Thematic Bible: Insufficiency of, for salvation
Thematic Bible
Ordinance » Insufficiency of, for salvation
If you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things, why do you act as though you still belonged to the world, and submit to rules like "You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations. Such practices pass for wisdom, with their self-imposed devotions, their self-humiliation, and their ascetic discipline, but they carry with them no real distinction, they are really only a catering to the flesh.
For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.
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For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation.
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and through his human nature put an end to the feud between us, and abolished the Law with its rules and regulations, in order to make peace and create out of the two parties one new man by uniting them with himself,
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canceled the bond which stood against us, with its requirements, and put it out of our way when he nailed it to the cross.
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Even the first agreement provided regulations for worship, and a sanctuary that was fully equipped.
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In all this the holy Spirit was seeking to show that there was no free access to the sanctuary while the outer tent was still standing. And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God, since they have to do only with food and drink and various washings??aterial regulations in force only until the time for the new order.
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