07/18/23 IT IS WHAT GOD SAYS

07/18/23 IT IS WHAT GOD SAYS

Here is a simple question, with a simple answer.

According to the Bible...
Q. Can a Christian live his life in such a way that he fulfills the law of God?
A. Yes.

Notice, I am not saying everyone or just anyone can keep the law of God.
Notice also, I am not indicating that the keeping of the law of God earns or merits salvation.
Notice again, I am not suggesting that anyone has kept the law of God throughout their entire life or that a person who has been converted cannot disobey the law of God.
Notice too, I am not saying that we are subject to the sacrificial, dietary, civil and ceremonial laws of Israel.
And especially notice, I am not saying that failing to keep the law of God must end in separation from God forever.

Of course I am saying all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and the wages of sin is death.
I am saying that those who have not kept the law of God (all of us) can be saved, reconciled to God by trusting in the death, resurrection and salvation of Christ.
I am saying that those who are saved (by grace, through faith in Christ) are saved from sin and sinning as they walk in faith, walk in the light of Christ, walk in the Spirit.
I am saying that being born of God enables us to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength and those who love Him will keep the law of God and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
I am saying what God says in His word. 

John 14:23-24
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 

John 15:10-14
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 

Romans 13:8-10
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

1 John 2:3-6
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 

1 John 5:2-5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?