How exactly does salvation work?

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Hello TedBRS, I noticed that you are brand new around here, so I thought that the first thing that I should say is, WELCOME TO CF :wave:

As far as 'receiving' salvation and eternal life from God, we do so by coming to saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. You need not take my word for it however as God has plenty to say about it in the Bible :oldthumbsup::oldthumbsup: So, here are some verses to get you started.

Genesis 15
6 Abraham believed the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

John 3

16 God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

John 5
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, ~has~ eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.


In Matthew 19:17, Jesus said that the way to enter eternal life is by obeying God's commandments, so the fact that believing in Jesus is the way to have eternal life means that obedience to God's commandments is the way to believe in Jesus, which is why there are many verses that connect our faith in God with our obedience to Him, such as Revelation 14:12, where those who kept faith in Jesus are the same as those who kept God's commandments.

2 Corinthians 5
21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.


Jesus expressed the righteousness of God through living in obedience to God's law, so that is also the way that we live when we have become the righteousness of God in him.

Romans 10
9 If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.


In Romans 10:5-10, our faith references Deuteronomy 30:11-16 in regard to saying that God's law is not too difficult to obey, that those who obey it will attain life by it, what we are agreeing to obey when we confess that Jesus is Lord, and the way to believe that God raised him from the death.

Ephesians 2
8 By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a ~result~ of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for/unto good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Titus 3
5 He saved us, ~not~ on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy.

Here are some verses that speak against earning eternal life/salvation as a wage: Romans 3:28, Romans 4:4-5, Romans 11:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Galatians 2:21, and Galatians 2:21.

Here are some verses that speak in favor of eternal/life salvation requiring our obedience to God's law:

Romans 2:6-7, Romans 2:13, Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:11-14, Galatians 3:26-29, Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 19:17, Luke 10:25-28, James 2:14-24, and Revelation 22:14

So there must be a reason why our salvation requires us to choose to be doers of the law other than in order to earn it as a wage, such as faith insofar as Romans 3:31 says that our faith upholds God's law.

Romans 11
6 If it is by grace, then it is no longer on the basis of works; if it were, then grace would no longer be grace.
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Graciousness and righteousness have always been compatible aspects of God's nature, so they should not be interpreted as being opposed to each other as though God were opposed to Himself, especially when there are verses like Psalms 119:29, where David wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him to obey His law. The issue is that there can be many reasons for obeying God's law other than trying to earn our salvation as a wage, so verses that speak against earning something by our works as a wage like Romans 11:6 should not be mistaken as saying that righteousness and grace are incompatible. In other words, grace is a gift and gifts can't be earned as a wage, so grace is incompatible with works insofar as works as done for the purpose of earning our righteousness as a wage, however, that was never the purpose for which God commanded good works.
 
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Those are just different ways of describing the same Gospel that was made known in advance to Abraham. In Matthew 4:15-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to Gentiles, and God's law was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is an integral part of the Gospel of the Kingdom, which Jesus prophesied would be proclaimed to all nations (Matthew 24:12-14), and which Jesus commissioned his disciples to spread to all nations (Matthew 28:16-20). Christ also set a sinless example of how to walk in obedience to God's law, and as his followers we are told to follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-22) and that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked (1 John 2:6). Furthermore, in Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to God's law is the way to believe in what Jesus accomplished through his ministry and through the cross (Acts 21:20), which is all part of the same Gospel message.

In Psalms 119:29-30, David wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him His law, and he chose the way of faithfulness, so this has always been the one and only way of salvation by grace through faith. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him His way that he might know Him and Israel too, in 1 Kings 2:1-3, God taught how to walk in His way through His law, and in John 17:3, eternal life is knowing God and Jesus, which is again salvation by grace through faith. In Genesis 6:8-9, Noah found grace in the eyes of God, he was a righteous man, and he walked with God, so God was gracious to Noah by teaching him how to walk in His way in obedience to His law and he was declared righteous because he obeyed through faith, which is the same means as Abraham (Genesis 15:6) and everyone else. In Romans 1:5, we have received grace in order to bring about the obedience of faith, and in Titus 2:11-14, our salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, so God graciously teaching us to obey His law is itself part of the content of His gift of salvation. In Romans 15:4, Paul said that OT Scripture was written for our instruction, and in Romans 15:18-19, his Gospel involved bringing Gentiles to obedience in word and in deed, so his Gospel of grace is the same as the Gospel of the Kingdom. Furthermore, Romans 10:16, 2 Thessalonian 1:8, and 1 Peter 4:17 all speak against those who do not obey the Gospel.

Nonsense. Noah found grace BECAUSE he was righteous, so did Abraham for the same reason.
The surest definition of the two gospels existing at the same time is in Galatians 3:2-5 where the method of receiving the Holy Spirit is given for Paul's gospel "by faith" and practically repeats John 14:15-17 "by works: keeping the Commandments".
And the book of James lays it all out for us... those who have eyes to see.
What people choose to see about the Messiah "walking in obedience to the Mosaic Law" isn't that at all. We're told that Moses allowed men to put away their wives for reasons other than adultery.
And all the "But I say unto you" verses should've made it more than clear, that the Kingdom Law is far more strict than creating even more whitewashed tombs like the Pharisees... who seemed only to be able to call themselves righteous by the endless smoke of sin-offerings... which Isaiah preaches against in no uncertain terms, saying they chose their own way. And this echo repeats in "the mercy and not sacrifice" verses, which nobody else cares to remember.

And where does Paul ever mention this woman? here:

Matthew 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in all the world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

No place. That earmark also never gets mentioned.

But the good news of the Reign of God (Gospel of the Kingdom) was prophecied long ago...

Isaiah 52:3-7 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.[4] Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
[5] And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because My people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you My name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.
[6] Therefore shall My people know My name in that day, for I am He that speaks: I am present,[7] as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.LXX

... and was already fulfilled in Galilee (carried off by Assyrians):

Matthew 10:5-7 These Twelve Ιησους sent forth and Commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:[6] But go rather to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.


Since Paul calls his gospel a mystery, he can't be preaching that.

And that's not even the only place this same Gospel was prophesied and fulfilled.

