tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post624876006516929041..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: The Preaching of the Law - Part 2 of 2Joel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-18249978167317303612007-09-09T13:14:00.000-05:002007-09-09T13:14:00.000-05:00Yep indeed, eleventh hour, I've been the same in m...Yep indeed, eleventh hour, I've been the same in many ways, reveling in the fact that I'm not under the law but under grace, but forgetting that the law still has its purpose in leading unbelievers to Christ.<BR/><BR/>Who feels that they really need Christ, if they don't first understand the reality of sin? Grace will mean so much more to them if they first get this. :)Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-84265898792349371442007-09-09T03:17:00.000-05:002007-09-09T03:17:00.000-05:00I had been so busy thinking about the law speaking...I had been so busy thinking about the law speaking to those that are under it (and not to me, as I live under grace) that I had missed this appropriate application. You have given me something to consider.eleventh hourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956089863249960520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-61069543285806640392007-09-04T20:21:00.000-05:002007-09-04T20:21:00.000-05:00Hi Aussie John,I agree that it's very true that if...Hi Aussie John,<BR/><BR/>I agree that it's very true that if a person who's still in Adam doesn't understand or acknowledge that they're a sinner, or that their sin isn't all that bad, then grace won't mean a thing to them. Pure grace means so much more to a person who has understood that they're nothing apart from it!Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-47356396891606601872007-09-04T16:11:00.000-05:002007-09-04T16:11:00.000-05:00Joel,Great comments with which I must concur! I re...Joel,<BR/><BR/>Great comments with which I must concur! <BR/><BR/>I recently read a blog which suggested that we needed to preach grace alone, with the further idea that people would be attracted to such pristine grace.<BR/><BR/>Until a person is drowning he doesn't know he needs to be saved, but when he is saved he needs to understand, as you suggested elsewhere, that he is indeed a new creature in Christ, with a new identity! <BR/><BR/>We still need to be mindful that in this life he still bears the traits of his Adamic heritage.<BR/><BR/>Aussie JohnAussie Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199918171163666399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-65822857193767851822007-09-03T16:05:00.000-05:002007-09-03T16:05:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-45805236612805919722007-09-03T13:22:00.000-05:002007-09-03T13:22:00.000-05:00You hit the nail on the head, Matthew. I see Jesu...You hit the nail on the head, Matthew. I see Jesus doing the same thing - resisting the proud through the fine details of the Law and giving grace to the humble.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-45591928834637773992007-09-02T16:46:00.000-05:002007-09-02T16:46:00.000-05:00Hey Joel,I've seen Ray's show on TBN a few times a...Hey Joel,<BR/><BR/>I've seen Ray's show on TBN a few times and it's very interesting and, like you said, makes you want to cringe. I find myself laughing at the people sometimes, but realizing how sad it is, that people think they're in the ok because they haven't physically murdered anyone. Which is also what I used to believe, so I'm no smarter. Makes you wonder if grace and truth is really being preached today. This is the danger of not preaching grace and truth in my opinion. When people teach the Ten Commandments as something to live by, then the focus comes off Jesus and onto your behavior. People are struggling to balance law with grace, when Jesus said you cannot pour new wine into old wineskin's.<BR/><BR/>Ray is very articulate and very bold. Like you said, some things I don't agree with, but I very much agree that we must resist the proud with the Law, and give grace to the humble.Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.com