FREE TO COMMIT MURDER
\nWe believe the word of God which declares that Christ established the
\nlaw for his people so that every believer called to faith in Christ is
\nnot under law but under grace. Therefore, we are accused of being
\nantinomians. One of the common arguments involves picking out one of the
\nten commandments and saying something absurd like, \u201cSo are you free to
\ncommit murder?\u201d It is telling that they always speak of breaking the law
\noutwardly but never inwardly. The Pharisees of old thought that way. But
\nour Master said that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause
\nhas broken the law (Mt 5: 21-22; Mr 7: 20-21). Men who think outward
\nmorality is holiness are men that the Lord likened to whited sepulchers
\nwhich are beautiful outwardly but within full of dead mens\u2019 bones, and
\nall uncleaness (Mt 23:27).<\/p>\n
No child of God in whom Christ dwells desires to abuse our liberty by
\nbreaking any commandment of God outwardly. In fact, my brethren in
\nChrist encourage me by their honorable conduct. But though the Spirit of
\nGod has made us \u201cput off concerning the former conversation the old man,
\nwhich is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts\u201d, and has made us \u201cput
\non on the new man, which after God, is created in righteousness and true
\nholiness\u201d, still, we know that in our \u201cflesh dwelleth no good thing.\u201d
\n(Eph 5: 22-24; Rom 7: 18) The thing we mourn continually is \u201cO wretched
\nman that I AM.\u201d By continually crying unto God to deliver us through
\nChrist Jesus our Lord, God keeps us from the mirage of progressive
\nsanctification with its progressive sinlessness (Rom 7: 24).<\/p>\n
Of course we are not free to commit murder! But make no mistake, we are
\nfree! If we were to commit murder we would be forgiven as was David. It
\nis because our old man is crucified with Christ, our body of sin is
\ndestroyed and we are no longer the servants of sin \u201cfor he that is dead
\nis freed [justified] from sin\u201d (Rom 6: 6-7). We have \u201cbecome dead to the
\nlaw by the body of Christ\u201d so that we are free from the law. Now we are
\n\u201cmarried to another, even to Christ who is raised from the dead, that we
\nshould bring forth fruit unto God\u201d (Rom 7: 3-4). By the faithfulness of
\nChrist living in us, we have \u201cbecome servants unto God\u201d that we might
\nfreely live unto our Father (Rom 6: 22) When our Redeemer returns for
\nhis purchased possession and raises our bodies in incorruption we shall
\nbe free from \u201cthe body of this death\u201d (Eph 1:14; 1 Cor 15: 42). Until
\nthen\u2014as our accusers live in the deception that legal fear and torment
\nis freedom\u2014we will live under our Savior\u2019s light and easy yoke of \u201cfaith
\nwhich worketh by love.\u201d We give God all the glory that \u201cthe law of the
\nSpirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made [us] free from the law of sin
\nand death\u201d (Rom 8: 2; Jn 8: 32; Gal 5:6).
\nClay Curtis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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