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me.
He has sent Me to preach glad tidings to the poor (1),
to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives (2)
and recovery of sight to the blind (3),
[2] to declare the acceptable year of the Lord (4)
and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn (5);LXX

Matthew 3:16-17 And Ιησους, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the Heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him:[17] And lo a voice from Heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.(1)
Matthew 4:12-17 The people which sat in darkness saw great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.(2)
[17] From that time Iesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.(4)
John 9:39-41 And Ιησους said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.(3)
Matthew 5:1-4 (Disciples) Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.(5)


It's the Gospel of the Davidic Kingdom... so it's hardly a mystery.
 
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Nonsense. Noah found grace BECAUSE he was righteous, so did Abraham for the same reason.

When we have the same elements of being declared righteous, grace, and faith in Noah's life, then why is it nonsense to think that he was declared righteous by grace through faith by the same means as everyone else? It was not the case that what Noah or Abraham happened to be doing was righteous, so they found grace, but rather they did what was righteous by faith because God graciously taught them how to do that, which is in accordance with Exodus 33:13 and Psalms 119:29-30.

The surest definition of the two gospels existing at the same time is in Galatians 3:2-5 where the method of receiving the Holy Spirit is given for Paul's gospel "by faith" and practically repeats John 14:15-17 "by works: keeping the Commandments".
And the book of James lays it all out for us... those who have eyes to see.

In Galatians 3:2-8, it does not present two distinct Gospels operating at the same time as equally valid ways of receiving the Spirit, but rather there is a correct way to receive the Spirit that is in accordance with the Gospel made known in advance to Abraham and an incorrect way that is in accordance false gospel that is not really a gospel that is a distortion of the Gospel of Christ (Galatians 1:6-9). In Acts 5:32, the Spirit has been given to those who obey God, however, Galatians 3:2-8 denies that works of the law are a way to receive the Spirit, therefore works of the law are a distorted Gospel because they are not in obedience to God. Likewise, in John 14:15-17, the Spirit is given to those who love Jesus and keep his commandments, so the phrase "works of the law" does not refer to God's commandments. In James 2:17-18, faith without works is dead and he would show his faith by his works, so the Gospel of faith is not different than by works because good works in obedience to God are what faith looks like.

What people choose to see about the Messiah "walking in obedience to the Mosaic Law" isn't that at all. We're told that Moses allowed men to put away their wives for reasons other than adultery.

Jesus is one with the Father, so he should not be interpreted as being in disagreement what the Father has commanded, or arguably with what he commanded to Moses. In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to add to or subtract from the Mosaic Law, so Jesus did not do that. In Deuteronomy 13:4-5, the way that God instructed His people to determine what someone is a false prophet who is not speaking for Him was if they taught against obeying the Mosaic Law, so if Jesus had done as you suggest, then according to God we should regard him as being a false prophet. Putting someone away is not the same as divorce, and if they put someone away without giving them a certificate of divorce, then that would be causing them to commit adultery because they would still be married.

And all the "But I say unto you" verses should've made it more than clear, that the Kingdom Law is far more strict than creating even more whitewashed tombs like the Pharisees... who seemed only to be able to call themselves righteous by the endless smoke of sin-offerings...

In Matthew 5:17-19, Jesus said that he came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it, and warned against relaxing the least part of the law or teaching other to do the same, so while what he said next might appear to be abolishing parts of the law, he should not be interpreted as doing that because he denied that is what he came to do. Whenever Jesus directly quote from Scripture, he preceded it by saying "it is written", but when he was quoting from what the people of his day had heard being taught, he preceded it by saying "you have heard that it was said" so his emphasis on the different form of communication is important. Jesus was not sinning in violation of Deuteronomy 4:2 by making changes to what was written, but rather he was fulfilling the law by correcting what the people had heard being wrongly taught about it and by teaching how to correctly obey it as it was originally intended. For example:

Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44

While the Mosaic Law does instruct us to love our neighbor (Leviticus 19:18), it does not instruct us to hate our enemy, so that is what the people had heard being wrongly taught. On the contrary, loving our enemy is in accordance with verses like Exodus 23:4-5, Deuteronomy 23:7, Probers 24:17-18, and Proverbs 25:21-22.

which Isaiah preaches against in no uncertain terms, saying they chose their own way. And this echo repeats in "the mercy and not sacrifice" verses, which nobody else cares to remember.

God would not have commanded sacrificed if they were not something that he wanted to the Israelites to do, but the issue is that the value of sacrifices is not in the slaughter of animals, but in drawing close to God, which is the root word for "korban", and the offering is just a means of drawing close to God. The book of Exodus ends with the glory of God descending on the tent of meeting and with the problem of no one being able to approach while Leviticus begins with God calling out instructions for how to draw close to Him. If someone offered 1,000 sacrifices, but neglected to repent and draw close to God, then they were missing the whole point, and all they were accomplishing was depriving themselves of livestock. In Isaiah 1:11-20, it is not that something was wrong with offering a multitude of sacrifices of bulls, lambs, or goats, with the New Moon, Sabbath, or appointed feasts, or with prayer, but that they were doing those things while their hands were full of blood, so they needed to wash and make themselves clean, cease to do evil, learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, and plead the widow's cause.

Psalms 51:16-19 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; 19 then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

These above verses are not speaking against sacrifices, but rather they are just a means of expressing what God wants, which is a broken and contrite heart, and then God will delight in right sacrifices.

And where does Paul ever mention this woman? here:

Matthew 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in all the world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

No place. That earmark also never gets mentioned.

Yes, what she has done is important.

But the good news of the Reign of God (Gospel of the Kingdom) was prophecied long ago...

Isaiah 52:3-7 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.[4] Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
[5] And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because My people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you My name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.
[6] Therefore shall My people know My name in that day, for I am He that speaks: I am present,[7] as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.LXX

... and was already fulfilled in Galilee (carried off by Assyrians):

Matthew 10:5-7 These Twelve Ιησους sent forth and Commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:[6] But go rather to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.


In Matthew 4:15-23, the Gospel to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand a light to the nations, in Matthew 24:12-14, Jesus prophesied that it would be proclaimed to all nations, and in Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus commissioned his disciples to make disciples of all nations, teaching everything that he had taught them, so while Jesus did not instruct his disciples to spread the Gospel of the Kingdom to the nations at the point of his ministry in Matthew 10:5-7, he did instruct them to spread that Gospel to the nations at the end of his ministry. Jews have the role of being a light to the nations, so the Gospel goes out to the Jew first and then to the nations so that Jews are able to fulfill this role (Romans 1:16).

