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Posted on: February 24, 2023 at 10:09:03 CT
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those verses are talking about how we gain righteousness...and that is indeed by faith through Christ, I 100% agree with that. We are no longer 'slaves' to the law in that we have Christ who has paid for our sins already, and made us clean, permanently, and now we can no longer become unclean.
I'm in no way saying that following the law or not affects your salvation. What I am saying is that the MOST obedient we can be is by following all His laws and regulations the best we can.
Modern western Christians would hopefully agree the '10 commandments' still apply; so why not the rest of the Torah God gave us? The Torah is the set of instructions on how to show we are set apart and love Him.
Part of this discussion is the idea that the law is some onerous thing, rather than something that would please God by asking "what would please You for me to do in my life"?