them a SIN.
Gal 3:10
About the PRECEPTS.
IF...I, according to the PRECEPTS written for my benefit, I DO, that Glorifies God....
God SHALL reward my effort and works.
IF...I, according to the PRECEPTS written for my benefit, I DO NOT DO, to Glorifiy God....
God SHALL NOT reward my effort and work.
There IS NO Curse punishment, or Sin attributed to me, for NOT doing a work to Glorify God.
Do I suggest, a man should NOT do works to Glorify God? Absolutely not.
Do I suggest, men on a large scale have no clue of knowing what I just wrote? Absolutely.
IMO the majority of Christians are Scripture illiterate owing a dusty Bible, and carrying a Bible to Church as if it is an outward and justifiable symbol that they actually read it and know it and understand it...
So inanutshell...
I subjected myself to Christ Jesus.
He gave me TWO Laws, and His own power keeps me obedient to those TWO Laws.
I am not under the Laws of the Hebrews or Jews.
I am not subject to the curses of the Hebrews or Jews Laws.
I am one who takes the Lords Precepts seriously and do according to the Power the Lord gives me, Glorify Him, according to His Way.
I am forgiven all of my sins.
I sin no more, by the Power of Christ who keeps me.
I have been adopted, cleansed, justified, sanctified, restored, quickened...by the Power of God....and am blessed to be called... forever; a son of God....and I wait patiently...
TO SEE Him, as He is. :)
God Bless,
Taken