Since Paul calls his gospel a mystery, he can't be preaching that.

And that's not even the only place this same Gospel was prophesied and fulfilled.

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me.
He has sent Me to preach glad tidings to the poor (1),
to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives (2)
and recovery of sight to the blind (3),
[2] to declare the acceptable year of the Lord (4)
and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn (5);LXX

Matthew 3:16-17 And Ιησους, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the Heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him:[17] And lo a voice from Heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.(1)
Matthew 4:12-17 The people which sat in darkness saw great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.(2)
[17] From that time Iesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.(4)
John 9:39-41 And Ιησους said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.(3)
Matthew 5:1-4 (Disciples) Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.(5)


It's the Gospel of the Davidic Kingdom... so it's hardly a mystery.

The mystery is the inclusion of Gentiles as fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel (Ephesians 3:6), not a different Gospel.
 
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Don't tell me which one it was not, tell me which one it was.

He's your apostle, not mine. So why don't you know what his gospel is? Kinda have to know that he didn't believe the one Messiah was teaching, when he says he persecuted the Way, voted for their deaths, tortured them in the synagogues, and chased them from city to city... that wouldn't have been a mystery gospel, now would it? Paul's gospel is to the gentiles, is called "christ crucified"... and is all about the imputation doctrines which are mysteries never heard of before... and neither had been the notion of gentiles being saved by grace without earning it. Used to be, the gentiles had to become proselytes and keep the Law.

As a Pharisee, Paul had been fighting to keep this Way from ever happening:

Jeremiah 32:36-41 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which thou sayest, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by famine and banishment.[37] Behold, I will gather them out of every land where I have scattered them in My anger and My wrath and great fury, and I will bring them back into this place and will cause them to dwell safely:[38] and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a god.[39] And I will give them Another Way and another heart to fear Me continually, and that for good to them and their children after them.[40] And I will make with them an Everlasting Covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put My fear into their heart that they may not depart from Me.[41] And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness and with all my heart and with all my soul.(LXX, Jer.39)

This Way is what Ιησους was teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5... the obvious source of fear would be that God would now judge the very thoughts in their head, not just the actions of white-washed tombs.
 
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He's your apostle, not mine. So why don't you know what his gospel is? Kinda have to know that he didn't believe the one Messiah was teaching, when he says he persecuted the Way, voted for their deaths, tortured them in the synagogues, and chased them from city to city... that wouldn't have been a mystery gospel, now would it? Paul's gospel is to the gentiles, is called "christ crucified"... and is all about the imputation doctrines which are mysteries never heard of before... and neither had been the notion of gentiles being saved by grace without earning it. Used to be, the gentiles had to become proselytes and keep the Law.

As a Pharisee, Paul had been fighting to keep this Way from ever happening:

Jeremiah 32:36-41 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which thou sayest, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by famine and banishment.[37] Behold, I will gather them out of every land where I have scattered them in My anger and My wrath and great fury, and I will bring them back into this place and will cause them to dwell safely:[38] and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a god.[39] And I will give them Another Way and another heart to fear Me continually, and that for good to them and their children after them.[40] And I will make with them an Everlasting Covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put My fear into their heart that they may not depart from Me.[41] And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness and with all my heart and with all my soul.(LXX, Jer.39)

This Way is what Ιησους was teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5... the obvious source of fear would be that God would now judge the very thoughts in their head, not just the actions of white-washed tombs.

And this -whatever it is you're talking about- is something you just found out for yourself and no one in history has ever known?
 
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He's your apostle, not mine. So why don't you know what his gospel is? Kinda have to know that he didn't believe the one Messiah was teaching, when he says he persecuted the Way, voted for their deaths, tortured them in the synagogues, and chased them from city to city... that wouldn't have been a mystery gospel, now would it? Paul's gospel is to the gentiles, is called "christ crucified"... and is all about the imputation doctrines which are mysteries never heard of before... and neither had been the notion of gentiles being saved by grace without earning it. Used to be, the gentiles had to become proselytes and keep the Law.

As a Pharisee, Paul had been fighting to keep this Way from ever happening:

Jeremiah 32:36-41 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which thou sayest, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by famine and banishment.[37] Behold, I will gather them out of every land where I have scattered them in My anger and My wrath and great fury, and I will bring them back into this place and will cause them to dwell safely:[38] and they shall be to Me a people, and I will be to them a god.[39] And I will give them Another Way and another heart to fear Me continually, and that for good to them and their children after them.[40] And I will make with them an Everlasting Covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put My fear into their heart that they may not depart from Me.[41] And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness and with all my heart and with all my soul.(LXX, Jer.39)

This Way is what Ιησους was teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5... the obvious source of fear would be that God would now judge the very thoughts in their head, not just the actions of white-washed tombs.

The law of first mention is a principle where the first time that a word is used provides the context for how it should be understood. In particular, the Hebrew word "derek" means "the way" and is first used in Genesis 3:24 in regard to an angel guarding the way to the Tree of Life and it is used a number of times in the context of angels, or guarding, of life, and the way to or from Jerusalem. For example:

Exodus 23:20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

The main other place that cherubim are referred to is over the Ark of the Covenant, which is guarding the Torah, which is also referred to as a tree of life for all who take hold over her (Proverbs 3:18). In Proverbs 6:23, for the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life. Before eating of either tree, Adam and Eve were at a crossroads between mortality and immortality, where they became mortal because they ate of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, while eating from the Tree of Life would have caused them to become immortal, and in Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Moses presented the same choice between life and death, life and a blessing for obedience to the Torah, or death and a curse for disobedience. In Deuteronomy 32:47, the Torah is our very life. In Matthew 7:14, Jesus said that narrow is the way that leads to life. In John 14:6-7, Jesus said that he is the way, the truth, and the life. In Luke 10:25-29, Jesus was asked what to do to inherit eternal life and Jesus told a parable about a man who was on the way from Jerusalem. In Numbers 22:21-39, Balaam was on the way when he was turned from the way by the angel of the Lord, who is the way. In Acts 9, Paul was on the way from Jerusalem to persecute those who are members of The Way when he was stopped by Jesus, who is the way, and who is the angel of the Lord.

