My website: www.jordanbcooper.com Patreon: / justandsinner Twitter: / justandsinner This video answers a question regarding the use of the term "Law," or "nomos" throughout Paul's epistle to the Romans.
Something important to consider is that never in the scriptures is the law used to turn a person to Christ. Look at what Stephen says in Acts. He uses the history of the scriptures to draw the hearers hearts to repentance. The scriptures are written as a storyline so that the reader can live in scripture and daily be reminded of the acts God did to save them. The knowledge of the law doesn’t save a person, Paul emphasizes this by showing how the law works against us because of our fallen nature which automatically tries to please God through what the law demands. Only Christ pleases the Father. His righteousness is ours. Even before the law in ex.20, the Lord speaks to the people in ex.19 :4-6 appealing to them on the grounds of his grace in saving them out of bondage. This is the motivation the Lord always uses to draw our hearts to willfully obey him.
Isn't Paul talking about the Natural Law in much of Romans? Like in Romans 1? He grew up in Tarsus, which had one of the best classical Greek academies in the ancient world. He'd have been very familiar with Plato, Aristotle, etc. He seems to make use of Neo-Platonic philosophy throughout the New Testament.
An important follow-up question to this presentation might be what, exactly, does Paul mean in Romans 8:4 by walking (or living) not according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Hi Dr. Cooper, can you please do a video explaining the 3 types of law in the OT and how to explain to skeptics why we are only subject to the moral law? Or to put the question another way Is there a rubric one can use when dissecting the levitical code to pick out the moral laws from the ceremonial and civil laws?
Dr. Cooper, are you interested/ willing to debate the Eastern Orthodox apologist Jay Dyer? He has a large following on RU-vid and his talks and presentations are very comprehensive. I don't know if you are into debates, but it may be profitable to debate with Dyer and defend the Lutheran Confessions.
Jay Dyer is busy attacking Catholicism and the sedevacantists are busy attacking him. I see no reason to bring reasoned minds into this dogmatic discussion.
nomos 1) anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command 1a) of any law whatsoever 1a1) a law or rule producing a state approved of God 1a1a) by the observance of which is approved of God 1a2) a precept or injunction 1a3) the rule of action prescribed by reason 1b) of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents 1c) the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love 1d) the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT
human nature has things we are bound by laws of the flesh. born-again have a spiritual nature we are bound by. we are body, soul and spirit so the old nature, flesh, and the new nature spirit are constantly at war until death or the resurrection when we are glorified in the flesh. our soul is where that war takes place. in life.
