KINGDOM THEOLOGY OF LAW IN THE BIBLE

Romans chapter 3










Today we are walking in: Kingdom Theology Of Law In The Bible







The Torah testifies...............




Exodus 19:6




And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.




Numbers 32:33




And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom H4467 of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:






The prophets proclaim..................




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, H4467 and of them that oppressed you:





Isaiah 9:7




Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.






Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom H4467, to build and to plant it;









The writings bear witness...........................





1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.





1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom H4467.




Psalm 145:13




Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.













To be under the law is to be without grace and under the constant dominion of sin, the old man. To them that are without law, as without law (being not without law to the Most High, but under the law to HaMashiach), that I might gain them that are without law. Paul begins by stating that he is not controlled or led by any man, but rather he is a servant to all men that he might gain them. His purpose is to win their trust. He will do this by empathizing with them. He will approach them from their perspective and from their point of view and needs. This in no way teaches that he will take on their behavior or even mystically become them. I believe that it is a foundational phrase used by modern Christian teaching, ‘being under the law,’ that has ultimately led to the current moral collapse of our culture. As I have stated, there are ten occurrences of this phrase in the New Testament. We have covered three, (Romans 3:19, 6:14-15) and now we will go to a slightly different context in 1 Corinthians 9:20. First, keep in mind that Romans 3 and 6 showed us two clear insights. We are ALL under the law until we are under grace, and to be under the law is to be under the dominion of sin.
In 1 Corinthians 9:19-22, we have the popular Sha'uline discourse concerning his desire to be all things to all men that he might by all means save some. This alone has been used erroneously to justify immoral behavior by some, but that is not really our purpose here. We need to go back to verses 19-21 for our study. Here is how the narration goes:
Verse 19
"For though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Verse 20
And unto the Hebrews I became as a Hebrew, that I might gain the Hebrews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
Verse 21
To them that are without law, as without law (being not without law to the Most High, but under the law to HaMashiach), that I might gain them that are without law."
Paul begins by stating that he is not controlled or led by any man, but rather he is a servant to all men that he might gain them. His purpose is to win their trust. He will do this by empathizing with them. He will approach them from their perspective and from their point of view and needs. This in no way teaches that he will take on their behavior or even mystically become them. This is verified by his first statement: "to the Hebrews I became as a Hebrew". Paul states emphatically many times that he is a Hebrew, or that he has remained a Hebrew. So he certainly did not become a Hebrew to win the Hebrews. He also does not equate the Hebrew as being the one under the law. This statement is listed separately. These statements cover various situations that Paul, in his ministry, confronts. Paul obviously does not run away or shy away from anybody. He strives to understand a person's circumstances. He is not teaching that he becomes a drunk with the drunks in order to save the drunks, but rather he will not turn away from the drunk because he is a drunk. So Paul will minister to the drunk from the drunk's world. He will minister to the Hebrew from his world. He will confront those under the law from their mind set, considering their way of thinking and their kinds of problems. Remember that those who are under the law can be Hebrew or in the Nations and have chosen to reject the Most High's gift of grace, and chose rather to remain under the dominion of sin because they cannot keep the law. Paul is not under the law because he has confronted the Messiah and has seen his condition and has received His grace. He is unabashed in his zeal to win those who are without the law, who do not know the law for whatever reason. Then he says, "being not without law to the Most High, but under the law to Maschiach." This is somewhat difficult to understand for Paul has used a double negative here. Paul is simply stating that he is not outside the true Torah of the Most High, which is under the law of the Maschiach. Perhaps better stated is that he is not subject to the letter of the law but the spirit of the law. The letter and spirit of the law is a very Hebrew concept that I will explain later. Paul then becomes as weak to those who are weak. This, I believe, is a reference to those addressed in Romans chapter 14:1-12. All Paul is saying here is that he is a witness of the Maschiach to all, no matter what there condition. These passages do not teach that Hebrews are the ones under the law, or that being under the law means obeying Torah.