There are also many verses that describe the Torah as being God's way, such as Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Isaiah 2:2-3, 1 Kings 2:1-3, Joshua 22:5, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 119:1-3, and many others. God's way is the way in which He expresses His nature (Genesis 18:19, 2 Samuel 22:21-37) and the Torah could not accurately be described in the same terms as God's nature like holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12) if it were not God's instructed for how to walk in His way by expressing those aspects of His nature. Jesus is the way because he is the exact expression of God's nature (Hebrews 1:3), which he expressed by living in sinless obedience to the Torah. Everything taught in Matthew 5 was in accordance with the OT, though the fullness of God's way is the Torah.
 
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We need to understand salvation and know how to live by it. There are many valid explanations and one I have come to notice can be found by carefully reading & rereading Colossians 1. A major profession of faith can be found in Romans 10:9-13. The basic ( & ultimate) things the Lord wants us to do is to love God & neighbor & treat each other by this way ( see Matthew 22:36-40, Matthew 7:12). The basic way to do this is the Lord tells us is by charity & prayer ( see Matthew 6:1-15) & keeping important and basic commandments ( see Romans 13:8-10, Matthew 19:16-19). We need to know Who God is and the Lord tells us so especially in John 14, John 15, and John 16.

The ancient creeds of the churches are good summaries of faith. Creeds like the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed.


See:

The Apostles' Creed | EWTN

The Nicene Creed - Personal and Devotional Prayers - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America


This is easier said than done as we live in the world ( see 1 John 2).
 
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It was not the case that what Noah or Abraham happened to be doing was righteous

Abraham... Genesis 17... his part of the Covenant of Promise: circumcision (throughout their generation, every man of them, or they've broken the Covenant).

Galatians 3:2-5 where the method of receiving the Holy Spirit is given for Paul's gospel "by faith" and practically repeats John 14:15-17 "by works: keeping the Commandments".
the Gospel made known in advance to Abraham

Here's your "gospel" to Abraham:

Genesis 12:1-3 And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.[2] And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.[3] And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Not "good news" for these Canannite gentiles, right?

Romans 8:2 the law of the Spirit…made me free from the law of sin and death.

The Law of Sin and Death
... ... ... on steriods:

Matthew 5:21-24 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
[22] But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Judgement + Hell Fire = the law of sin and death.

Matthew 6:14-15 ...unforgiven by the Father...
Matthew 7:25-27 ...great was the fall of it...

Matthew 5:27-29 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:[28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.[29] And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

About "works" or "good works"?

Revelation 2:2 false apostles
Revelation 2:9 blasphemy
Revelation 2:12-13 doctrine of Balaam
Revelation 2:19-20 prophetess Jezebel
Revelation 3:1-2 how thou hast received and heard
Revelation 3:8-10 I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it, for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word and hast not denied My name.
Revelation 3:15-16 I am rich

Rescued by their "good works"?

What people choose to see about the Messiah "walking in obedience to the Mosaic Law" isn't that at all. We're told that Moses allowed men to put away their wives for reasons other than adultery.
Putting someone away is not the same as divorce, and if they put someone away without giving them a certificate of divorce, then that would be causing them to commit adultery because they would still be married.

Matthew 19:7-9 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?[8] He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.[9] And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Hearts are judged in the Law of the Kingdom, Matthew 5:28-30.

In Deuteronomy 13:4-5, the way that God instructed His people to determine what someone is a false prophet who is not speaking for Him was if they taught against obeying the Mosaic Law

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,[2] and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye know not;[3] ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.[4] Ye shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him, and ye shall hear His voice, and attach yourselves to Him.LXX

And all the "But I say unto you" verses should've made it more than clear, that the Kingdom Law is far more strict
While the Mosaic Law does instruct us to love our neighbor (Leviticus 19:18), it does not instruct us to hate our enemy, so that is what the people had heard being wrongly taught. On the contrary, loving our enemy is in accordance with verses like Exodus 23:4-5, Deuteronomy 23:7,

Deuteronomy 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother
Deuteronomy 25:19 blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven
Malachi 1:3-4 and hated Esau and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness? [4] Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus saith the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set Himself for ever.LXX

Psalms 139:17-22 But Thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.[18] I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with Thee.
[19] Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.[20] For Thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take Thy cities in vain.[21] Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate Thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?[22] I have hated them with perfect hatred: they were counted my enemies.LXX

which Isaiah preaches against in no uncertain terms, saying they chose their own way. And this echo repeats in "the mercy and not sacrifice" verses, which nobody else cares to remember.
God would not have commanded sacrificed if they were not something that he wanted to the Israelites to do

Isaiah 66:3-4 But the lawless one, the one sacrificing a calf to Me [is] as the one striking a man; and the one sacrificing of [the] flock [is] as one killing a dog; and the one offering fine flour [is] as [the one offering] [the] blood of a pig; the one offering frankincense for a memorial [is] as blasphemous. And they chose their ways, and their abominations which their soul wanted.[4] I will choose their mockeries, and I will recompense their sins against them. For I called them, and they did not hearken to Me; I spoke and they heard not; and they acted wickedly before Me, and chose that which I did not want.ABP

Matthew 9:11-13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. (Hosea 6:6)

Matthew 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in all the world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Yes, what she has done is important.

But Paul's gospel starts with "christ crucified".

The good news of the Reign of God (Gospel of the Kingdom)

Isaiah 52:4-7 Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
[5] And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because My people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you My name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles;[6] therefore
shall My people know My name in that day, for I am He that speaks: I am present,[7] as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.LXX

Fulfilled in Galilee: Matthew 10:5-7
Matthew 24:12-14, Jesus prophesied that it would be proclaimed to all nations, and in Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus commissioned his disciples to make disciples of all nations, teaching everything that he had taught them, so while Jesus did not instruct his disciples to spread the Gospel of the Kingdom to the nations at the point of his ministry in Matthew 10:5-7, he did instruct them to spread that Gospel to the nations at the end of his ministry.

