GRACE AND THE LAW

A skeptic to doctrines on THE WORD OF GOD, I seek GOD'S JUDGMENT & THOUGHTS concerning HIS WORD(Deuteronomy04:29, 2Chronicles19:03,Psalm27:08, Matthew 07:07, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Isaiah 55:06).
A reformed hypocrite of religious doctrines and traditions I must be Certain of GOD'S DIRECTION in my Daily Operations even doing nothing(Proverbs 3:6).
Recently I found Myself @ THE MERCY SEAT Repenting for being angry at other "church" people due to my views on what they were or were not doing(Philippians 02:02-21, Galatians 4:15).
Having received My Reprimand in Humility & Repentance I felt inspired to address this anger with history and GOD'S WORD. I found a wonderfully researched and written article clarifying GRACE & THE LAW at http://www.hallvworthington.com/grace.html.
"The false grace/salvation doctrines are based on "cherry picking" a few verses from the Bible about grace and twisting them to mean salvation, while ignoring the preponderance of other verses throughout the Bible that totally change their meaning considered alone; by promoting "instant salvation by faith and grace," they excuse evil to be good, they make black white; and they ask you to pay them money for their error, even when they are specifically forbidden to take money. 1 Pet 5:2. And Acts 20:29-31 tells us: Even from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them. They were taught by Bible Colleges rather than by Christ himself. See a few of George Fox's writings on these blind guides. Instant grace is the broad way that leads to destruction, vs. the narrow way that is contracted by pressure that leads to life, which few will find."
That paragraph caught my attention and I suggest you take the time and explore the article as it offers clarity and debate but Truth.
Grace and The Law, both ARE OF GOD BY GOD FOR sinful man and RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GOD & Mankind(Psalm 84:11, Exodus 20:01-17).
The argument that one cancels the other or one is of man because of Mose's mention with Receiving IT FROM GOD while the other CAME BY CHRIST which erased the former is ludicras and ill-informed Biblically & Spiritually crippling the Believers and distracting the lost(Proverbs 14:12, 2 Timothy 02:14-26 & 3:10-17).
THE BIBLE INFORMS Us, " MY WORD(GOD'S) WILL NOT RETURN VOID(Isaiah 55:11)".
It further states,
" For I(JESUS) Testify to everyone who hears THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK(The Holy Bible): If anyone adds to these things, GOD WILL ADD TO him the plagues that are written IN THIS BOOK; and if anyone takes away from THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY his part FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE, FROM THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK(Revalations 222:18:-20)."
Had to pause to Crucify my flesh again, due to wanting to remove specks from others because the "mote" in my eye is flesh or my weakness thereof IT'S DEPTHS.
I get judgmental and agitated with the imposters of The Faith of Believers IN JESUS CHRIST'S DEATH & RESURRECTION(1 Peter 03:18-22).
Having been forewarned to "Let the wheat & tares grow together until The HARVEST, and at The Time OF HARVEST I(CHRIST) WILL SAY TO THE Reapers, 'First Gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, But Gather The Wheat INTO MY BARN'(Matthew 13:24-30)."
It's Not our duty to judge(Matthew 07:01-06), worry(Matthew 06:25-34), or sin(1 John 02:01). Our Duty Is To Obey THE LORD(1 Samuel 15:22) to Serve HIM WITH GLADNESS(Psalm 100:02) and To Glorify THE LORD(1 Peter 4:07-19).
IT IS GOD'S GRACE THAT COVERS Me when my flesh excedes My Spirit to reacting rather than Respond to daily operations in life. It WAS THE GRACE OF GOD THAT FORGAVE me of my hypocrosies and mistranslations to suit my insubordinations.
The flesh would seek it's own and gratify popularity over Obedience(Matthew 20:20-28).
The argument between Grace and The Law began when the pharisees and saducces began their hunt to disclaim JESUS AS THE MESSIAH they were avid and acedemic to the Torah & the Law Of Moses but blind to the knowledge of CHRIST IN person in their time.
