I think it shows that the concepts of fulfilment and verification are distinct and different. That was the thing that I observed in a previous post addressed to you. Visionary raised the matter of traffic lights being red and one's obedience to the rule associated with it. Obeying a law does not fulfil the law in the biblical sense in which the Lord Jesus Christ referred to his mission as fulfilling the law and the prophets. Jesus obeyed the Mosaic laws about behaviour and participation in ceremonies but he fulfilled the Law of Moses by being the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. No one else ever fulfilled the Law that way and now that it is done no one else ever can. It is a once for all time fulfilment. It completes the Law and fulfils all the predictions and receives all the promises in the Law and the Prophets. That is what makes his fulfilment definitive. So what makes a person a saint is, first and foremost, union with Jesus Christ. Union and communion brings the sinner to the cross and the holy supper and baptism and leaves him/her washed white as snow unblemished and pure and ready to see God face to face. A saint - unlike Moses - is able to behold the glory of God and to see his face because a saint is in Christ. Romans chapter six explains this truth and so do many other passages of the new covenant holy scriptures.
Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
1: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2: God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
4: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5: For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
7: For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8: Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
10: For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11: Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13: Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15: What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
17: But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18: Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
20: For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21: What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22: But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6 (KJV) - ሮሜ
23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Coffee; I'm sorry for the long post and thank you for your reference to Romans chapter 6. I posted the chapter after reading it. Could you specify what part of th a chapters says to walk in sin because of the price paid by Christ. It seems to say the opposite to me.
Thank you, with respect. Your insights are generally quite informative.
Peace brother, with humility.
Faith in selfless Unity for Good.