The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel are scattered among the nations… so Matthew 28:18-20 makes perfect sense. That doesn't mean their mission-field ever changed... it was actually expanded to the 10-Lost-Tribes-everywhere.

When the Risen Lord came back, He told them to go into the nations and make disciples with the same doctrine/words He had said to them… Matthew 10:5-7 is certainly part of that doctrine… and so is Matthew 15:24.

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not (ἀπεστάλην) sent but unto the Lost Sheep of the house of Israel.

Because the word sent is the Greek word apostle (in several conjugations), then
Ιησους is the apostle to the House of Israel, just as His Disciples are.

Matthew 10:2-7 Now the names of the Twelve (ἀποστόλων) apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, James [the son] of Zebedee and John his brother,[3] Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James [the son] of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus,[4] Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him.[5] These Twelve Ιησους sent forth and Commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:[6] But go rather to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

They're NOT "sent" to gentile-people
or Paul's "apostle to the gentiles" title would be meaningless.

Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because He has anointed Me.(Matthew 3:16-17)
He has sent Me to preach glad tidings to the poor (Matthew 11:5)
to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives (Matthew 4:12-17)
and recovery of sight to the blind, (John 9:39-41),
to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, (Matthew 4:12-17)
and the day of recompence, to comfort all that mourn (Matthew 5:1-4).LXX

It's the Gospel of the Davidic Kingdom... so it's hardly a mystery.
The mystery is the inclusion of Gentiles as fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel (Ephesians 3:6), not a different Gospel.

But Ιησους did not teach
Paul's inclusion, or his imputations or his mysteries
or they would NOT have been mysteries
by the time Paul came back from Arabia…
they'd have been "old hat"
…not special and given by revelation… but "vin ordinaire".
 
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I see a lot of good answers. But I think if your answer is more than a few lines long, it is going to be way too complicated. Just my opinion. I got saved by hearing a very short and simple gospel. I think most of us did. I sometimes wonder if believer prospects have to be Bible scholars and theologians to get saved!:p
 
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I see a lot of good answers. But I think if your answer is more than a few lines long, it is going to be way too complicated. Just my opinion. I got saved by hearing a very short and simple gospel. I think most of us did.

That would be from Paul's gospel... and "most" seem to follow his gospel.

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Because this Gospel of the Kingdom requires enduring to the end.

Matthew 24:13-14 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.[14] And This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

Matthew 10:16-27 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.[17] But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;[18] And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.[19] But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.[20] For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.[21] And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.[22] And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
[23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.[24] The Disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.[25] It is enough for the Disciple that he be as His Master, and the servant as His Lord. If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of His household?[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Endure is the same Greek word as abide, stay, and patience means stay behind = stay, and keep staying... keep, and keep-on keeping His word... because His Commandment is Eternal Life. (narrow is the way)

Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Ιησους Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Ιησους Christ.
Revelation 3:8-11 Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the Earth.[11] Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the faith of Ιησους. (not of Moses: Deuteronomy 18:18-19, John 12:49-50)

 
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Abraham earned grace by being well-pleasing, Genesis 17... and he kept earning it, by fulfilling his part of the Covenant of Promise: circumcision (throughout their generation, every man of them, or they've broken the Covenant). By offering his son for sacrifice as commanded... Abraham kept the Commandments given to him.

Nowhere does the Bible say that anyone else earned grace as wage or that God owed anyone grace in return for what they had done. In Exodus 33:13, Psalms 119:29-30, and Titus 2:11-14, our salvation involves God being gracious to us by teaching us to obey His law, not that we need to obey His law in order to earn His grace as a wage. Grace is a gift and the gift of God teaching us to obey His law is not something that can be earned as a wage.

Here's your "gospel" to Abraham:

Genesis 12:1-3 And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I will shew thee.[2] And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.[3] And I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Not "good news" for those gentiles, right?

Genesis 12:1-5 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

The souls that they had acquired in Haran refers to making Gentile converts in accordance with the promises in verse 1-3 of spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom that was made known in advance to him by being blessed through turning from his wickedness and walking in God's way in obedience to His law so that he may be a blessing to Gentiles by teaching them how to do that (Matthew 4:15-23), which very good news for those Gentiles. In John 8:39, Jesus said that if they were children of Abraham, then they would be doing the same works that he did, so the way that the children of Abraham are multibed in accordance with the promise is by being a blessing to the nations by teaching them to do the same works that Abraham did of walking in God's way in obedience to His law.

In Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he might teach his children and those of his household to walk in God's way by doing righteousness and justice that the Lord may bring to him all that he had promised, namely, in Genesis 26:4-5, God will multiply his children as the stars in the heaven, to his children he will give all of these lands, and through his children all of the nations of the earth will be blessed because Abraham heard God's voice and guarded His charge, His commandments, His statutes, and His laws. Furthermore:

Deuteronomy 30:15-16 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

So all of the promises were made to Abraham and brought about because Abraham walked in God's way in obedience to His law and busied himself teaching his children and those of his household how to do that and because they did that. God's law is how the children of Abraham know how to be blessed by walking in God's way in obedience to His law (Psalms 119:1-3), so the way to inherit the promise of being a blessing to the nations is by teaching the nations how to live blessed lives by turning them from their wickedness and teaching them how to walk in God's way. Furthermore, Jesus, who is God's way (John 14:6) was sent as the fulfillment of the promise to bless us by turning us from our wickedness (Acts 3:25-26), which is in accordance with spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom.

The promises are by no means limited to only the physical children of Abraham, but rather Gentiles are able to become fellow heirs and partakers of the promise in Christ through the Gospel (Ephesians 3:6). In Galatians 3:26-29, it says that there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus, so it connects being children of God in Christ through faith with being children of Abraham, heirs according to the promise. In 1 John 3:4-10, those who do not practice righteousness in obedience to God's law are not children of God, in 1 John 2:6, those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked, he walked in obedience to God's law, and in Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that faith is one of the weightier matters of the law, so every element of being children of God, in Christ, through faith, children of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise is all directly connected to living in obedience to God's law through faith in Christ, to whom the promise was made regardless of whether someone is a Jew or a Greek.

Romans 8:2 the law of the Spirit…made me free from the law of sin and death.

