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ENMITY : The Law of Sin and Death, and Colossians 2 Revisited

(A Sequel to ‘Can Current Adventist Understanding of t he Law

Survive the Swelling Storm of Scrutiny?’)

ichard A! "o#ovoy$ %%

Introduction

%n the &revious &a&er we investigated if there are things in the Law of 'od that we have

 een missing as Adventists and it was found that 'od has much light to send us from the Law 

and the gos&el! %n fact$ we saw that the gos&el is actually &art of the Law when we see that the

great Law includes oth moral and ceremonial &ortions and that the ceremonial &ortions were

&ro&hecies carried out that &oint to Christ and is sacrifice! ere is a statement that verifies

this*

+he ty&es and shadows of the sacrificial service$ with the prophecies$ gave the %sraelites a veiled$

indistinct view of the mercy and grace to e rought to the world y the revelation of Christ , %t

 was seeing the o-ect of that which was to e done away$ seeing Christ as revealed in the law$

that illumined the face of .oses! +he ministration of the law$ written and engraved in stone$

 was a ministration of death! /ithout Christ$ the transgressor was left under its curse$ with no

ho&e of &ardon! +he ministration had of itself no glory$ but the promised Saviour, revealed in

the types and shadows of the ceremonial law, made the moral law glorious!

Christ can only e 0revealed in the Law1 when we see that the moral and ceremonial laws are

connected to each other and are &art of the same Law called the +orah in erew! +he moral

law is the +en Commandments$ each of which are further ro#en down y statutes written in the

"oo# of the Law2 and it was shown in the &revious &a&er that the 3ourth Commandment is

0e4ceeding road1 (5s! 667*78) and entails much more than we ever imagined!

+he 3ourth Commandment$ as written in the 3irst +ale of Stone$ only s&ecifies one &eriod

of time* the Saath day (the seventh day concluding a wee#)! 9othing written on the Stone

&oints to a Saviour from sin! "ut when we loo# into the "oo# of the Covenant we find other

&eriods of time* the +amiyd (morning and evening o&ening new days$ &er&etually):which is the

foundation for all the times:the Chodesh (the 9ew .oon o&ening a month)$ and the year

containing annual festivals (Chaggim) and Saaths! Connected with each of these times werethe ty&es and shadows &ointing to Christ$ which are collectively called the ceremonial law! +hus$

through the &ortal of the 3ourth Commandment$ the ceremonial law is connected to the moral

law$ and together they form the one +orah Law! %t is a Law of &erfect love$ with Christ at the very 

center of it$ when we loo# to the end of the ceremonies that were to e done away when ty&e met

1 Review and Herald, 4/22/1902. (As before, unless otherwise noted, all non-Bible quotes are fromEllen . !hite."

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antity&e at the cross! +he &ro&hetic ceremonies ended$ ut their law of sacrifice fulfilled in

Christ can never e done away$ for e will always e the Lam of 'od!

+he &ur&ose of this &a&er is to further investigate the Law of 'od$ s&ecifically its dual

nature of righteousness and life$ versus sin and death:the latter in &articular$ in its relation to

the 9ew +estament te4ts that antinomians use to try to &rove that 'od’s Law was done away 

 with! "efore we only had an o&&ortunity to ta#e a &artial loo# at one of these$ Colossians ;$ uthere we will e4&lore it more fully after e4amining other related te4ts to unveil the mystery of 

enmity! So let us egin y turning to ; Corinthians$ Cha&ter

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reward of oedience! "ut it brings bondage and death to those who remain under its

condemnation  !!!

+he glory that shone on the face of .oses was a reflection of the righteousness of Christ in the

law! +he law itself would have no glory$ only that in it Christ is emodied! %t has no &ower to

save! %t is lusterless only as in it Christ is re&resented as full of righteousness and truth!<

%t is seen in this quote$ as it is seen in thoroughly studying 5aul’s statement$ that thenegative attriutes of the Law only a&&ly to the transgressor (sinner) of the Law! +he

righteousness of the Law:as defined y its &rece&ts and as fulfilled in Christ:is not the thing to

 e ‘done away’! 5aul uses 0great &lainness of s&eech1 saying that the 0veil   is done away in

