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1. To keep all of the commandments of the Law all of the time (Luke 16:17, Jam
2:10), which includes all the commandments of the Word, both New and Old
Testament (Deut 18:18, 30:10, 31:26 ; “this book”, John 1:1, 14, 14:21, Rev 22:18-
19 “this book”). This requires the simultaneous obedience of contradictory
commandments, such as not killing (an unqualified commandment) and killing
everyone (Ex 20:13, Deut 5:17, 20:16). This reflects God's ability to do this (Gen
6:3, Phil 2:11).

2. To become a Christian and thereby fulfil the Law in one act and then remain a
Christian (Rom 8:1). Absolute righteousness is then guaranteed (Rom 8:1) and the
only commandments that then apply, though not as a Law that confers either
righteousness or condemnation, are the two great commandments (Mat 22:40, John
14:21). The unforgivable sin of ceasing to be a Christian initially sinned by the
(still, at that point) Christian's flesh (Heb 6:6), and forgiven in that instance (1 John
1:7), but not experienced as a state of sin until immediately after (Ezek 28:15)
ceasing to be a Christian which is its inevitable consequence and hence its
unforgiven nature (Mark 16:16), or not being one in the first place (Mark 16:16,
John 3:18, Rom 1:20, Heb 6:6, Rev 20:15), is covered by the two great
commandments because, uniquely, it removes the sole applicability of the two
great commandments and re-establishes the applicability of the Law to that person
(Heb 6:4, 6). By covered I mean that to lose Christian status is inevitably a sin
against the two great commandments as it removes their sole applicability. Such a
loss can only ever a deliberate, informed and considered choice which God then
respects (Mark 16:16). Belief is a choice and signals what a man wishes to be (Heb
11:1). There are no other commandments or sins applicable to Christians whether
in the Old or New Testament (Rom 10:4, 1 Cor 6:12, 10:23, Phil 4:13). The
unforgivable sin is a sub-set of sin agaist the two great commandments as it is
always a sin against them (1 John 5:16).

The Law

To become under the Law is a sin (Gen 2:17, Rom 3:20). Not to obey the Law
once under it is a sin (Gen 2:17, Luke 16:17, Jam 2:10). For a Christian the Law is
irrelevant and can therefore neither be obeyed or disobeyed, having already been
fulfilled (Mat 5:17-20, Rom 3:31, 10:4). Every thought, word and deed for a
Christian is to be examined, situation by situation, on merit and in the context of
the circumstances prevailing at the time, by reference solely to the two great
commandments (Mat 22:40). Whatever a Christian does or does not neither obeys
or disobeys the Law (Rom 10:4, 1 Cor 6:12, 10:23, Phil 4:13).