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Excellent Post! The key for understanding this sec...

2008-09-23T18:12:00.000+01:00

Excellent Post! The key for understanding this section of Scripture (and the whole Law/Grace dynamic) is to correctly identify God's purpose in the Law. As with all of Torah (the totality of Scripture), the Law of Moses was prophetic and promisory--it all spoke of Christ and its fulfillment in Him. As with all the Scripture (in my opinion), you correctly state that "...the Mosaic Law had an eschatological focus that has now been realized and fulfilled in Christ."

I believe that eschatology is the propulsion in redemptive history that advances God's purpose to "sum up all things in Christ"; and He does this, I believe, through the prophetic "promise/fulfillment" motif that encompasses the totality of the Scripture. I believe that this truth is profoundly expounded in Paul's confrontation with the Galation's regarding the Mosaic Law and you did a wonderful job interacting with it.

There is a statement, however, that you make on page 13 that is not clear to me. In the section on the "Life in the Spirit and the Law of Christ", you say this: "Only in the New Covenant, led by the Spirit, CAN the believer 'fulfill' the law (of Christ, I presume)" (emphasis and clarification mine). Then in the footnote you reference the New Covenant passage in Jeremiah with these words: "This covenant obedience established by God...."

Are you here suggesting that because of our new life in Christ by the Spirit that we are now CAPABLE of "obeying" the commands of Christ (as our new "law")? I'm confused by your wording here. Are you saying that we are now under obligation to obey the commands of Christ? If so, how do I understand this without it becoming simply another "moralism" teaching that is (and always has been) so prevelant "Christianity"?

Thanks Dave for profiling my work again!

2008-09-23T15:39:00.000+01:00

Thanks Dave for profiling my work again!

I would recommend Samuel Bolton’s work The True Bo...

2008-09-23T13:28:00.000+01:00

I would recommend Samuel Bolton’s work The True Bounds of Christian Freedom. He does a great job of showing both the place of the law for the unbeliever and for the believer. In doing this I think he clearly shows how we should see freedom in Christ.