Christ!1 +he veil of blindness is to e ta#en away$ not the Law itself! 0"ut even unto this day$

 when .oses is read$ the veil is u&on their heart !1 A heart condition called unelief is the

&rolem2 there is no fault in 'od’s Law in meeting the condition of humanity! 'od veiled the

&lan of redem&tion in &hysical symols that we can relate with:ut this was only in res&onse to

meeting fallen humanity where they are at!

ad the law of 'od never een transgressed$ there would have een no death$ and no need of a

Saviour2 consequently there would have een no need of sacrifices,

%f man had #e&t the law of 'od$ as given to Adam after his fall$ &reserved y 9oah$ andoserved y Araham$ there would have een no necessity for the ordinance of circumcision ,

they would have #e&t 'od@s law in mind$ and there would have een no necessity for it to e

&roclaimed from Sinai or engraved u&on the tales of stone!

3rom the very eginning:with Adam:sacrifices were only required ecause of sin! So why is it

that we still sin? %s it ecause we are not trying hard enough to sto&? 9o$ no! %t is ecause we

have a veil over our hearts! /e are linded and do not see a clear view of our Saviour! +his is

 why 'od gave the ceremonial law! "ecause of our veil of unelief in a sinB&ardoning$ sinB

cleansing Saviour$ 'od gave us a veiled$ yet glorious$ system contained under the 3ourth

Commandment called the ceremonial law! %t is only glorious ecause it &oints to our much more

glorious edeemer who gives us rest from our sins$ and when we get a clear view of im$ the veil

is removed and we see the glory that .oses saw$ as was reflected in his face at Sinai! +hechildren of %srael could not ehold this glory ecause of the veil over their hearts! +hey were

living under the &rinci&le of 0all that ehovah hath s&o#en we will do1 (4! 67*D)$ as if they were

their own saviour!

 After many centuries$ this same &rinci&le was &racticed y the 5harisees in the time of 

Christ! +heir &hysical eyes eheld is holy life$ ut their s&iritual eyes could not see eyond the

symols of their law2 they could not see Christ in the Law and instead saw im as a law rea#er!

+o them$ the moral code of the Law consisted of letters to try to live u& to$ and they added their

own &rece&ts to it$ seeing that they needed something more to #ee& it! +hey could not see that

the lams &ointed to the Lam$ and that is sinB&ardoning lood and setBa&art S&irit alone

could ring lierty to free their ca&tivity to sin (re&resented y their ca&tivity to gy&t$ "aylon$

and ome)!

.any in the Christian world also have a veil efore their eyes and heart!E

$ Review and Herald, 4/22/1902.

4 Patriarchs and Prophets, $5$-54.

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 As a result$

+he edeemer$ with a heart of unalterale love$ still sheds his sacred lood in the sinner@s

 ehalf!8

+hough ty&e has met antity&e$ 0now once in the end of the world hath e a&&eared to &ut away 

sin by the sacrifice of Himself !1 As long as there is sin$ there is an active Saviour! "ut 0this is the

Covenant that % will ma#e with them after those days$ saith ehovah$ I will put My Law into

their hearts$ and in their minds will % write it2 and their sins and iniquities will % rememer no

more! 9ow where remission of these is$ there is no more offering for sin1 (e! 7*;82 6F*68B6D)!

"ecause the veil of unelief is over our hearts$ ecause we have not a clear view of our

Saviour$ 0ecause of the continual commission of sin$ the atoning sacrifice of a heavenly 

.ediator is essential!1G /e$ li#e our ancient ancestors$ have yet to fully enter into the 9ew 

Covenant$ where we are 0the e&istle of Christ ministered y us$ written not with in#$ ut with the

S&irit of the Living 'od2 not in +ales of Stone$ ut in fleshly tales of the heart !!! ministers of 

the 9ew Covenant2 not of the letter$ ut of the S&irit* for the letter #illeth$ ut the S&irit giveth

life!1

Until the veil is removed from our hearts so that the S&irit can fully write the Law there$ we will

still e sinning and Christ will still e offering imself in heaven for our sins! /hen Christ died

on the cross$ the inner veil of the earthly sanctuary was rent in twain$ ut a veil still remains

u&on our hearts! +he 9ew Covenant way was o&ened for us at Calvary$ ut we have yet to fully 

enter into it2 thus$ Christ must still carry out what the ceremonial law ty&ified! As we come to

com&rehend this$ it will ecome reality to us and we will ecome living e&istles to &roclaim this

Loud Cry of Christ still offering is lood for our sins until we are entirely cleansed! is

ministry is soon to close for those who refuse such great a salvation$ and they will only receive

the &lagues! +his is the final message$ the most startling one ever given to man! %t will e

&roclaimed that the Law of 'od declares death u&on those who transgress it$ ut it declares life

u&on those who choose Christ to fulfill its righteousness in them!

