James, I see the law as primarily a transcript of God's love and character. I do not view the 10C's as ten laws, but rather as one law of love. Just as God is love, so to the law is love. When Jesus reigns supreme in our hearts and minds our lives are in harmony with God's law of love. Love and law are inseparable. I cannot agree that the law was nailed to the cross (in the sense it was done away with), because I cannot believe that love was nailed to the cross. So long as Jesus sits upon the throne of my soul temple the law of love, the law of 10C's, operates within me. Thank you Jesus!!

What is nailed to the cross is the law written on stone tablets, who need it anyway, if the principle that exist for eternity could not be generated from obedience to the law but from a change of heart done by the Spirit for those who belief in Christ and walk after the Spirit.

Do you belief in Christ, do you belief that his Spirit is capable in changing you from withn your heart so that you might have the fruits of the Spirit that "against such there is no law", or do you think that you must help God with an external guide through obedience to the law?

In His love

James S.

James, we went round and round over this in another thread. I do not see a contradiction between the law written on my heart and the law written on tables of stone. It is the same law of love. Jesus did not nail the law to His cross.

Also, I do not see a contradiction between the law of 10C's and the fruits of the Spirit. They are based on the exact same principles of love. Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." There is no contradiction between loving Jesus and keeping the commandments.

The relationship between loving Jesus and keeping His commandments is clear throughout the Bible - the love of Jesus empowers us to live in harmony with His law. Love and law are inseparable. Love is the fulfilling of the law.