For Our Own Good

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What is the purpose of the Mosaic Law? What should Christians learn from studying the Mosaic Law?

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[Brakelite]

Subject heading:- Our Own Good?​

'But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and disobedient,
for the ungodly and for sinners,
for unholy and profane,
for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind,
for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons,
and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God,
which was committed to my trust.
(1Tim. 1:8-11)

'For whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point,
he is guilty of all.'
(Jas 2:10)

And there is none righteous, no, not one.

 

[Brakelite]

Well, that settles it for sure in one direct sentence.

Except there is no-one, either on this thread or any other thread I am aware of, who is claiming that the law justifies. The question, can the law be for our good, knowing it doesn't justify?

 

[Brakelite]

God gave His Law to Israel, not Gentiles.

12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Rom. 2:12–14.

So the law was good for Israel, but no good for anyone else? Restrictions against murder and adultery bother you?

 

[jeremiah1five]

So the law was good for Israel, but no good for anyone else? Restrictions against murder and adultery bother you?

What the non-covenant world have as far as laws for living are concerned were stolen/copied from God's Laws for His people.
America is not a theocracy. Yet we have laws against killing and punishments leveled against those that engage in the act.

 

[Studyman]

And there is none righteous, no, not one.

Rom. 3: 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have "before proved" both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

Who is the "They" Paul is speaking to here? Those who have the Oracles of God, but do not believe them, Yes? Those who promote falsehoods and Slander about Paul and the Body of Christ, Yes? Those whose Paul's judgments of damnation is just, Yes?

Is Paul and the Body of Christ not under the same obligation to "Repent and turn to God, as those who "Profess to know God, but in works deny Him"?? Or is Paul and the Body of Christ somehow better than they, and are not also required to repent? My friend, you and I are born into a world in which religions exist, who call Jesus Lord, but HE doesn't know them. Jesus and Paul warned about them.

Please Consider where the following is written and go there.

Psalms 14: 1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Is David and Paul not both speaking of the same people? People who mock those who deny themselves, and follow the Christ, "of the Bible"? Who slander, persecute and even kill men like Paul and Stephen, "Whose refuge is the Lord".

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

What else did the Spirit of Christ, which was in David, who Paul is Quoting here, tell us?

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

5 There were they in great fear: (This is a different they, Yes?) for God is in the generation "of the righteous".

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, "because" the LORD is his refuge.

The deceiver would have men ignore and omit from their mind, the rest of Christ's Inspired Words Paul Quoted here. You and I, as Jesus Himself Prophesied, are born into a world in which "Many" deceivers exist that "Come in Christ's Name". Paul also speaks of unholy men who "Transform themselves" into Apostles of Christ. So it's no marvelous thing that we have not been taught the truth of Paul's teaching in Romans 1-3. It's a hard pill to swallow for those who have adopted the philosophies of this world's various religious businesses and franchises, as Jesus also said it would. I know it was for me 30 years ago when I finally heeded the warnings of the Christ.

I hope that you might consider these things regarding this verse from Paul that you quoted. And consider that God is in the Generation of the Righteous, a people that the deceiver would have you believe doesn't exist.

The Christ knew these deceivers would come and promote the falsehood that Paul was speaking also about the Body of Christ, when he said "They are all under sin". 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

He saw this coming and Inspired John to write the following Words for His People to consider.

1 John 3: 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Romans 6: 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

 

[DavidTree]

Except there is no-one, either on this thread or any other thread I am aware of, who is claiming that the law justifies. The question, can the law be for our good, knowing it doesn't justify?

Absolutely, if we recognize that which has passed away and that which remains.

 

[Bob Carabbio]

If God had a set of instructions that were for our own good, would you voluntarily want follow them?

Some things "for our own GOOD" can be intensely painful. the Ground was CURSED by God for man's good. (Gen 3:17)