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The Daily Word of Righteousness
What Was Paul Teaching?, continued
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. (I Corinthians 14:37)
Let us consider once again our statement and elaborate it a bit. Then you point out where we are unscriptural.
No person can be received of God apart from Christ by obeying the Law of Moses, or by obeying the commandments of Christ and His Apostles, or by observing any other moral code of any kind whatever.
However, every transgression of the commandments of Christ and His Apostles is sin whether committed by a Christian or non-Christian and must be dealt with appropriately if the individual is to live in God's sight.
The non-Christian deals with sin appropriately by coming to Christ for forgiveness. The Christian deals with sin appropriately by confessing his sins and turning away from them, praying for grace to help him do so.
Let's take it a step at a time.
No person can be received of God, apart from Christ, by obeying the Law of Moses, or by obeying the commandments of Christ and His Apostles, or by observing any other moral code of any kind whatever.
Can you live with that? That's the foundation, isn't it?
Next:
However, every transgression of the commandments of Christ and His Apostles is sin whether committed by a Christian or non-Christian and must be dealt with appropriately if the individual is to live in God's sight.
Here is where the problem is. There are several Evangelical doctrines that either state or imply the commandments of Christ and His Apostles are not binding on the believers. What a dreadful misunderstanding of the new covenant! Paul talks about covetousness, immorality, all forms of wrath. So do the other Apostles. Can we disobey these commandments and be without sin?
Let us take one commandment of Christ and see if it is binding on the believer.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. (John 15:4)
The Lord Jesus has commanded us to abide in Him. As a believer we can choose to live each day in Jesus or we can choose to go about our business in the flesh.
Evangelical teaching states we can safely ignore this commandment because we are saved by grace.
The Bible states if we do not obey Christ in this matter we will be cut out of Christ and burned.
What do you say? Is the commandment binding or not?
Some today, in order to support the current doctrine of lawless grace, are maintaining that the commandments of Christ in the Gospels are not binding on Christians because He spoke them before His resurrection. If this is true, then it is not necessary to be born again in order to enter the Kingdom of God because this also was spoken prior to His resurrection.
What a doctrinal mess we are in today!
To be continued.