To clarify the arguments about Grace & THE LAW I found multiple doctrines & philosophies:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Christianity, divine grace (Gk. charis) is defined as "unmerited favor" from God. It is the outpouring of the love of God on humanity. It is the basis of Christians' hope for eternal salvation.
Catholics maintain that humanity is born in a state of sin. This is a consequence of original sin; a sinful nature is inherited; explained as a result of the fall of man through the first sins of Adam and Eve in Eden. Some who reject the story from Genesis as history still agree that humans are born in sin, but the meaning and connotation of this phrase varies widely. The original state of grace enjoyed by the once-good people God created has been lost, for them and for their descendants. The West characterizes this situation by saying men are born having forfeited any claim to salvation; the Orthodox view the question of "claims" as inappropriate. Eastern Orthodoxy does not subscribe to this particular doctrine of original sin.
God's grace responds to this otherwise hopeless situation. God, at His initiative, sent prophets and other teachers to reveal His existence to mankind. He gave the Torah, the Law of Moses, to the Jews, and made them his chosen people to provide a moral example to the rest of mankind.
It was also through the Jews that God's grace sent his Son, Jesus Christ. In the Western interpretation, He sought to make redemption for the sins of mankind through his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection; for the Orthodox, he redeemed mankind by his Incarnation and Resurrection. A Calvinist-tinged reading has it that God's grace is freely given, on behalf of the men He has called to salvation, but God is not obliged to save anyone; men cannot make themselves good enough to earn their way into Heaven on their own initiative, or give rise to a duty on God's part to save them. It is only through the redemption brought by Christ's sacrifice that anyone is saved, and the path of salvation for men lies in participating in that redemption. Indeed, some denominations of Christianity paraphrase grace as "God's Rewards At Christ's Expense" to represent this.
Churches of Christ
The church of Christ believes that the grace of God that saves is the plan of salvation, rather than salvation itself. This plan includes two parts, 1) the perfect life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, 2) the gospel/New Testament/the faith.
Concerning Ephesians 2:8 which states: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" it is noted that the word "it" is a pronoun and refers back to a noun. As the word "saved" is a verb, "it" does not refer to "saved" but to Grace, giving the definition of grace as "the gift of God". Furthermore, as the book of James distinguishes between a dead faith (a faith without works) and a living faith (a faith accompanied by works of obedience), it is believed that by God's gift operates through an individuals living faith resulting in that individual being saved.
The church of Christ believes that by examining the specific properties of Grace as described in the Bible, especially the New Testament, what this unearned gift of God that saves actually is.
Grace is contrasted with the Law of Moses (Romans 6:14; Hebrews 10:4; John 1:17) and the church of Christ believes that Paul's contrast between work and faith is as described under the Efforts to resolve the tension section, a contrast between works of the Old Covenant and obedient faith under the New Covenant.
Grace saves (Eph. 2:5); justifies (Rom. 3:24; Titus 3:7).
Grace can not be added to (Gal. 5:4).
Grace teaches (Titus 2:11); can be preached (Eph. 3:8).
Grace calls us (2 Tim. 1:9; Gal. 1:15).
Grace is brought by revelation (1 Pet. 1:13).
These properties are all accredited to the gospel/New Testament itself:
The New Testament is contrasted with the Old Testament (Hebrews).
The gospel saves (Rom. 1:16); engrafted word saves (James 1:21); the faith (Gal. 2:16).
Practices righteousness (1 John 3:4).
Teaches (2 Tim. 3:16-17; Col. 3:16) - the very essence of doctrine is teaching.
Calls us (2 Thess. 2:14).
Is brought by revelation (Rom. 1:16-17; Gal. 3:23; and many more).
