7-2. The mixed behavior of those who believe in the gospel but also believe that they must keep the law

  7-2. The mixed behavior of those who believe in the gospel but also believe that they must keep the law

 

The gospel is about being free from sin and being guided by the Holy Spirit, but those who are under the law are still sinners. Therefore, the law of the Holy Spirit and the law cannot coexist.

Romans 8:6-9 『For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is hostile to God; for it does not submit to God's law, nor indeed can it. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.』

Those who follow the Spirit do not follow the law. Romans 8:2 says, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Nevertheless, there are legalists who say that they follow the Spirit but still believe that they must keep the law. The apostle Paul said in Galatians 3:1-3, "How foolish of you, Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified? This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?"

Today, people in church communities also say vaguely that it is good to believe in the gospel but also keep the law. They ask evangelicals, “Does that mean that we do not have to keep the Ten Commandments, which are God’s commands?” Keeping the Ten Commandments does not mean that we must keep them literally or that we do not have to keep them. Keeping them means that we must keep the words of the Bible in our hearts and receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

For example, the Ten Commandments say, “You shall have no other gods before me.” Other gods would mean idols. Do the people of the church community know exactly who the one and only God is that confidently says, “I am.” When we say the Trinity, we mean God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. If we believe in the idea of ​​the Trinity, doesn’t that mean we are believing in another god besides the one and only God? And we cannot guarantee that the god that each individual believer believes in is necessarily the same god that other believers believe in. Anyone who is guided by the Holy Spirit can realize that the resurrected Jesus is the one and only God.

"Do not make any idols and do not bow down to them," he said, but church people are worshiping the cross as if it were an idol. The core of Christianity is the death and resurrection of Jesus. The cross is an expression of death, but it is becoming like an idol.

"Do not take the name of the Lord in vain," it says, but people in today's church communities take the name of the Lord in vain. In Exodus 3:14, it says, "And God said to Moses, 'I am that I am.' And he said, 'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. '" The word 'I am' in Hebrew is "haya (Ehyeh) Asher haya (Ehyeh)."

However, for some unknown reason, the Hebrews called the one and only God Adonai. After the fall of Israel, by order of Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt, six men from each of the twelve tribes of Israel were selected and translated into Greek in Alexandria over 72 days. This is called the Septuagint. The name of the one and only God, who was called Adonai, was written as YHWH and called in Greek as Kurius. In Latin, it is called Dominus.

Then, it is said that the diaspora living in Alexandria added the vowels a, ai of adonai to YHWH, converting it to YHaWHai and calling it Yahweh. Later, in the translation process, the YHWH part was written in English as Jehovah. However, today, the New International Version in the United States translates Kyrios as The LORD, and both the Old and New Testaments are written this way, causing the expressions Adonai and Yahweh to disappear. The King James Version translated in Britain also follows this. The Greek word Kyrios is a translation of the Hebrew word Adonai.

Unlike the English Bible, the Korean Bible (Revised Standard Version) uses the words “Jehovah” and “Lord.” In the Old Testament, such as Genesis 4:26 and Psalm 110:1, it is written as “Jehovah,” and in the New Testament, such as Acts 2:34, it is written as “Lord,” which corresponds to the English LORD. Most countries’ translated Bibles translate the English Bible as “Jehovah” and “The LORD,” so this follows suit. Some countries translate the Old Testament as “Jehovah,” while others translate it as “The LORD.”

In this way, they changed the name of the one and only God to Haya Asher Haya, Adonai, Yahweh, Jehovah, The LORD, and the Lord to fit their language. Names are proper nouns and should not be changed. They even change the name of the one and only God at will, so how can they know if the God they believe in is the one and only God? A believer firmly believes that there is one God, but it may not be the case. This is taking the name of the one and only God in vain.

『안식일을 거룩하게 지키라』라는 말에 대해서 오늘날 교회 공동체가 안식을 지키는 교회는 없다. 안식일을 지키는 것은 그리스도의 오심을 기다리는 의미가 있다. 그러나 그리스도가 왔으므로 안식일을 지키는 것은 무의미해졌기 때문에 안식일을 지키지 않는 것이다.

『네 부모를 공경하라』라는 말에 대해서, 부모가 자신이 믿는 종교적인 이유로 기독교인 자식에게 부모의 종교를 강요한다면 자식은 이를 단호히 거절하게 된다. 그래서 가족간에도 종교로 인해서 분란이 생긴다. 하나님이 명령하신 부모에게 공경하라는 말 때문에 부모의 말을 받아드리는 경우는 없을 것이다. 성령의 인도를 받는 사람이라면 오히려 예수를 부모에게 전해야 하는 역행이 일어날 수 있다.

『살인하지 말라』는 명령에 대해서, 적이 쳐들어와서 나라가 위험해졌는데, 하나님이 살인하지 말라고 했으므로 적을 총으로 쏠 수 없다고 하면 말이 되는가 성령의 인도를 받는 자는 나라를 보호하는 방향으로 행동할 것이다.

『간음하지 말라』는 명령에 이혼은 간음에 해당되므로, 배우자에게 엄청난 폭력에 시달리다라도 율법에 그렇게 되어있으므로 참고 살아라 라고 말을 한다면 어떻게 되는가

『도둑질하지 말라』에 대해서, 천국은 침노하는 자의 것이다 라고 말을 한데, 천국을 도둑질해서라도 침노하라는 것이다. 그러나 율법의 규정을 생각하면, 그럴 수 없다. 어떻게 해야하나? 도둑질해서라도 천국을 소유해야 되지 않는가

『거짓 증거하지 말라』라는 말에 대해, 선의의 거짓말도 계명을 어기는 것인가 라고 생각할 수 있다. 사실대로 말을 하면 충격을 받을 수 있으므로, 상대를 고려해서 거짓말하는 경우가 있다.

『네 이웃의 아내나 소유를 탐내지 말라』라고 했는데, 마음 속으로 그런 마음이 생기는 경우, 아무리 노력해도 마음에서 생기는 탐욕을 없앨 수 없다면 어떻게 하겠는가? 예수님도 마태복음 5장 27-28절에서『또 간음하지 말라 하였다는 것을 너희가 들었으나 나는 너희에게 이르노니 음욕을 품고 여자를 보는 자마다 마음에 이미 간음하였느니라』라고 하셨다. 인간은 마음을 다스릴 수 있는 자가 아무도 없다는 말이다.

따라서 계명을 지켜 나가겠다는 말은 자기가 주인이 된다는 말이고, 스스로 의인이 되어 보겠다는 것이다. 인간은 아무도 율법의 계명을 완벽하게 지킬 수 없다. 따라서 자기라는 옛사람을 예수와 함께 십자가에 못박고, 성령의 인도를 받는 새사람으로 부활해서 하나님의 계명을 마음 속에 간직하고, 하나님의 뜻을 깨닫고 행동하는 것이 올바른 것이다.

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