A Lei e o Crente

A Lei e o Crente

(a lei é uma expressão do caráter de Deus)

Pra hoje ou não?

Ro 6.14; Porque o HYPERLINK "http://www.bibliaonline.net/scripts/dicionario.cgi?procurar=pecado&exata=on&link=bol&lang=BR" pecado não HYPERLINK "http://www.bibliaonline.net/scripts/dicionario.cgi?procurar=terá&exata=on&link=bol&lang=BR" terá domínio sobre vós; pois não estais debaixo da lei, e HYPERLINK "http://www.bibliaonline.net/scripts/dicionario.cgi?procurar=sim&exata=on&link=bol&lang=BR" sim da graça.

Debaixo da lei quer dizer que não esta debaixo dos seus mandamentos e ciondenaçào pore c ada falha de cumprir as suas exigências justas.

When Jesus said, 'You have heard that it was said by those of old, 'You shall not murder....' (Verse 21), Who had said that? Why, of course He is quoting the sixth commandment (Exodus 20:13)! Then He makes it plain that hatred and anger are the real evils here (Verse 22). In this way the point is made that while the commandment is good, it did not go far enough. The disciples of Jesus were to be obedient in the spirit – not purely the letter! Then, in verse 27, Jesus takes the example of the commandment against adultery (Exodus 20:14). Again, He wishes to magnify the law by showing the insufficiency of the command against adultery. Many might find it entirely possible never to commit adultery, but Jesus makes it plain that those who continually lust after beautiful women have already been guilty of adultery (Verse 28)! The glorious Law of Christ goes beyond the code of the Ten Commandments, it is the great moral and spiritual law which the commandments were based upon – it is this law, incapable of being set down as a code since it concerns the spirit and the heart, which the disciples of Jesus were to follow!

The law can also be compared to a mirror which makes us look at ourselves and see how wretched we are. In this manner, the law actually brings condemnation (Romans 4:13-15; Romans 7:7-12; Romans 5:20-21). We look at ourselves through the mirror of the law and become convicted of sin! The mirror allows us to see the hideous scars and stains of sin on our bodies! – how utterly tragic it is that so many modern ministers don't carefully bring new converts down this path in order to ensure that their repentance is truly real and genuine!
Through our schoolmaster and mirror we learn that we are headed for Hell! But then we learn of the work of Christ upon the cross and discover that we have a Saviour! – Jesus Christ has already paid the penalty of our sins and the sins of all who will appropriate Him in faith! Here is our solution!! We find that God loved us before we even knew Him and He has already died upon the cross as our substitute (sin must invariably lead to death)!

As newborn babes in Christ, we start to undertake our walks – more 'toddling' at that stage - in Christ. Certainly the Ten Commandments are a good initial ethical yardstick – but (as Jesus plainly shows) they don't go far enough. The standards which we must aim for are above and beyond the ten 'do's' and 'don'ts' of those commands. The new righteousness which we start to find in our lives is truly not ours but Christ's as the Holy Spirit gradually starts to refashion us – this is sanctification. If God were to remove His bounteous grace from us, we would fall again instantly!

It is worth noting that the classification of the Jewish law into moral, ceremonial and civil is somewhat artificial.

o cerimonial e civil tinha a ver com Israel e a sombra do que virá - a moral mostra quem Deus é

This moral law is often summarized in the "Ten Commandments", which the Bible says were given by God to Moses. They are, in somewhat abbreviated form:

You shall have no other Gods.

You shall not worship (or use in worship) images of anything in heaven or on earth.

You shall not misuse God's name.

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

Honor your father and your mother.

You shall not kill.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet (i.e. envy, particularly with an eye to taking) your neighbor's house, wife, or anything else.

Ideally, a Christian who is following Christ perfectly should not need a legal code. His heart should be so filled with love, and his mind should be so in tune with God that he would do the right thing naturally. This is always the Christian ideal. However because we remain imperfect in this life, most Christians would say that law has a role to play, even if it isn't precisely the same as it was for the Jews. 20th Century experience has convinced most Christians that some objective standards are needed to guide behavior. It is too easy to be led into dangerous actions by short-term considerations and emotions.