0+he letter #illeth1 when a veil is over our s&iritual eyes$ &reventing Christ our

ighteousness from eing seen$ and over our heart$ &reventing the S&irit from writing the

righteousness in us! /e see letters and symols$ ut since we do not see Christ in the Law$ we

either try to achieve the requirements on our own or we instead declare that it is all done away!

0+he S&irit giveth life1 when the veil is removed! Life comes only in &ure oedience to Christ in

the Law! /ithout this$ the Law will ring us under condemnation$ for we are without Christ to

fulfill it in us! >nly y is merits are we declared and made righteous$ ut the Law will testify to

this when our case is closed!

Sin shall not have dominion over you* for ye are not under the Law$ ut under grace!D

6 Review and Herald, 4/22/1902.

5 Review and Herald, 1/9/177$.

8 The Youth’s Instructor , 4/15/190$.

7 om. 5:14.

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II The Law of Sin and Death

5aul has much to say aout the Law$ and in the oo# of omans es&ecially he s&ea#s of it in

negatively! Antinomians inter&ret 0under the Law1 as eing those who elieve that the Law is

still inding! owever$ 5aul goes on to e4&lain what he means y using the illustration of servanthood*

Hnow ye not$ that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to oey$ his servants ye are to whom ye

oey2 whether of sin unto death$ or of oedience unto righteousness , "eing then made free

from sin$ ye ecame the servants of righteousness!7

%n order to maintain unilical &reconceived ideas$ one must ta#e a te4t out of conte4t! ere the

conte4t is s&ea#ing of eing under servanthood$ or ondage$ to sin unto death$ ut then eing

made 0free from sin1 with 0the end everlasting life1 (v! ;;)! +hus$ when 5aul uses the term

0under the Law1 (om!

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&ower must come aout from without the Law to create  the righteousness$ even Christ who

 rings us life!

+here is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ esus$ who wal# not after

the flesh$ ut after the S&irit! 3or the Law of the S&irit of life in Christ esus hath made me free

from the Law of sin and death!6; 

+he dilemma has now een e4&lained! +he Law that we are not to e under ut freed from is this

Law of sin and death:that is$ freed from sinning against Law of 'od and incurring the wages of 

sin:death:which the Law declares! 0"eing then made free from sin$ ye ecame the servants of 

righteousness!1 0esus hath made me free from the Law of sin and death!1 +he only way to reach

an inter&retation that we are to e free from 0the Law of 'od1 or 0the righteousness of the Law1

is to wrest with 5aul’s writings unto our destruction (see ; 5et!

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 views that &eo&le have of the Law! is concern was that many were viewing it as a Law that is

achieved merely y one’s own efforts$ ut he showed that man has a fallen flesh and that

naturally the lower &assions rule and are at enmity with 'od and is Law! So he wanted to &aint

an entirely different &icture of the Law than what &eo&le had in their minds for so long!

Unfortunately$ many &eo&le today still have a wrong &icture of it! +hey thin# that Christ freed us

from eing in ondage to its im&ossile standards! +hey then wrest with 5aul’s writings to

maintain their view! "ut it is -ust the o&&osite! Christ came to free us from having to #ee& it on

our own and continually failing! e came to 0estalish the Law1$ 0that the righteousness of the

Law might e fulfilled in us1!

5aul wants us to see a new &icture of the Law:one with Christ in it$ fulfilling in us the

righteousness thereof as we trust in is &ower to do so and claim is merits alone! Christ is 0the

Living Law1:a term that AlonNo +! ones and llet ! /aggoner frequently used! Christ says$

0+hin# not that % am come to destroy the Law$ or the &ro&hets* % am not come to destroy$ ut to

fulfill1 (.att! E*6G)! /hen e fulfills the Law$ e ecomes the Living Law:the very 

emodiment of it! +he +amiyd$ the Saath$ the Chodesh$ and the annual festivals are all to e

seasons of celerating and honoring is &lan of freeing us from the Law of sin and death! At the

cross$ the ceremonies associated with them died with im$ to have their true fulfillment in im! All moral &rinci&les are dead letters that cannot save without Christ$ ut in im they ecome

alive and are fulfilled in the righteousness e creates in us as we continually de&end on im!