The Law of Sin and Death
... ... ... on steriods:


In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contrasted serving the Law of God with his mind with serving the law of sin with his flesh, and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of life by contrasting them both with the law of sin and death, so the Law of God is not the law of sin and death. In Romans 7:12-25, Paul said that the Law of God is holy, righteous, and good, and that he wanted to do good and delighted in obeying the Law of God, but that there was a law of sin that was working in his members that was waging war against the law of his mind in order to hold him captive and cause him not to do the good that he wanted to do. Verses that we should interpret as referring to the Law of God should make sense for it to be referring to something that Paul delighted in doing (Romans 7:22), so for example, it would be absurd to interpret Romans 7:5 as referring to the Law of God as if Paul delighted in stirring up sinful passions in order to bear fruit unto death, but rather it is the law of sin that does that. So verses that refer to a law that is sinful, that causes sin to increase, or that hinders us from obeying the Law of God should be interpreted as referring to the law of sin, such as Romans 5:20, Romans 6:14, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 5:16-18, and 1 Corinthians 15:56.


[22] But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:

[28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

We are instructed not to hate our brother in our heart (Leviticus 19:17), so that was nothing brand new. If we correctly understand what is being prohibited by the 7th and 10th Commandments against committing adultery and coveting in our hearts, then we will not look at a woman with lust in our hearts, so again that is nothing brand new.

About "works" or "good works"?
Which of these seven assemblies are rescued by their "good works"?

Doing good works in intrinsically part of the concept of Jesus saving us from not doing good works.

Matthew 19:7-9 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?[8] He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.[9] And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

In Matthew 19:3, Jesus was asked whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. To give some context, Gittin 90a-b interprets Deuteronomy 24:1-4 as saying that a man was permitted to divorce his wife if she ruined his meal or if he found someone who was prettier than her, so it was divorce over frivolous reasons that was not the case from the beginning. Jesus should not be interpreted as expressing disagreement with himself and the Father.

Hearts are judged
in the Law of the Kingdom, Matthew 5:28-30.

In Exodus 20:6, God wanted His people to love Him and obey His commandments, and there are many other verses that connect our love for God with our obedience to His commandments throughout both the OT and the NT, so obedience to God has always been a matter of the heart, otherwise God would not have disdained it when His people honored Him with their lips while their hearts were far from him (Isaiah 29:13).

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,[2] and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye know not;[3] ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.[4] Ye shall follow the Lord your God and fear Him, and ye shall hear His voice, and attach yourselves to Him.LXX

Indeed, we should hear God's voice and not interpret Jesus as speaking against hearing God's voice.

Deuteronomy 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother
Deuteronomy 25:19 blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven
Malachi 1:3-4 and hated Esau and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness? [4] Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus saith the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set Himself for ever.LXX

Psalms 139:22 I have hated them with perfect hatred: they were counted my enemies.LXX

When we are angry, we don't need to keep it a secret because the Psalms show us that God can handle our emotion and we can give voice to our desire for vengeance while not actually pursuing it, which is part of the way that we can leave vengeance in God's hands. The imprecatory Psalms can also be understood as being in the mouths of the accusers, such as in Psalms 109:1-5, the accusers are all plural, but verse 6-20 switches to singular, where verse 20 can be translated as saying this is what my adversaries what God to do. At first he wanted vengeance of his enemies, but as we continue to let it do its work on us, it is asking us to reflect upon what our enemies would say about us, and whether they have a case against us.

Isaiah 66:3-4 and they acted wickedly before Me, and chose that which I did not want.ABP

Do you consistently interpret Isaiah 1:15 as God being against prayer? Or can you please interact with the point that I made about Isaiah 1:11-20 in that the problem was not that they were doing those things, but that they were doing them while their hands were full of blood. Likewise, please interact with Psalms 51:16-19, where he spoke about God not delighting in sacrifices or being pleased by burnt offerings, but rather what God wanted as a broken and contrite heart, then he will delight in right sacrifices and in burnt offerings with bulls being offered in His altar, so again it is clearly not speaking against doing those things, but against doing them without having a broken and contrite heart. Likewise, Isaiah 66:3-4, the problem wasn't with the offerings, but that they were offering them while they were continuing to act wickedly before God. Again, it doesn't make sense to think that God commanded His people to do something that He didn't want them to do.

Matthew 9:11-13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. (Hosea 6:6)

Some of God's laws appear to conflict with each other, such as when God commanded priests to rest on the Sabbath, but all commanded priests to make offerings on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:9-10), however, it was not the case that they were forced to sin by breaking one of the two commands no matter what they chose to do, but that the lesser command was never intended to be understood as preventing the greater command from being obeyed, so again the issue is about having the right priority. This is why Jesus said in Matthew 12:5-7 that priests who did their duties on the Sabbath were held innocent, why David and his men were held innocent, why Jesus defended his disciples as being innocent, and why he again quoted desiring mercy rather than sacrifice.

It is unlawful to work and the Sabbath and healing is work, so some Pharisees had reasoned that it was therefore unlawful to heal on the Sabbath, however, we are also instructed to love our neighbor, and no command was intended to be understood as preventing the greatest two commandments from being obeyed, which is why Jesus ruled that it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath, so again it is about having the right priority, and needing to have the right priority is the point that Jesus was making in Matthew 9:11-13, so none of this has anything to do with speaking against obeying anything that the Father has commanded.

But Paul's gospel starts with "christ crucified".

Does what she did not have anything to do with "Christ crucified"?

The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel are scattered among the nations…

The Bible makes it clear that having faith in Christ and being in him is not limited to just Jews (Galatians 3:26-29), so the pressing concern for Gentiles is the way to become joined to Israel through faith in Christ. In Ephesians 2:12, 19, Gentiles were once separated from Christ, alienated from Israel, strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, but now in Christ all of that is no longer true in that Gentile are no longer strangers or aliens, but are now fellow citizens of Israel along with the saints in the household of God.

Paul's focus was on bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles and he tailored his message for them, but that does not mean that it was a different message. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to God's law is the way to believe in everything that Christ accomplished in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (Acts 21:20), so the response to Paul's Gospel is the same as the response to the Gospel of the Kingdom, which means that it is not a different Gospel.

