YOU CANNOT HAVE IT ALL!!! My final response.

In the effort to keep the law of the Old Covenant, you miss the mark of Grace completely. In your fruitless effort to walk in the oldness of the letter {"But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter." Romans 7:6} , you shun the Word of the New Covenant in favor of the impossible law of the flesh. I have given blatant statements from God's Word in the Bible which we call the New Testament, which is the New Covenant, covered in Christ's blood rather than the useless blood of sacrificed animals, and you have oh so eagerly disregarded, dismissed, and criminalized it as if it couldn't possibly say what it does. Is God's Word not meant to be taken literally except when otherwise instructed? Is the New Testament (synonymous with the New Covenant) any less God's Word than was the Old Covenant with the Israelites? No, but rather it is of MORE consequence to the saved, as it brings Grace in place of condemnation, and it brings the final blood of Christ, the fulfillment of EVERYTHING that the old letter, the law of flesh, stood to define and foreshadow! 


When God said that there was no more Jew or Gentile, He did not say that saved Gentiles were transformed into Jews, or that saved Jews were to be held as Gentiles. No! Rather there is no longer EITHER in Christ Jesus! Once saved, we are now a "new breed," the Church, God's people of the New Covenant! Praise God almighty for Grace! Free from the bondage and condemnation of a law of flesh that NO MAN can possibly keep! ONLY in Christ does one find freedom from sin and condemnation that the law brings to sinners {"[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2}, and since no one can serve two masters, NO ONE can serve under the old letter of the law, which condemns ANY that cannot keep it to the letter (which, if you remember, is NO ONE), and serve under the law of the Spirit in Christ at the same time. The old letter condemns, Christ offer's Grace that the Law shuns fervently, as evident in previous responses to the Scriptures of Grace and Liberty that I have offered. 


It is IMPOSSIBLE to keep the Law, since we are fallible beings bound in flesh and prone to sin in the natural state of man, and since it is an all-or-nothing deal. THAT is what made Grace necessary. THAT is why a NEW COVENANT sealed in the Blood of Christ Jesus was made. Our Lord reiterated EVERY point essential to the New Covenant in His ministry on earth, as well as did the Spirit sent by Jesus as a Comforter and guide, moving in His apostles and disciples during their ministry. You ask "What are the specific 'Laws of Grace' and what are the specific 'rules' that I am suppose to follow under this New Covenant?" Honestly, the heart of that is saving works, which NONE of you will attest to, I am sure, but if you are truly seeking, just read your Bible! The New Testament under the Spirit-led understanding of what it is, a New Covenant to God's people! Especially the four Gospels, for that is the summary from Christ Himself! 


Where the New Testament or New Covenant contradicts the old letter, the New Covenant letter takes precedent for the saved believer. And there ARE undeniable contradictions. The Old Covenant required much killing/stoning to death of sinners (adulterers, rebellious youth, those who would eat knowingly of food that had been sacrificed to idols, etc) as a purification because no amount of animal blood, no matter HOW spotless the lamb, could cleanse those people of their sin, it was a foreshadowing of the True Lamb of God. In stark contrast, the New Covenant requires Grace and Forgiveness instead of killing. Remember the woman caught in adultery? They were following the old letter (which was still in effect while Jesus walked this earth, mind you, the law was not fulfilled until He was crucified, buried, resurrected, and ascended to the right hand of God) which SHOULD have been perfectly acceptable, the punishment fit the crime, but NO! Jesus stepped in to make a CHANGE, to establish the New Covenant of Grace! You CANNOT have both! The old covenant commanded for God's people to abstain from eating certain meats, but in contrast (or in contradiction) the New Covenant of Christ expressly and specifically  condemns this teaching (specifically for "them which believe and know the truth" or for the saved) and calls it no less than false teachings and hypocrisy!! (See 1 Timothy 4:1-7) You CANNOT have both!  And those are only two examples!! 


It is impossible for man to be joined to the old law and to Christ at the same time. The Bible outright calls it ADULTERY!!! 
"So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become DEAD TO THE LAW by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God" Romans 7:3-4
Once, God's people (Israel) were called to be joined or married to the law. NOW God's people are called to be joined to Christ, which is likened unto marriage as well. Just as a woman is committing adultery if she marries another while her previous husband is still living, so are WE as CHRISTIANS committing adultery against our LORD JESUS CHRIST if we seek to stay under the old letter, to be joined to Him as well as to the old law! Rather than commit adultery, at regeneration, the Spirit makes us DEAD to the law so that we may be joined together with Christ as His Church, as His Bride. YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH!!! 


