The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-12

Lord when will make covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of
judah not according TO the covenant that
made with their fathers in the day when / took
thcm by the hand to lead them out of the land
iof Egypt" So we find Paul and jeremiah from
whom Paul quotes plainly, declare this new
covenant was not even according to the old one.
Paul says 1t is covenant. better cove
nant and is established on better promises If
better it is not the same: a thing can be no
better than itself
THE better promises are not the same
promises. The promises of the old covenant were
only temporal blessings. Those of the better
life
| Again. the first covenant was made under
the Levticus priesthood the second under the
Meichizedek priesthood. There peing n change in
the priesthood there must of necessity be a
change OF the law. says Paul. A better cove
naat better promise comes in with the bet
brings true righteousness unto every child of
900 the righteousness which is of God by
faith" Phil. $40.
AS touching the righteousness of the law
Paul said he was bameless yet he tells us "by
! the deeds of the law shall be justified
| IN ms sight" How is that Paul? If Abraham
ma been Justified by works he had whereof to
glory. And again, 'if they which of the
law be heirs, faith is made void and the
s5'|s' as ! heard him three times from the
stand there is no other way to enter the
kingdom of God, but by keeping the ten COM
mandments, he is making faith void and the
promise of none effect" Gal. 3:1S.
The old covenant does not put into Christ.
and thus unite with the seed, but the new
venant does, and makes children of God
| by faith in Christ Jesus, "and If children, then
hers according to the promise" Those under
! the old covenant were servants, not sons; by
4 the new covenant, receive the adoption of
sons and because We sons God sends forth
/ the spirit of his son unto your hearts, whereby
we cry Abba Father" The adopted ones are
sons free in Christ Jesus. The law that makes
them free is the law of liberty. mot that Sinaitic
law that gendereth to bondage" And Paul also
SAY in hat her shric
hath made you free, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage
Paul tells us in the Sinai covenant, of which
HaEar is a type, "gendereth TO bondage" Hagar
and her seed not heirs according to the
promise. She answereth to Jerusalem in bond
age with her children. The aew covenant
/ typefed by Sarah and her son, answereth to
Jerusalem, which is from above. whose chill
dren are free, and whose law is the law of
liberty, by which her children are judged.
! The royal law" given by the King Himself.
NJ the ten commandments. given through
Moses to a special people.
Mr.. Walker tells eternal life depends
! on our keeping the law, and refers to the young
man who asked what he must do to inherit
eternal life. The young man said he had kept
| thu law from his youth up, yet Christ clearly
shows him that did make him an heir of
I eternal life, Sell that thou hast and give to the
poor, and come follow me-" Though hiameess
as touching the law of the ten commandments.
We not perfect when Judged by the royal law. -
4 Nothing here to prove keeping the law makes
one an inhertor of eternal life. Christs words
are in harmony with Paul. who says the law
makes no man perfect. And If righteousness
+aeaa4ee by tw, then rs christ dead IN vain
Gal. 2:2t. So here we have Mr.. walker against
ths teaching of Paul and of Lord himself.
Mr. Walker SAYS I'VE are told in John "sin Is
the transgression of that law Hold on! Don't
lchange the text to prove your point Sin is the
transgression Of the law, not that law. The
word that" pertains to things past, laid
ASIDE, Coo gave command to Adam; MS SIN
WAS breaking that law. When Israel broke the
ten commandments she broke that law that
was given to her Again, he says. only those
who do those commandments have right to the
tree of life etc, changing the text again, and
EGEsdn unfortunate in his choice of word
Those" being the plural Of that refers the
, same way to things past or done away, or laid
: aside. this day and that day these days
) and those days"
But John did not say either these" OF
those" blessed are they that do his com
Y mandments," etc, and will let John him
$ sef tell us what is meant by his" command
t ments" And this is this commandment that we
Should believe on the name of His son Jesus
Christ and should love one another, as he gave
; us commandment" And he that keepeth his
? commandments dwelleth in him and he in him
f And again he tells us his commandments are
! inct grievous," while Paul tells the old cove
tnant yoke of bondage" "a yoke which
neither fathers were able to bear
So the difference between his com
Q mandments' of the new covenant and those OF
) the ola
t ,Ir. Walker infers that have not stuck tx
the law and to the testimony therefore, there il
no light In me. The Pharisees of old stuck IL
$ the law as they understood It, yet where wal
4 their light?
THE sinner still needs the law" says Mr.
Walker. ito bring him to Christ"
o that not the sense of Pauls words. THE
4 la sChoomaster to bring us to Christ
4 The words ito bring us are interpretations, a!
. their being italicized show. The law our school
/ master unto Christ, Is the original, in harmon,
q with Luke, who says the law was until John
n which time We know was the beginning o
Christ's ministry Until Christ the law was ou
schoolmaster. Since faith is come, the ole
schoolmaster, having served his term is dis
n charged; when that term ended dispensatioi
I closed given new teacher, even tn
Z spirit of truth. who writes the lessons or tn
G law of the school our hearts.
II If the law needed to bring sinners Il
8 Christ. why did not Christ preach the law
AIS ye go preach, saying the kingdom of HEAVIER
is at hand"
o II. If I be lifted up will draw all men unit
me" said Christ. 1t is Christ and his eros
/ that is to be the drawing power aided by tn
spirit. not the tables of stone. and the law of
- 1coyenant which Christ himself hath made old
, mo man can come unto except the Fathe
"a which sent me draw him John 6:44.
i, May all who read this be taught of this new
a teacher, and be made free indeed.
A. r. c.
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