Comments on: The Schoolmaster and the King Eternal http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/ Inside Jesus. Outside The Box. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joy Kath http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-4300 Joy Kath Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:28:22 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-4300 Good stuff Mick! Thanks for sharing this link! So man people think we NEED the 10 commandments. Ug! If we live by the Spirit will we love God and other people? Yes! Will we kill anyone? No! Will we be jealous and covet our neighbors boat? No, because we know we are just as blessed as them through Jesus! These examples cover just a small part of the law, yet the Spirit can take us so much deeper into a knowledge of Jesus! Wahoo! Good stuff Mick! Thanks for sharing this link! So man people think we NEED the 10 commandments. Ug! If we live by the Spirit will we love God and other people? Yes! Will we kill anyone? No! Will we be jealous and covet our neighbors boat? No, because we know we are just as blessed as them through Jesus! These examples cover just a small part of the law, yet the Spirit can take us so much deeper into a knowledge of Jesus! Wahoo!

]]> By: Christian http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 Christian Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:04:54 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-3595 So if you are living by the Spirit and smoking, drinking and drugging does that also mean you are saved and going to heaven? There are many living your so called theology in this realm. I believe that the law is their for guidance and even Christ does not abolish the law but says He came to fulfill it. He did not say we should not follow it. So if you are living by the Spirit and smoking, drinking and drugging does that also mean you are saved and going to heaven? There are many living your so called theology in this realm. I believe that the law is their for guidance and even Christ does not abolish the law but says He came to fulfill it. He did not say we should not follow it.

]]> By: Yannick http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Yannick Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:17:04 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-1130 great article, Mick! great article, Mick!

]]> By: mick http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-774 mick Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:20:21 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-774 Hi Dustin, Do you still go to your old school everyday, sit in a few classes just to make sure you remember how to add and subtract? I've never heard of anyone doing that, have you? The Spirit of God in you is immessurably more powerful and able to teach you then the law ever could. The truth is you don't need the law as an 'instruction' because you have the Spirit as your guide now. If you think the Spirit is only a <em>'theory'</em> but not a real and living reality I could understand why you think we still need the law, but if the Spirit <em>is real and living in you</em>, then you can rejoice that He alone is your guide. At the end of the day, I'm not going to be able to convince you of anything. I'm only a guy who has experienced God in a wonderful way and has come to accept the fullness of his grace as best I can. But the same Spirit that is me is also in you, so just come to God humbly and ask him to guide you into all truth on these matters. Be humble, be open and let God give you the answers. Thanks for the comments, God bless. Mick Hi Dustin,

Do you still go to your old school everyday, sit in a few classes just to make sure you remember how to add and subtract? I've never heard of anyone doing that, have you?

The Spirit of God in you is immessurably more powerful and able to teach you then the law ever could. The truth is you don't need the law as an 'instruction' because you have the Spirit as your guide now. If you think the Spirit is only a 'theory' but not a real and living reality I could understand why you think we still need the law, but if the Spirit is real and living in you, then you can rejoice that He alone is your guide.

At the end of the day, I'm not going to be able to convince you of anything. I'm only a guy who has experienced God in a wonderful way and has come to accept the fullness of his grace as best I can. But the same Spirit that is me is also in you, so just come to God humbly and ask him to guide you into all truth on these matters. Be humble, be open and let God give you the answers.

Thanks for the comments, God bless.

Mick

]]> By: Dustin http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Dustin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:59:44 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-772 I don't understand the analogy. It doesn't make sense. I had teachers in school. They taught me things, things that I remember and use everyday: spelling, adding, historical information. To graduate and stop adding and subtracting or using correct spelling or grammar would be foolish. Yet you speak of the freedom from the Law being the wise thing to do. It really makes the analogy very weird. Apart from that, many more literal translations use the words tutor or guardian, not schoolmaster. Paul says it guarded and kept the people. Heres one last thought. The Law of Moses decribes celebrations of worship, eating, dancing, and fellowship. The christian celebrations were set up to mimic worship of foreign gods. The festivals of the Lord are wonderful. Should I stop celebrating them because I am commanded to by the strict schoolmaster of the Law, whom I no longer need to obey? I don't understand the analogy. It doesn't make sense. I had teachers in school. They taught me things, things that I remember and use everyday: spelling, adding, historical information. To graduate and stop adding and subtracting or using correct spelling or grammar would be foolish. Yet you speak of the freedom from the Law being the wise thing to do. It really makes the analogy very weird.

Apart from that, many more literal translations use the words tutor or guardian, not schoolmaster. Paul says it guarded and kept the people.

Heres one last thought. The Law of Moses decribes celebrations of worship, eating, dancing, and fellowship. The christian celebrations were set up to mimic worship of foreign gods. The festivals of the Lord are wonderful. Should I stop celebrating them because I am commanded to by the strict schoolmaster of the Law, whom I no longer need to obey?

]]> By: Sebastian http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Sebastian Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:55:38 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-767 Well, even the Holy Spirit will not miss a jot or Tittle in the Bible. I guessed I'd have to be grammatically correct to bring the point across ;) Cheers mate. Love the comics Well, even the Holy Spirit will not miss a jot or Tittle in the Bible. I guessed I'd have to be grammatically correct to bring the point across ;)

Cheers mate. Love the comics

]]> By: mick http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-766 mick Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:57:53 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-766 Nothing like a good grammar debate in the middle of discussing God's grace :-) haha Nothing like a good grammar debate in the middle of discussing God's grace :-) haha

]]> By: Sebastian http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Sebastian Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:01:46 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-765 maybe this will sound more accurate. "The law may have been our school teacher....." maybe this will sound more accurate.

“The law may have been our school teacher…..”

]]> By: mick http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-764 mick Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:19:37 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-764 My old School master's name <em>was</em> Mr Humphreys. I'm thankful for the job he did back then, but I also use the past tense when refering to him on purpose. He <em>"was" </em>my school master, he isn't <em>"still"</em> my school master. The same is true with the law. It is not still our school master, it <em>was</em> in the past, but now it's role as school master has long been completed. We belong solely to our Lord now. Praise God! My old School master’s name was Mr Humphreys. I’m thankful for the job he did back then, but I also use the past tense when refering to him on purpose. He “was” my school master, he isn’t “still” my school master. The same is true with the law. It is not still our school master, it was in the past, but now it’s role as school master has long been completed. We belong solely to our Lord now.

Praise God!

]]> By: Sebastian http://searchingforgrace.com/law-and-grace/the-schoolmaster-and-the-king-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Sebastian Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:02:16 +0000 http://searchingforgrace.com/?p=1143#comment-763 amen amen. walking in the Spirit actually is harder for most of us, especially so for the legalistic and those who failed to understand the message of grace. The law may be our school teacher, but the Spirit is our Counselor. And Jesus is sitting together with the Father at the Ministry of Education (of eternal life) ;) amen amen. walking in the Spirit actually is harder for most of us, especially so for the legalistic and those who failed to understand the message of grace. The law may be our school teacher, but the Spirit is our Counselor. And Jesus is sitting together with the Father at the Ministry of Education (of eternal life) ;)

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