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What happens when you mix law and grace? '''Why did William Branham teach that Jesus came to "magnify" the law?''' (related video: [[Fallen From Grace]]) | What happens when you mix law and grace? '''Why did William Branham teach that Jesus came to "magnify" the law?''' (related video: [[Fallen From Grace]]) | ||
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Did you know that the ten commandments were received by Israel on the day of Pentecost. It was forty days after the Jewish passover when Moses went up on Mt. Sinai and received the Law. On that day they received the Law, three thousand people died (Ex 32:28). But what happened on the day that the church was born, the day of Penecost? Three thousand people came to life (Acts 2:41). The law produced death in 3,000 people on its first day, grace produced life in 3,000 people on the day the church was born! | Did you know that the ten commandments were received by Israel on the day of Pentecost. It was forty days after the Jewish passover when Moses went up on Mt. Sinai and received the Law. On that day they received the Law, three thousand people died (Ex 32:28). But what happened on the day that the church was born, the day of Penecost? Three thousand people came to life (Acts 2:41). The law produced death in 3,000 people on its first day, grace produced life in 3,000 people on the day the church was born! | ||
=So we don't have to pay attention to the law anymore?= | |||
Did Jesus go to Calvary and die to bring back the law to its pristine standard, a standard that ensured that no man could keep the law? | Did Jesus go to Calvary and die to bring back the law to its pristine standard, a standard that ensured that no man could keep the law? | ||
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So what gives William Branham the right to change the requirements laid down by the Apostles? | So what gives William Branham the right to change the requirements laid down by the Apostles? | ||
=Can we mix law and grace?= | |||
The law demands perfections but does not lift a finger to help. Grace on the other hand imparts perfection and does everything for man through Jesus Christ. | The law demands perfections but does not lift a finger to help. Grace on the other hand imparts perfection and does everything for man through Jesus Christ. | ||
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If you try to mix grace and the law as the Galatian church did, Paul said that you have fallen away from grace. Paul said you are either entirely under the law or you are under grace. They can't be mixed. | If you try to mix grace and the law as the Galatian church did, Paul said that you have fallen away from grace. Paul said you are either entirely under the law or you are under grace. They can't be mixed. | ||
=So how are Christians supposed to behave?= | |||
Paul stated: | Paul stated: | ||
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:''If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have '''prophecy''', and know '''all mysteries''' and all knowledge, and if I have all '''faith''' so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. (1 Co 13:1–3 NET) | :''If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have '''prophecy''', and know '''all mysteries''' and all knowledge, and if I have all '''faith''' so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. (1 Co 13:1–3 NET) | ||
=Is this relevant in any other way to William Branham's ministry?= | |||
We receive a question which asked: ''So, if the law is indeed magnified, would it not be logical to also assume the part of the prophets being done away with is not the case, that instead, the role of the prophet might be magnified as well? | We receive a question which asked: ''So, if the law is indeed magnified, would it not be logical to also assume the part of the prophets being done away with is not the case, that instead, the role of the prophet might be magnified as well? | ||
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*Prince, Joseph, Unmerited Favor, 2011 | *Prince, Joseph, Unmerited Favor, 2011 | ||
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