+hen the Law will no longer function to condemn us ut to commend us$ as we are hid in Christ!

+his is the Law that 5aul wants us to see! %t ma#es us want to urst in -oy with the 5salmist$

saying 0> how love % +hy LawM %t is my meditation all the day1 (5s! 667*7G)! 5aul wants to carry 

us away from the e4&erience we may have formerly had with the Law* wor#s that always fall

short$ sins that #ee& coming ac#$ condemnation$ and death! +his new$ yet intended$ way of 

 viewing 5aul’s writings on the Law will give us much further insight as to what was nailed to the

cross in Colossians ;! /e -ust have one more sto& to ma#e on the way there* the &arallel te4t to

it in the "oo# of &hesians that will further e4&lain the enmity$ unloc#ing its mystery!

III "ro# En#it$ to Reconciliation

 And % will &ut enmity etween thee and the woman$ and etween thy seed and her seed2 it shall

 ruise thy head$ and thou shalt ruise his heel!68 

+he world is at enmity with 'od (see as! *)! "ut the &romise is to &ut us at enmity with the

ser&ent (the devil) through Christ (the Seed of ve and .ary$ who re&resent the church)$ who

0was ruised for our iniquities1 so that 0we are healed1 (%sa! Enly y &lacing ourselves in

Christ:is &erfect life$ is sufferings and death$ and is life and resurrection:and y Christ

 eing &laced in us$ can we e4&erience this reversal of enmity unto reconciliation with 'od!

+he oo#s of &hesians and Colossians cover many of the same su-ects and &hrases$ with

doNens of crossBreferences! +he theme for oth is the com&leteness of Christ for our salvation$

 with our relationshi& to im as e eing the head and us the church eing is ody:which the

a&ostle lin#s with Christ’s &hysical ody that was crucified$ uried$ and risen$ of which the

church is a&tiNed into! +he great 0mystery1 that 5aul continually refers to is Christ in us$ and us

in Christ!

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Christ in us*

!!!+hat Christ may dwell in your hearts y faith , filled with all the fullness of 'od!6G 

ven the mystery which hath een hid from ages and from generations$ ut now is made

manifest to is saints , which is Christ in you$ the ho&e of glory!6D 

Us in Christ*

'od , even when we were dead in sins$ hath "uicened us together with Christ  , And hath

raised us u& together$ and made us sit together in heavenly &laces in Christ #esus!67

 =ou$ that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind y wic#ed wor#s$ yet now hath e

reconciled in the body of His flesh through death $ to &resent you holy and unlameale and

unre&roveale in is sight , every man perfect in Christ #esus!;F

%n this study$ we want to focus more on the latter truth* us in Christ! %n one &oint in our lives$ we

are all enemies to 'od due to our sins! J+he 'ree# word translated to ‘enemies’ here is

‘echthros’2 we will soon see the feminine version of this word:‘echthra’:which is translated to

‘enmity’!K "ut 5aul wants to show us a very eautiful &icture$ a s&iritual reality originating at the

cross! As Christ’s ody hung there$ e ore all the sins of the world to ring reconciliation to theenmity etween sinful man and a holy 'od! /ith the s&iritual truths symoliNed at the cross$ we

die with im from our sins$ which are uried in is urial$ and we are resurrected as new 

creatures in Christ! +hese truths are very real and they ta#e effect in our lives as we &icture them

in our minds$ continually &lacing ourselves in Christ and is merits! +hese are things to thin# 

u&on throughout each day that we may dwell in heavenly &laces instead of in the corru&tions of 

this world! +hus$ our thoughts are continually drawn u&ward as we choose to thin# u&on these

things y the drawing &ower of Christ! %n im$ we are to 0die daily1$ continually (6 Cor! 6E*

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merits$ receiving is life! +hus$ Christ can dwell in is s&iritual ody$ the church$ when we have

 een dwelling in im in heavenly &laces!

