Today,
reply is to the challenge that the ministry of John the Baptist
centered on water baptism, repentance and sin, rather than exhorting
men to have faith (indwelling spirit) that the promises of GOD to
Abraham are being fulfilled. When baptized by John, Jesus was not
declared free of sin so much as Jesus was proclaimed the Son of the
Father, and the lawful primary heir of GOD. As the Son of Man,
Christ is heir to all the divine promises from Adam to Abraham, to
Moses, to David. From the time of Adam, there have been sacred
demands and requirements (i.e., the law) with righteousness appearing
as forbearance. In addition to the righteousness within ordinances,
principles, and statutes, there are the righteousness for outcomes of
tribunal, the resolution of dispute, and the settlement of conflict.
Also, there are righteousness of accountability, agreements, division
of labor, sacred gifts, guidance, hope (expectation), and promises.
It is written: Galatians 3: 16-19, King James Version (KJV): 16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And
to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is
Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred
and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the
promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the
law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to
Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was
added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom
the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the
hand of a mediator. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public
forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Norine”
(Level 1 with 68 points) posted the following:
What
rigtheousness did Jesus fulfill with a "Repentance; believing
that Jesus was coming" water baptism (Matt 3:15; Acts 19:4)?
Updated
17 mins ago:
JOHN'S
BAPTISM
IS
DEFINED AS ONE OF "REPENTANCE; BELIEVING THAT JESUS WAS COMING"
IN ACTS 19:4.
JESUS
SAID IN MATTHEW 3:15 THAT HE WAS BEING WATER BAPTIZED BY JOHN
"TO
FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS."
WHAT
RIGHTEOUSNESS DID HE FULFILL SEEING THAT HE WAS "SINLESS"
(HEB 4:15) AND DIDN'T NEED TO "REPENT" NOR DID HE NEED TO
BELIEVE THAT HE WAS COMING?"
WHAT
WAS THIS "RIGTHEOUSNESS THAT JESUS FULFILLED" (MATTHEW
3:15)?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit
the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8: 3-5 , KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Righteousness Of GOD (10/25/2019); Divine
Fullness Is Spirit (09/11/2019); Life Because of Righteousness
(08/29/2019); Why Punishment After Death? (11/23/2018); Repentance
Among Christian Believers (07/06/2018); Jesus Came To Fulfill?
(01/16/2018); Thoughts On The Commandments (06/27/2017)
“Norine”,
law containing prohibitions and sanctions that must be observed by
created beings and living creatures for them to have continuing
relationship with divinity did not begin with Moses and the Ten
Commandments (we also say, the covenant law; the Decalogue ; the Oral
Law; the law written on tables of stone by the finger of GOD).
Divine order that gave direction, form, and lasting purpose to
heaven, the earth, and all Creation was put forth as multiple
expressions of sacred commitment, divine prerogative, eternal
purpose, and sovereign will that were manifested and operated as law.
The character, process, and substance of divinity define and
describe all things emanated and put forth by the Godhead that may
display existence, life, personhood, the image of GOD, sacred seed
(we also say, divine DNA), Christ-likeness, and the lasting imprint
of divine fullness. Inseparable aspects of divine totality and
wholeness include faith, forbearance, holiness, hope, joy,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Where
forgiveness, love, mercy, and reconciliation are not proclaimed by
the law as are penalty and punishment, their source and origin are no
less the operations and substance of GOD. Where the integrity and
full righteousness of divinity at first were hidden and invisible,
the word of GOD (we also say, breath; spirit; utterance) has appeared
among men on the earth through active presence, correction,
divinity Incarnate, promise, prophecy, reconciliation, and impartial
judgment; and will also be manifest as the second death. Consider
again the following that uses language from the Bible, and a
selection from the music ministry of Wintley Phipps:
(1.)
Isaiah 51: 6-8, King James Version (KJV): 6 Lift up your eyes to
the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment,
and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my
salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be
abolished. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people
in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men,
neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat
them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but
my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation
to generation.
(2.)
Romans 3: 21, KJV: 21 But now the righteousness of God without the
law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
(3.)
Romans 4: 13, KJV: 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the
law, but through the righteousness of faith.
(4.)
Romans 8: 4, KJV: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(5.)
Philippians 3: 9, KJV: 9 And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended (for example, (6.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEU0LrBemek.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you
according to your faith.
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