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What really is the place of the law (I mean only the 10 commandments), in christian life?
I've found that when thinking of commandments, I never really fulfill them. IE, I can't fulfill the commandments by keeping them in mind. The route I take is to believe in God, and see where that leads me. By this I have developed faith, and when I examine my faith I *know* what is good for me and what is not. It is good for me to be moral - yet in the same time, it is good for me to keep in mind that love goes further than just abiding by a moral code. Love abides by the moral code because it can handle it. But it doesn't put the moral code on par with God. I believe God, and He shapes me and my faith to His liking. And in the RESULT I keep the commandments, not because I pursue them but because I believe and then love and then live right, with God.
I admit that to get a sense of morality, the 10 commandments are precious. They teach me examples of morally right and morally wrong things. But in themselves these commandments have no power to get me to fulfill them. Only faith, and then God's graceful work on me makes me become whom I shall become, makes me do what I shall do. The law is fulfilled without me fulfilling. It's almost as if Jesus in me fulfills the law, and I merely follow in his footsteps. I look at Him, and everything's done already.
Is that the orthodox way, the biblical way, or is there something I'm missing?
I've found that when thinking of commandments, I never really fulfill them. IE, I can't fulfill the commandments by keeping them in mind. The route I take is to believe in God, and see where that leads me. By this I have developed faith, and when I examine my faith I *know* what is good for me and what is not. It is good for me to be moral - yet in the same time, it is good for me to keep in mind that love goes further than just abiding by a moral code. Love abides by the moral code because it can handle it. But it doesn't put the moral code on par with God. I believe God, and He shapes me and my faith to His liking. And in the RESULT I keep the commandments, not because I pursue them but because I believe and then love and then live right, with God.
I admit that to get a sense of morality, the 10 commandments are precious. They teach me examples of morally right and morally wrong things. But in themselves these commandments have no power to get me to fulfill them. Only faith, and then God's graceful work on me makes me become whom I shall become, makes me do what I shall do. The law is fulfilled without me fulfilling. It's almost as if Jesus in me fulfills the law, and I merely follow in his footsteps. I look at Him, and everything's done already.
Is that the orthodox way, the biblical way, or is there something I'm missing?