[soundofgrace] Re: [soundofgrace] Active Obedience of Abraham

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From: jldrick@...
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:46:19 -0500
Chad,

> > JD:  Not quite.  He says, "Moses describes in this way the
> > righteousness that is by the law; 'The man who does these things
> > will live by them.'"  He does not say "only."

> Chad
> Only is implied because Paul is quoting Leviticus 18 where doing the 
> 
> commandments is the only way to obtain righteousness.  Paul doesn't 
> change 
> the Leviticus 18 usage; he's invoking it.

JD:  But Leviticus also does not say "only."  

> JD
> >        Isn't Paul here saying that there are two righteousnesses?
> > One is by the law.  The second is by faith.

> Chad
> No.  Faith is how we access the righteousness that only comes 
> through the 
> obedience of the law.

JD:  Can't be.  Look at Romans 3: 21.  

Jim