Continuing this comparison between the gospel and divine saving grace is Gal. 1:6 which states
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:"
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Main article: Perfection (Latter Day Saints)
The Book of Mormon declares: “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God,” (Moroni 10:32-33) illustrating the need for compliance with the laws and ordinances of the gospel and the need for the pure love of Christ in conjunction with the receipt of the gift of grace, which comes “after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23). It should also be noted that in the Book of Mormon there is a people therein which said, after being converted to gospel of Christ, that "it was all we could do to repent sufficiently before God that he would take away our stain" (Alma 24:11). In addition, the apostle Neal A. Maxwell stated "The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we “give,” ... are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us." (Ensign, Nov 1995) Together, these suggest that "all we can do" entails of repentance and giving our will to God. The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi also emphasizes that after the law of Moses was "fulfilled in Christ," the Nephites "need not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away," understanding that the law of Moses would be fulfilled through Christ's atonement and resurrection, as He also taught. (2 Nephi 25:24,27)
Latter-day Saint doctrine also emphasizes Jesus’ mention of the Final Judgment, where works will be a determining factor in personal assignment to degrees of glory, such as the Celestial Kingdom. Such works must be motivated by love for Jesus Christ and others, not focused on appearances for the sake of pride or trusting in the "arm of flesh" (2 Nephi 4:34), but focused on Christ's grace and His power to change men's hearts as they look upon Him "with faith, having a contrite spirit." (Helaman 8:15) Nephi taught, "Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth." "And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free." (2 Nephi 2:6,4) "Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men; ... all men are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden." (2 Nephi 26:27,28) Christ says, in effect, that He has given all men the gift of His grace as the opportunity to access His power to cleanse them, heal them, and make them whole (perfect), but to access that power, the divine law of mercy requires that they come unto Him "with full purpose of heart" through faith and repentance (3 Nephi 18:32).
Wow, this is a lot of information. One does arguing injustice without knowledge & conviction or conversion. The sake of arguing to prove a right and wrong disproves the argument.
The point of an argument is conversion or rejection not right or wrong.
Right and wrong diverse sides of the same coin are always leaning toward the benefit of the story-teller and interchangeable due to fate and happenstance.
If a House divided against itself will crumble(Matthew 12:25) then how can so many diverse religions and traditions unite under such scrutinized opinions & heresy's?
The foundation of each one's belief demonstrates experience or lack of without guidance of GOD'S SPIRIT because GOD THE FATHER, SON & HOLY SPIRIT EACH WORKED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE THE FATHER denying division by Willingly Obeying GOD rather than arguing rebellion.
Just like the three friends of Job who went to comfort but only frustrated and angered least of all the unknown bystander that chose to deliver his .02 cents worth of opionion from heresy's and misinterpreted Scripture. Four very distinct and diverse instruments delivering a variety of accusations, insults and false prophecies until GOD HIMSELF ANSWERS Job's question with ONE OF HIS OWN, " WHERE WERE you?(Job 38:)"
Job immediately understood he must not question that which he has no information to dispute or concur. He simply repented for being seduced to do that he should not have once realizing his position to AN ALMIGHTY GOD and HIS DEFENSE of Job's character to an evil force attempting to ridicule GOD(). GOD REWARDED JOB WITH TWICE OF whatever the devil & death robbed him of(Job 1:6-12 & 42:12-17).
GOD'S WORD IS NOT contradictive but "seek and ye will find" refers to whatever you are looking for. I found Everything even 21st Century stuff in the Old Testament because If You Are Guided BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD IT WILL REVEAL THINGS the human mind can't perceive.
I can separate from the obstacles electricity, trains and automobiles. I can separate fact from make believe I can see The Prophets Delivering GOD'S MESSAGES and the people rebelling just as we do today. Same wars different cultures same lands different languages it all repeats and recycles there is nothing new under The Sun/Son Except New Birth or Reborn by THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD Through Faith & Repentance.
Grace Fulfills The Law by Equipting The Recipients With Love & THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHICH WILL not defy GOD but AGREES WITH HIM TOTALLY.
The Law was a tool to express sin(disobedience to GOD'S COMMANDS) & its consequences & Grace Aligned Itself With The Commands To Obey Them Willingly Out of Love For A GOD THAT LOVED Us Enough TO SACRIFICE WHO HE WAS TO UNDERSTAND who we are then Bridged the gap between HIMSELF & Mankind.
Grace should not be a get out of hell free card but a Reminder of GOD'S LOVE TOWARD Us and Our perogative to Love as HE LOVED, unconditionally. That's Grace, Unconditional Love!