 /ith this wonderful im&ression of salvation in mind:yea$ with our eyes fi4ed on Calvary:

let us &roceed on to the te4t in &hesians that is of most interest to us*

 At that time ye were without Christ$ eing aliens from the commonwealth of %srael$ andstrangers from the Covenants of the &romise$ having no ho&e$ and without 'od in the world*

"ut now in Christ #esus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh y the lood of Christ!

3or e is our &eace$ who hath made oth one$ and hath ro#en down the middle wall of 

&artition etween us2 aving aolished in is flesh the enmity,  even the law of 

commandments contained in ordinances2 for to ma#e in himself of twain one new man$ so

ma#ing &eace2 And that e might reconcile oth unto 'od in one body y the cross$ having

slain the enmity therey,

9ow therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners$ ut fellowcitiNens with the holy ones$

and of the household of 'od2 And are uilt u&on the foundation of the a&ostles and &ro&hets$

esus Christ himself eing the chief corner stone2 %n whom all the uilding fitly framed together

groweth unto an holy tem&le in the Lord* %n whom ye also are uilded together for an

haitation of 'od through the S&irit!;6

 

%t is im&ortant to understand that the Christian church is not different from the erew church!

 /e are to form one s&iritual tem&le for Christ to dwell in us! /ithout an understanding of this

‘foundation’$ we will have a false conce&t of the gos&el$ and we will inter&ret 0the Law of 

commandments contained in ordinances1 to e at enmity with us in its fulfillment! "ut Christ

has one &eo&le and one Law that governs is ody!

9ot understanding 5aul’s language regarding the Law would hinder us as well2 that is why 

 we have studied it first! ememer$ there are two functions of the Law that are at enmity with

each other! >n one side we have a Law that &oints out sin and condemns the sinner to death

 ecause Christ was not sought to fulfill the Law! >n the other side we have a Law that reveals

righteousness and &oints to a Saviour that creates the righteousness in us after ta#ing our sinsand re&lacing them with is im&uted righteousness! +he former is at enmity with the latter$

thus the former fits the conte4t in which 5aul uses the &hrase 0the Law of commandments

contained in ordinances1$ which he calls 0the enmity1! %t must e the Law of sin and death$

 which is certainly against us! +he righteousness of moral law cannot e the enmity$ for it

ensures eternal life2 without it$ heaven would not e heaven! And ceremonial law eing fulfilled

in our Saviour is certainly not at enmity with us either$ for e is the only way that we can live

righteouslyM

+he ceremonial law that &er&etuated sin and death through the &er&etual slaying of easts

after having sins confessed over them had to end at the cross! ence$ Sister /hite wrote that

0the Law of commandments contained in ordinances1 is 0this ceremonial law!1 ;; +his is the

e4tent to which we covered the &arallel te4ts in Colossians ; and &hesians ; in the first &a&er!owever$ this is only a &artial understanding! 9o &ro&het quoting Scri&ture conveys all the light

that can e drawn from it! /ith our fuller ac#ground in how 5aul deals with 0the Law1$ we

need to assess these critically im&ortant te4ts! Again$ the ceremonial law involving animal

21 E%h. 2:12-15.

22 Signs of the Times, 9/4/1774.

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sacrifices that #e&t &ointing to Christ for thousands of years had to come to its end lest it never

reach its fulfilment2 ut when it is fulfilled in Christ$ the real sustance it shadows is

immortaliNedM

 /e must now dig dee&er and see how this Law 5aul is referring to emraces more than -ust

ceremonial law! /e must have a igger &icture to harmoniNe all of the 5auline te4ts that &ertain

to the Law! +he enmity was in Christ’s flesh$ and it was ‘slain’ there when Christ was slain! +heonly thing that we #now Christ ore in is flesh was sin$ and this is what #illed im!

%t was not the s&ear thrust$ it was not the &ain of the cross$ that caused the death of esus! +hat

cry$ uttered 0with a loud voice1 (.atthew ;G*EF2 Lu#e ;

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+hou hast made .e to serve with thy sins$ thou hast wearied .e with thine iniquities! %$ even %$

am e that lotteth out thy transgressions for .ine own sa#e$ and will not rememer thy sins!

