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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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Is The Law Done Away?233whenever broken, dictated the penalty because they were underthe curse when they broke any part of it.The New CovenantJesus plainly said one cannot mix this old wine or old system ofGod with the new wine or The New Covenant and be accepted byGod. The Old and New Covenants have two different purposes.They are in total contradiction to each other. The Letter of TheLaw reminds them of sin. The Law written in your heart and minddoesn’t even think of sinning because of love or agàpè (I Corinthians13).Read all of Hebrews 10 in great detail. Verse 1, Paul said TheLaw or Torah along with the sacrifices were all merely shadowsand not real, as far as what God was really doing or accomplishing.What God wanted was to get rid of sin (Hebrews 10:2-3).The Letter of The Law could not do that. By doing the sacrificesin The Letter of The Law of The Old Covenant only made themremember they were sinners, and as yet, not forgiven. Of course,the capital sins put Israelites to death. Now, with The New Covenant,Paul said God prepared a body, Christ, to take away sins.The Old Covenant, based on The Letter of The Law, could onlyremind them of their sinning. It is exactly what Paul said wastheir “schoolmaster” to bring them to Christ (Galatians 3:24).That is the only purpose for The Old Covenant based on The Letterof The Law. They were carnal and God wanted them to repent(I Timothy 1:7-10). The Old Covenant and New Covenant havetwo totally different purposes. The Old Covenant caused deathand The New Covenant produced “life.” Once someone repents,The Old Covenant no longer applies because it has fulfilled thepurpose of The Law through Christ. One is no longer under thecurse. The penalties in the statutes and judgments are meaning-

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