But Ιησους did not teach
Paul's inclusion, or his imputations or his mysteries

Jesus did sent his disciples to make disciples of all nations. In Genesis 15:6, Abraham was declared righteous by faith, so that has always been the case. Christ expressed his righteousness by living in obedience to God's law, that is the same way that we live when we have been imputed with his righteousness, which is in accordance with the Gospel of the Kingdom. Again, Ephesians 3:6 directly spells out what the mystery is, which is according to the sod level of interpretation. Perhaps the common interpretation was that it was referring to the scattered exiles, but Paul was making the point that not just the scattered exiles, but all Gentiles are included as fellow heirs through faith in Christ in accordance with the Gospel and the mystery.
 
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Nowhere does the Bible say that anyone else earned grace as wage or that God owed anyone grace in return for what they had done. In Exodus 33:13, Psalms 119:29-30, and Titus 2:11-14, our salvation involves God being gracious to us by teaching us to obey His law, not that we need to obey His law in order to earn His grace as a wage. Grace is a gift and the gift of God teaching us to obey His law is not something that can be earned as a wage.



Genesis 12:1-5 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

The souls that they had acquired in Haran refers to making Gentile converts in accordance with the promises in verse 1-3 of spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom that was made known in advance to him by being blessed through turning from his wickedness and walking in God's way in obedience to His law so that he may be a blessing to Gentiles by teaching them how to do that (Matthew 4:15-23), which very good news for those Gentiles. In John 8:39, Jesus said that if they were children of Abraham, then they would be doing the same works that he did, so the way that the children of Abraham are multibed in accordance with the promise is by being a blessing to the nations by teaching them to do the same works that Abraham did of walking in God's way in obedience to His law.

In Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he might teach his children and those of his household to walk in God's way by doing righteousness and justice that the Lord may bring to him all that he had promised, namely, in Genesis 26:4-5, God will multiply his children as the stars in the heaven, to his children he will give all of these lands, and through his children all of the nations of the earth will be blessed because Abraham heard God's voice and guarded His charge, His commandments, His statutes, and His laws. Furthermore:

Deuteronomy 30:15-16 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

So all of the promises were made to Abraham and brought about because Abraham walked in God's way in obedience to His law and busied himself teaching his children and those of his household how to do that and because they did that. God's law is how the children of Abraham know how to be blessed by walking in God's way in obedience to His law (Psalms 119:1-3), so the way to inherit the promise of being a blessing to the nations is by teaching the nations how to live blessed lives by turning them from their wickedness and teaching them how to walk in God's way. Furthermore, Jesus, who is God's way (John 14:6) was sent as the fulfillment of the promise to bless us by turning us from our wickedness (Acts 3:25-26), which is in accordance with spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom.

The promises are by no means limited to only the physical children of Abraham, but rather Gentiles are able to become fellow heirs and partakers of the promise in Christ through the Gospel (Ephesians 3:6). In Galatians 3:26-29, it says that there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus, so it connects being children of God in Christ through faith with being children of Abraham, heirs according to the promise. In 1 John 3:4-10, those who do not practice righteousness in obedience to God's law are not children of God, in 1 John 2:6, those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked, he walked in obedience to God's law, and in Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that faith is one of the weightier matters of the law, so every element of being children of God, in Christ, through faith, children of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise is all directly connected to living in obedience to God's law through faith in Christ, to whom the promise was made regardless of whether someone is a Jew or a Greek.



In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contrasted serving the Law of God with his mind with serving the law of sin with his flesh, and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of life by contrasting them both with the law of sin and death, so the Law of God is not the law of sin and death. In Romans 7:12-25, Paul said that the Law of God is holy, righteous, and good, and that he wanted to do good and delighted in obeying the Law of God, but that there was a law of sin that was working in his members that was waging war against the law of his mind in order to hold him captive and cause him not to do the good that he wanted to do. Verses that we should interpret as referring to the Law of God should make sense for it to be referring to something that Paul delighted in doing (Romans 7:22), so for example, it would be absurd to interpret Romans 7:5 as referring to the Law of God as if Paul delighted in stirring up sinful passions in order to bear fruit unto death, but rather it is the law of sin that does that. So verses that refer to a law that is sinful, that causes sin to increase, or that hinders us from obeying the Law of God should be interpreted as referring to the law of sin, such as Romans 5:20, Romans 6:14, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 5:16-18, and 1 Corinthians 15:56.




We are instructed not to hate our brother in our heart (Leviticus 19:17), so that was nothing brand new. If we correctly understand what is being prohibited by the 7th and 10th Commandments against committing adultery and coveting in our hearts, then we will not look at a woman with lust in our hearts, so again that is nothing brand new.



Doing good works in intrinsically part of the concept of Jesus saving us from not doing good works.



In Matthew 19:3, Jesus was asked whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. To give some context, Gittin 90a-b interprets Deuteronomy 24:1-4 as saying that a man was permitted to divorce his wife if she ruined his meal or if he found someone who was prettier than her, so it was divorce over frivolous reasons that was not the case from the beginning. Jesus should not be interpreted as expressing disagreement with himself and the Father.



In Exodus 20:6, God wanted His people to love Him and obey His commandments, and there are many other verses that connect our love for God with our obedience to His commandments throughout both the OT and the NT, so obedience to God has always been a matter of the heart, otherwise God would not have disdained it when His people honored Him with their lips while their hearts were far from him (Isaiah 29:13).



Indeed, we should hear God's voice and not interpret Jesus as speaking against hearing God's voice.



When we are angry, we don't need to keep it a secret because the Psalms show us that God can handle our emotion and we can give voice to our desire for vengeance while not actually pursuing it, which is part of the way that we can leave vengeance in God's hands. The imprecatory Psalms can also be understood as being in the mouths of the accusers, such as in Psalms 109:1-5, the accusers are all plural, but verse 6-20 switches to singular, where verse 20 can be translated as saying this is what my adversaries what God to do. At first he wanted vengeance of his enemies, but as we continue to let it do its work on us, it is asking us to reflect upon what our enemies would say about us, and whether they have a case against us.