5ut .e in rememrance* let us &lead together* declare thou$ that thou mayest e -ustified!;D 

"ut the fact that there was an end to is suffering on the cross:when e was slain and our sins

 were slain with im:indicates that there is an end to sin and is long travail in heaven where

 we are -ustified$ for the ody of Christ at Calvary is a &ro&hecy of is church ody! After thesuffering comes the resurrection from the grave unto everlasting righteousness$ life everlasting!

Seventy wee#s are determined u&on thy &eo&le and u&on thy holy city$ to finish the

transgression$ and to mae an end of sins$ and to ma#e reconciliation for iniquity$ and to ring

in everlasting righteousness$ and to seal u& the vision and &ro&hecy$ and to anoint the most

oly!;7 

Christ made an end of sins and rought in everlasting righteousness in is own life! e then

 ore the sins of the world and that came to an end! "ut this was all to &oint forward to the time

 when sin would come to an end in is faithful servants at the end of time$ the very &ur&ose of 

is mission! +hen will e the resurrection of is s&iritual ody* those who were redeemed in

is &hysical ody through is sinBearing flesh and sinB&ardoning lood!fferings which are a

shadow of things to come2 ut the ody is of Christ! (?os. 5:2".

$1 #ol. 2:10-18.

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 /e are com&lete in Christ! e is the ead of is s&iritual ody (and everything else that is)$

 which e aides in and which we are to e! %n turn$ our e4&erience is in eing in im! %t is

interesting how 5aul uses the words ‘circumcision’ and ‘a&tism’ here! /e are circumcised in

Christ! 5aul calls this 0the circumcision of Christ1!

 And after threescore and two wee#s shall .essiah e cut off $ ut not for himself!

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is death$ e died as our Sustitute! +his must again e the Law of sin and death! +he moral

&ortion of the Law e4&oses sin$ while the ceremonial &ortion of the Law decrees death for the

sinner’s sustitute! "oth go together$ ecause they are &art of the same Law! %t is the Law of 

enmity to the transgressor and 0the &erfect Law of lierty1 to the ChristBfilled guardian of the

Law (as! 6*;E)! >nly the one who sins requires a sacrifice$ ut 0all have sinned$ and come short

of the glory of 'od1 (om!

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and 0neglecting of the ody1 (v! ;

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and &laced on im$ to e transferred into the sanctuary y is lood! +here it remains until the

sanctuary is cleansed! +his entire &rocess must ta#e &lace efore every argument of the great

controversy is settled! %t must e seen that the righteousness of the Law is 0holy$ and -ust$ and

good1 (om! G*6;) and that it can e fulfilled in us$ while the transgression against it rings only 

death! 'od is waiting for a &eo&le to agree to all the righteousness of is Law so that they can e

fully sealed! +his will require drastic changes in how we view the Law of 'od! /e are now in the

studying &rocess$ ut ultimately we must &ractically a&&ly what we learn! /e must have a clear

 view of Christ in is Law and no more return to the >ld Covenant where e is removed$ or

 where we add to or ta#e away from what is written in the Law! +hus we will end the &er&etual

sin we have een in ever since our first &arents ate of the foridden tree$ for Christ will e

formed in us$ the ho&e of glory$ ecause we will have sat together in heavenly &laces in im

 while the &roation of is s&rin#ling lood still lingered! +here will e no more enmity$ no more

suffering and dying!

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole #atter:  3ear 'od$ and #ee& is

commandments* for this is the whole duty of man! 3or 'od shall ring every wor# into

 -udgment$ with every secret thing$ whether it e good$ or whether it e evil!

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+he letter of the Law is -ust symols! /ords are symols! Ceremonies are symols! %t is not the

real sustance$ for many read it and it does nothing for them ecause they have no living faith in

the true Sacrifice ty&ified$ whose &ower s&ea#s the life of righteousness into e4istence! %t is the

&ower we need2 the form of religion avails nothing without the &ower! =et we still need all of the

 words and symols$ otherwise the attriutes of the unseen &ower could not e communicated to

us in our current state! "ut the letter of the Law$ without faith in the &ower to fulfill the

righteousness thereof$ leads to sin and death$ ecause we are without the sustance which only 

'od can create! +hat is why 5aul says$ 0the letter #illeth$ ut the S&irit giveth life1 (; Cor!