Open7 Posted June 25, 2022 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 116 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/10/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 12 hours ago, Marathoner said: No. The Law was given only to Israel of the flesh. The Law was never given to gentiles; this distinction is important and illustrated in the testimony of scripture. It's important because the Lord didn't judge the gentile according to the Law which was never given to them. Not in days of old, nor after that substance of the shadow which was the Law had come, and this substance is Jesus Christ. For the Jew in Christ Jesus, he joins Him in death and as the apostle instructs us in the book of Romans, the Law only has dominion over a man so long as he lives. The Jew who dies with Christ is therefore no longer under the dominion of the Law because he died. As for the gentile who was never given the Law, he joins the Jew in the inheritance promised to the seed of Abraham which is Jesus Christ. This was hard for Jews to understand which is why the apostle refers to us as "wild branches." We are grafted into the Vine of God by the adoption through Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile in the Son of God. We are saved, born anew, and receive the adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ, not by works of the Law. So to answer your question, the curses promised to violators of the Law are only for those under its dominion. This does not mean that gentiles of old were not held accountable by the Lord for their trespasses, because we know they are. Now that the substance has come in the flesh, there is no other way to the Father except through His Son whom He sent. Beware of those who seek to subject others under the curse of the Law. It's a curse because no man or woman can keep it. Thank you this is really helpful and clears things up for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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