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of The Old Testament also. Though you will not find the word 'gospel' in The Old Testament, I assure you, The Gospel of Christ was known and taught, as Paul here testifies.
Gal 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, "The man that doeth them shall live in them." He hasn't changed his Message concerning those who wish to be solely under The Law, and thereby shun 'faith in Christ.' If you want to be 'justified' in The Law, instead of by faith in Christ, then if you fail in just one single matter of The Law, all is for naught.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:"
Deut.21:23. His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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1 John 3:4: "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law,”
Our sins while in this flesh are the automatic breaking of God's Law. You just sinned? You just broke one of God's Laws. And who is without sin? So those who live without accepting Christ as Saviour, and trust solely upon the Law, or on their own 'moral code', are without Salvation. I can't make it any plainer.
The whole nature of this flesh existence is a perishing. Everything of the flesh obviously deteriorates and breaks down. Even those who push the environmental crisis reveal that once man drives pollution, etc. to the max, mother nature will make a major abrupt change to compensate, destroying man's 'flesh' existence off the earth. Aren't they admitting an 'outside' intelligent influence with that idea? They just won't say Yehovah is That Intelligence behind it all, but indirectly, their own science admits it! Therefore, it is this 'flesh' state of degradation which causes the 'curse', because the flesh can't abide by It. The flesh state, though formed by our Father, is not of our True Nature which He intended us to be. No, this flesh state of sin is of Satan's nature, for he is the one who caused GOD to bring this flesh state about.
Our Heavenly Father brought this flesh age into existence for our benefit, so we could make our own 'choice' to 'return' to Him. Did you realize that before this 'flesh age', we all once knew and worshipped The Father through His Son in that time of old?
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