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This is, in the case of a Christian, a deliberate rejection of Christian faith formerly
held (Heb 6:6).

The above is valid for Christians that remain Christians. A Christian can however
commit the unforgivable sin which is the deliberate choice of ceasing to be a
Christian and repudiating Salvation (Mat 12:31, Heb 6:4-6). This is also a sin
against the two great commandments but is a separate sin as well and is more
particularly the sin against the Holy Ghost which indwells in the Christian (Mat
12:31, Heb 6:4-6).

The fulfilment of the Law for those who receive this by faith, does not ‘destroy’
the Law for now as the operation by default that applies to Man (Rom 7:1). The
Law is finally destroyed as the default applicable operation at the point of the new
Heaven and Earth (Mat 5:18). This process is at the heart of Christ’s being
forsaken on the cross (Gal 3:10).

The commandment to be saved in the first place is not the same commandment as
the two great commandments (John 3:7).

Matthew 11:13 refers not to the applicability of the Law (Mat 5:18, Rom 7:1) but
rather emphasizes that the ‘new’ Way of fulfilment was initially established
prophetically, in the material, by John the Baptist (Mat 11:10).

A commandment of the Word is not the same as a commandment in the Word (Mat
27:22, Mark 14:65, 15:14).

In desiring to follow and be under the Law Man wishes to be God (Gen 2:17, 3:5,
22, Rom 10:3) and determine himself that which is good or evil (Gen 3:5) which
leads onto a morass of commands both prescriptive and prospective. He also
universally attempts and invariably fails (Rom 3:20) to justify himself by his own
righteousness against the Law (Rom 2:12-16, 4:15, 10:3, Phil 3:9). God interacts
in this process by ensuring that death intervenes in this process, according to the
operation of the Prime Principle to act as an inducement to eat of the Tree of Life
by salvation (Gen 2:16). This to be achieved by grace and faith in the vicarious
sacrifice of Christ and not by our own efforts (Rom 3:20) or the parabolical
stretching forth of Adam's hand (Gen 3:22). All actions are permissible for
Christians provided that they are compatible with the two great commandments
(Gen 1:29, 2:16).

A better understanding of what it is to obey the two great commandments is to be
found by its outcome in the fruit of the Spirit, which is categorically outside of the