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Rom.6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! 6:16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Many of Christian has made the mistake of accepting Christ Jesus, as their righteousness, and than become obedient to the laws of a religion or the old law of Moses through that religion, thinking the rules are what makes them righteous. This line of reasoning is what the apostle Paul was addressing here, what seemed innocent, good and righteous made the body of Christ members servants of death and sin again.

Romans 6:11 Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
5:21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Jews most of them could not go beyond the righteousness of the law, which in and of itself gave them the death penalty, convicting them as sinner needing redemption for their sins by blood atonement. Once Christ fulfilled the law with his own righteous blood he became a Christian's righteousness and just as the Jews had been obedient to the laws righteousness, so now Christian's must be obedient to Christ his righteousness under the law of love.

Rom.10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved. 10:2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

However, there was a greater problem, and what was that? The law was set aside by God for his son righteousness he put his stamp of approval upon Christ making him the only way to righteousness by his life through faith, no other law was authorized by God, he recognizes no other law under his Kingdom, but the new covenant, instituted by his son blood. Without blood of atonement, a person has gone back to sin and death, they have no means for salvation, they have return to no righteousness, but unrighteousness without God's acceptance of atonement. Christ blood does not atone for the sins under the old law, Christ blood atones for those in the new covenant not those staying under the old covenant. Sins under the old law were atone for yearly, sometime daily were the Christian's going to slaughter Christ daily for sin under the old covenant? No!

Gal.4:6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba,{Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for "Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.} Father!" 4:7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 4:8 However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods. 4:9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again? 4:10 You observe days, months, seasons, and years. 4:11 I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

Heb.6:4 For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6:6 and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

Christ died once for all times regarding sin, but the concern the Jews used as an excuse for not having faith in Christ Jesus righteousness, which seemed weak to them was? “Grace is weak, it not enough, if people are freed from the law, and its righteousness having no law but the law of love they will just sin.”

Romans 14:4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 4:20 For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

In other words, they would rather impute evil into others, by laws convicting all humans including themselves of evil, for the law was not for those made righteous in Christ, but the wicked. They thought this line of reasoning brought righteousness, but they were sorely mistaken; weak as Christ appeared to them for righteousness sake without the old law, they did not understand the power of Christ life working in his followers.

1Cor.1:22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
1:23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks, 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1:26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; 1:27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 1:28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
1:29 that no flesh should boast before God. 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}

They did not understand Christ was their righteousness, not themselves in meeting a law or a rule for convicting the flesh of sinful acts. They did not have faith in the resurrected life of Christ Jesus as the incorruptible seed planted by God's own love in the hearts of each of his children that was a force for good and righteousness in each child of God. For by law they would convict even the son of God of sin murdering him because they saw evil by the law in everyone, for the law was not for the righteous.
Many Christian's are proud they can by laws and rules point up sins in others, they think this is the power of being a Christian's, they would rather see evil so they can see good in themselves just as the Jews foolish made the same mistake in judging righteous blood with law for evil people.

1Tim.1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

Matthew 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

Romans 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

Romans 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Romans 12:21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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