Lutheran (as well as Reformed) tradition identifies three uses of the law: (1) as an external discipline, necessary to restrain those who are not saved (and in some cases those who are saved, because of their remaining temptation to sin), (2) as a standard that convicts us of sin, and makes us realize our need of God's grace, and (3) as a standard for those who are saved, to help them in living in accordance with God's will. It is the third use that is most controversial. Ideally Christians act freely, from love. However in doing so, they need objective standards. Thus the law applies to them, but as standards accepted in response to God's grace, and not as legal constraint.

In place of the Old Testament law, we are under the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2) which is to, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:37-40). If we do these two things, we will be fulfilling all that Christ wants for us to do, “This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). Technically, the Ten Commandments are not even applicable to Christians. However, 9 of the Ten Commandments are repeated in the New Testament (all except the command to observe the Sabbath day). Obviously, if we are loving God we won't be worshipping other gods or worshipping idols. If we are loving our neighbors, we won't be murdering them, lying to them, committing adultery against them, or coveting what belongs to them. So, we are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law. We are to love God and love our neighbors. If we do those two things faithfully, everything else will fall into place.

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." (Matthew 5:17-[20])

Sl 119

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."
Romans 10:4

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus reinstated God's original moral laws, and to free us from the burden of the disciplinary laws of Judaism. Rejecting the moral laws leads inexorably to situation ethics, which is ungodly.

Situation ethics says, do whatever you think is loving in a situation WITHOUT law. That is not original Christianity, and in practice it becomes ungodly. We see people advocating the killing of prenatal children as "loving." Too, homosexual immorality is justified as "loving."

* Law condemned those who failed to live it 100%.
* Christ fulfilled all the Righteousness of the Law.
* Christ makes Grace available to save those condemned under the Law.

WE are no longer under the curse of the Law/Torah, Yeshua
took the curse on Himself when He died. We are under grace
because of His actions, but the Law still does apply, these
commands now written on our hearts are what the Holy Spirit
lovingly uses to bring us into line with the written Law.
Because we are under Grace now does not give us license
to do as we please. We obey because we love our Saviour.
Just because we have the Law written on our hearts does
not mean we obey all the time, its a process, thats why we
need grace.

a única diferença agora é que não estamos mais embaixo da maldição da lei, o terror da codeação que vem por nossa falta de cumprir ela Gal 3.13

mas nós não somos livres do que ela mandou (ensinou)

a gente obedece por amor de Deus e gratidão e não por medo ou tentando merecer salvação

A Lei exigiu perfeição e assim condenou tudo mundo, trouxe morte.

Jesus fez o que nós não podiamos fazer satisfazendo as exigencias da Lei os libertando da condenação dela. Gal 3.13 Agora tentamos obedecer por amor e sem medo.

A Lei não foi dado para dar vida mas de trazer a morte. Gal 3.21 – Jesus trouxe a vida. O que a Lei ãop podia fazer oevangelho fez.

A Lei ainda pode dizer a ós “obedece” mas não pode mais falar, “desobedece e morre.”

A Lei é a vontade de Deus revelada.

A obrigação de obedecer a Lei ainda existe só que sem o terror e escravidez. Agora é com liberdade, alegria e amor. Nosso relacionamento com a Lei tem mudado, mas nossa obrigação não.

Cristo nos libertou da condenação da Lei, mas não da Lei em se pois a Lei é “santo, justo e bom”.

A Necessidade da Lei das vidas dos crentes

Hoje a Lei deDeus é algo não conhecido. A igreja está tão tolerante de pecado que pecado tem achado um lugar confortável a ocupar nas vidas da maioria que se chama de crente.Hoje nosso entretenemento seria chamado abominação se fosse perguntar Deus. A gente assista coisas que desperta a ira de Deus enós ficamos aí rindo como pecado se fosse engraçado. Mentir faz parte da cultura. Nem fala em namoro. Tudo tem mudado desde 50 anos atrás quando o maior problema as escolas publicas era chiclete na aula. A televisão tem feito a ossas consciencias ficam adormecidas. A gente não sente mais quando algo questionável passa na nossa frente ou uma cena rola. A gente nem percebe. E isso éo mal da tele”NÃO”visão. Ela tem matado a consciecias do povo de Deus.