The old letter of the law appeals to the flesh. The idea of do this, do that, to prove your faith to God. Does God not know your heart? I'm sure that we can all understand that it 'feels good' or pleases our flesh to feel like we are doing something to prove ourselves as worthy of this free gift that we undeservingly received at regeneration, but attempting to keep the Old Covenant while calling other believers who understand the Law of Grace sinners because they don't try to keep a useless (for the saved believer) law of flesh is NOT the answer! The answer for those who are seeking is grace, forgiveness, love, and charity! The answer is the Law of Grace, or the Law of the Spirit in Christ rather than the old letter of the law. You cannot have both. 


The Law is not void. It has it's place to bring sinners to repentance under the Schoolmaster (which is the law of the old covenant), but when the Spirit enters in at the point of salvation in Christ, we are under the Schoolmaster no longer. {‎"But BEFORE faith came, we were kept UNDER THE LAW, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore THE LAW WAS OUR SCHOOLMASTER to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are NO LONGER UNDER A SCHOOLMASTER." Galatians 3:23-25} Attempting to keep the old law of flesh breeds pride and indignation, as proven by Israel's response to their Messiah, specifically the Pharisees (the 'holiest' of men of the time because they kept and taught the strict adherence to the law of Moses) that Jesus was constantly rebuking because they were missing the point(!), as well as the fellow Christian's response to this testimony of Grace vs. the law. The Pharisees ended up being the ones (as foretold) to murder our precious Lord Jesus (by His Will alone, He gave up His Spirit, no one took it from Him) because the Law is flesh, and the flesh is ALWAYS at war with the Spirit, even from the time and evidence of Cain and Abel. 


The law is flesh, it was man's way to try to get into God's favor. It was all about what man must do to get to God. (Granted, it was all they had before Christ, but that's not the case with us, is it?) The Spirit ("law of Grace") [Romans 8:2] is Spirit. The flesh and the Spirit CANNOT live together, or be joined together. You cannot be both in the flesh and  in the Spirit! It is IMPOSSIBLE!! {"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you." Romans 8:9a} The old covenant that was given to Moses at Sinai for God's chosen nation of Israel which was sealed in the spiritually worthless repeated animal blood offerings CANNOT live in union with the New Covenant given to ALL who would believe (God's 'new' chosen people because of the rejection of His own [remember the parable of the wedding banquet], the Church) which is sealed in the eternal cleansing Blood of the spotless Lamb of God, Christ Jesus, as the ONLY sacrifice to EVER wash ANYONE clean of their sins!! There is no union there, ONLY contradiction! You cannot live under condemnation (which the old letter of the law imparts to ANYONE under it, specifically it is intended for the unrepentant sinner to bring him to Christ, remember?) and be free from condemnation (which Grace through and by Christ Jesus supplies the regenerate believer) at the same time!! It is HYPOCRISY, as 1 Timothy calls it for the saved believer! It is ADULTERY as Galatians calls it for the saved believer!!! 


As regenerate (saved, born again, redeemed) believers washed in the everlasting Blood of the Spotless Lamb of God, we are no longer under the Schoolmaster or the law (since the faith is come, see Galatians 3:23-25), or the condemnation thereof, but rather under the New Covenant of Grace in the Spirit through Christ Jesus. There can be NO double standard, and for those in Christ, there is only one: The New Covenant of the New Testament. I implore you, as regenerate believers, "choose ye this day whom you will serve," for you cannot serve both God and the flesh, you cannot serve both under the condemnation of the old letter and under the Grace of Christ as well. It is impossible. It is adultery. It is hypocrisy. It cannot co-exist because it contradicts. You are either a lost sinner under the condemnation of the law, or you are a saved, regenerate believer under the Grace of Christ. 


This response is offered in humility and prayer as my final response on this topic. I already know it is going to be met with the same bitter pride, disdain, and disregard that have already been shown thus far, so I leave it in prayer out of a contrite heart. As a testimony, I have myself walked in the shoes of legalism. I am not proud of that, but it is true. I have been in your shoes, and not that long ago either. (Maybe a year or two ago?) I thank God for showing me the Truth, though, in light of the New Covenant of Christ. I have been in your shoes, and honestly, that is not something that you can say to me. I pray that the Spirit may work in your hearts and lead you to the law of Grace in the New Testament under Christ so that you too may experience the fulfilling FREEDOM in Christ. Amen.