The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-05-08
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words, theN had to keep the law
perfectly before they could gain the
| priZc OF eternal life. As we have
heretofore seen, however, and rs
our Lord and the apostle expressly
declared no Isrealite did keen or
could keep inviolately all the items
OF their law, and consequently. ac-
cordIng to their covenant. not one
OF them was ever justified TO eter-
ma! life.
lhe Scriptures do not teach and
no thinking person can be made to
believe that God has made the nues-
ton of life-cverlaSting or Death
eternal dependent upon the Keeping
OF certain days. The Scriptures
specifically warns all who would
be followers of Jesus Christ to LET
the void Judge them bv the fruits
o. the Spirit and not to hermit
themselves to be Judged bv the
keeping OF certain days; Gal. 3: %
-; But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, JOY peace, long suffering. gen
u'heSS' GodllneSs, faith, meekncss.
temperance; Against such there is
no law" Col" 16-17. reads thus:
Let no man therefore Judge you
IN meat, or in drink, or i'm respecl
OF an wholly day, or of the new
moon, or of the Sabbath day; Which
are shadow of things TO come.
but the body is of Christ" The
Scripture last quoted means to in
form us that the laws and cere-
monies of the Jewish age Including
The Sabbath were but shadows
pointing to the real thing and the
real thing sinsA Christ's baptism
at Jordan is the Christ. II is true
that the law covenant relating TO
The keeping Of the seventh day and
all other features of that law was
binding upon the Jews with whom
1t was made and ii is still binding
upon all Jews who do not believe
Jesus Christ to be the Son of God;
but the law covenant was never
binding upon the GentileS. can
| persons not defendant from Abr,-
ham) For the reason that they we've
never party TO it. The Lord had
no dealings with the Gentiles and
nhde no covenants or contracts
with them prior. to the Gospel age.
thai is before Christ's baptism at
Jordan. { Amos. 3: y. "The Lord
Speaking to the Jews said: "You on
| ly have ! known of all the families
OF the earth therefore | will punish
you for all your iniquities." All
Jews who accepts Christ as the Son
OF God and consecrate themselves
TO follow him are not under the law
covenant but under Grace and the
only law binding upon them is the
law of love.
| In order to more fully understand
this subject we should know for
what purpose was the law covenant
given. The Scriptures inform us
that the law was given to the Jews
To serve them IS teacher or in
structor in the rudimentary princi-
pies of Godliness and to help al! the
humble minded TO be ready to pass
from the house of servants into The
house of Sons when Christ came.
Gal. 3: 21-25; but all who failed
To- do their best under the law
covenant was not permitted to pass
out of the house of servants into
the house of Sons and therefore they
remain under the law covenant. In
other words, TO simplify the matter
let us suppose that we are prepar-
A, lug persons for school teachers;
their schooling would begging with
! the rudiments of first-grade princi-
pies and they would remain in that
grade until they gave satisfaction
before they would be permitted TO
enter higher grades. They would re-
naiT under the laws or rules of
passing until they complied there
with. So il is with the Jews; all
must remain under the law covenant
until they accept Christ which act
is the passing mark. The phyloso-
ply Of the matter is this since no
imperfect man was able to keep The
law in letter and spirit the love of
God, John 3: 16. arranged that Christ
who was perfect should come in
the flesh perfect, and without sin
and keep the law showing that
perfect person can keep the law
anu al lnc SdIlc tillle dlIdlSc ~ nclp
imperfect men to keep the law; but
before any of the imperfect human
ity can receive this help and be
counted perfect under the law they
must come to Christ and agree 10
do his will and not their own. In
der such conditions Chrisfs merit
will be applied TO their weakness
ha
feet and as fulfilling the whole law
as long as they remain in that con-
dition of untarnished love and de-
sire to do the will of God to the
extent of their ability at any cost
All persons so coming to Christ are
said to be under a covenant of
Grace or favor and not under the
law covenant ChriSf'S dpafh would