Romans 7:8-10

[Hazelelponi]

Adam's sin is imputed to us (Ro 5:17) is the pattern (Ro 5:14) for Christ's righteousness imputed to us (Ro 1:17, 4:5, 13, 3:21, 9:30, 10:6, Gal 3:16, Php 3:9), right?

Imputation is ascribing to/charging to one's person/account.
The NT does not use the word impute in reference to Christ's sin offering.
The NT limits "imputed" to Adam's sin charged to us and Christ's righteousness ascribed/credited to us.

My friend can have a fine owing up at the Courthouse.
My paying the fine for him does not require my personal involvement in (imputation of) his law-breaking.
I am involved only in its punishment.

I sat and wrote this for another thread but wanted to ask you if there's anything I said here that you would specifically disagree with in the following statement and why and why:

In considering the transformation from following the law for salvation to understanding its proper place in the life of the believer, Scripture provides clear guidance. According to the Apostle Paul in Romans 3:20 and Galatians 2:16, no one is justified by the works of the law but only through faith in Jesus Christ. It is by God's grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, that one is saved, as Paul emphasizes in Ephesians 2:8-9. The believer is no longer bound by the law as a means of salvation, because Christ has fulfilled it on their behalf (see Matthew 5:17).

However, this does not mean the law is to be disregarded. Rather, as God's redeemed people, believers are called to live according to His moral will, which is revealed through the law, but not as a means of securing salvation. As Romans 6:18 states, believers have been set free from sin and become slaves to righteousness. The law reveals the perfect righteousness of God, which believers are now called to reflect in their lives. This is in line with what Christ taught in Matthew 5:16, that the righteous life of His followers is a witness to the world. In Christ, believers are empowered to live out God's law, not out of a desire to earn salvation, but out of gratitude and obedience to the One who has saved them, as James 2:26 reminds, “faith without works is dead.” Thus, the law is fulfilled in the life of the believer as an expression of covenant faithfulness, not as a means to salvation.

 

[Eleanor]

I sat and wrote this for another thread but wanted to ask you if there's anything I said here that you would specifically disagree with in the following statement and why and why:

In considering the transformation from following the law for salvation to understanding its proper place in the life of the believer, Scripture provides clear guidance. According to the Apostle Paul in Romans 3:20 and Galatians 2:16, no one is justified by the works of the law but only through faith in Jesus Christ. It is by God's grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, that one is saved, as Paul emphasizes in Ephesians 2:8-9. The believer is no longer bound by the law as a means of salvation, because Christ has fulfilled it on their behalf (see Matthew 5:17).

However, this does not mean the law is to be disregarded. Rather, as God's redeemed people, believers are called to live according to His moral will, which is revealed through the law, but not as a means of securing salvation. As Romans 6:18 states, believers have been set free from sin and become slaves to righteousness. The law reveals the perfect righteousness of God, which believers are now called to reflect in their lives. This is in line with what Christ taught in Matthew 5:16, that the righteous life of His followers is a witness to the world. In Christ, believers are empowered to live out God's law, not out of a desire to earn salvation, but out of gratitude and obedience to the One who has saved them, as James 2:26 reminds, “faith without works is dead.” Thus, the law is fulfilled in the life of the believer as an expression of covenant faithfulness, not as a means to salvation.

Let's begin with Ro 13:8, 10. . .and then there is Jn 13:34.

How do you think these fit in?

 

[Hazelelponi]

Let's begin with Ro 13:8, 10. . .and then there is Jn 13:34.

How do you think these fit in?

Love is Covenant.

Covenant is first God facing, then man facing. The whole of the Decalogue is inside these two, not separate from.

The cross is the covenant for the bride, and the bride is now in Covenant with God, the Covenant is based on sacrifice for His bride, and we too sacrifice for her in whatever way God gives us to, but we owe our best sacrifice to God, that is just what we are in Christ,. God facing (foremost) then man facing.