Do you consistently interpret Isaiah 1:15 as God being against prayer? Or can you please interact with the point that I made about Isaiah 1:11-20 in that the problem was not that they were doing those things, but that they were doing them while their hands were full of blood. Likewise, please interact with Psalms 51:16-19, where he spoke about God not delighting in sacrifices or being pleased by burnt offerings, but rather what God wanted as a broken and contrite heart, then he will delight in right sacrifices and in burnt offerings with bulls being offered in His altar, so again it is clearly not speaking against doing those things, but against doing them without having a broken and contrite heart. Likewise, Isaiah 66:3-4, the problem wasn't with the offerings, but that they were offering them while they were continuing to act wickedly before God. Again, it doesn't make sense to think that God commanded His people to do something that He didn't want them to do.



Some of God's laws appear to conflict with each other, such as when God commanded priests to rest on the Sabbath, but all commanded priests to make offerings on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:9-10), however, it was not the case that they were forced to sin by breaking one of the two commands no matter what they chose to do, but that the lesser command was never intended to be understood as preventing the greater command from being obeyed, so again the issue is about having the right priority. This is why Jesus said in Matthew 12:5-7 that priests who did their duties on the Sabbath were held innocent, why David and his men were held innocent, why Jesus defended his disciples as being innocent, and why he again quoted desiring mercy rather than sacrifice.

It is unlawful to work and the Sabbath and healing is work, so some Pharisees had reasoned that it was therefore unlawful to heal on the Sabbath, however, we are also instructed to love our neighbor, and no command was intended to be understood as preventing the greatest two commandments from being obeyed, which is why Jesus ruled that it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath, so again it is about having the right priority, and needing to have the right priority is the point that Jesus was making in Matthew 9:11-13, so none of this has anything to do with speaking against obeying anything that the Father has commanded.



Does what she did not have anything to do with "Christ crucified"?



The Bible makes it clear that having faith in Christ and being in him is not limited to just Jews (Galatians 3:26-29), so the pressing concern for Gentiles is the way to become joined to Israel through faith in Christ. In Ephesians 2:12, 19, Gentiles were once separated from Christ, alienated from Israel, strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, but now in Christ all of that is no longer true in that Gentile are no longer strangers or aliens, but are now fellow citizens of Israel along with the saints in the household of God.

Paul's focus was on bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles and he tailored his message for them, but that does not mean that it was a different message. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to God's law is the way to believe in everything that Christ accomplished in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (Acts 21:20), so the response to Paul's Gospel is the same as the response to the Gospel of the Kingdom, which means that it is not a different Gospel.



Jesus did sent his disciples to make disciples of all nations. In Genesis 15:6, Abraham was declared righteous by faith, so that has always been the case. Christ expressed his righteousness by living in obedience to God's law, that is the same way that we live when we have been imputed with his righteousness, which is in accordance with the Gospel of the Kingdom. Again, Ephesians 3:6 directly spells out what the mystery is, which is according to the sod level of interpretation. Perhaps the common interpretation was that it was referring to the scattered exiles, but Paul was making the point that not just the scattered exiles, but all Gentiles are included as fellow heirs through faith in Christ in accordance with the Gospel and the mystery.
Again Soyeong, you make this so complicated I doubt anyone with anything less than a doctorate in theology could ever possibly be saved. Your knowledge is impressive. But does it generate faith?
 
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Again Soyeong, you make this so complicated I doubt anyone with anything less than a doctorate in theology could ever possibly be saved. Your knowledge is impressive. But does it generate faith?

Can you please explain why you think was so complicated about my post? I tried to give as much support from Scripture as I could to explain that the Gospel and the way of salvation by grace through faith is consistent throughout all of Scripture, but if you want to keep it super simple, our salvation is from sin (Matthew 1:21) and sin is the transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4), so living in obedience to God is intrinsically part of the concept of Jesus saving us from not living in obedience to God's law. Obedience to any set of instructions that were given for our own good is about putting our faith in the one who gave them to rightly guide us, and that is the way that we are to put our faith in God, so spreading the Gospel message of calling for people to obey repent and God's law does generate faith.
 
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Can you please explain why you think was so complicated about my post? I tried to give as much support from Scripture as I could to explain that the Gospel and the way of salvation by grace through faith is consistent throughout all of Scripture, but if you want to keep it super simple, our salvation is from sin (Matthew 1:21) and sin is the transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4), so living in obedience to God is intrinsically part of the concept of Jesus saving us from not living in obedience to God's law. Obedience to any set of instructions that were given for our own good is about putting our faith in the one who gave them to rightly guide us, and that is the way that we are to put our faith in God, so spreading the Gospel message of calling for people to obey repent and God's law does generate faith.
Thank you for your question.
The OP asks "How exactly does one receive salvation and eternal life? How can one get to the kingdom of heaven?"
I don't think a person could absorb the large amount of information you have provided and be saved. It seems to be too much. Paul spoke of the simplicity of the gospel. This is especially true for Gentiles who have no knowledge of the OT.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with much of what you teach, but as far as the OP... "How exactly does one receive salvation and eternal life? How can one get to the kingdom of heaven?" What you present is for debate and discourse.
Thanks
 
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Thank you for your question.
The OP asks "How exactly does one receive salvation and eternal life? How can one get to the kingdom of heaven?"
I don't think a person could absorb the large amount of information you have provided and be saved. It seems to be too much. Paul spoke of the simplicity of the gospel. This is especially true for Gentiles who have no knowledge of the OT.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with much of what you teach, but as far as the OP... "How exactly does one receive salvation and eternal life? How can one get to the kingdom of heaven?" What you present is for debate and discourse.
Thanks

The Gospel message is to repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand, so the way to get into the Kingdom of Heaven is very simple. God's law is how we should what we should repent from doing and it is the way to live as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, so the way to multiply the Kingdom is by spreading the Gospel. Our salvation is from sin and sin is the transgression of God's law, so living in obedience to it is intrinsically the way to receive salvation from not living in obedience to it, such as the way to receive salvation from not honoring our parents is by honoring our parents.

I think that it is important to not just assert what I believe, but to also make the strongest case that I can from Scripture to explain why I believe it, and if someone uses other verses to argue for a mutually exclusive position, then I also make the strongest case that I can for why I think that they have misinterpreted those verses and for what I think the correct interpretation of those verse is, though that tends not to result in short posts. It happens frequently that I'll make the case for a position and then instead of someone interacting with what I said by explaining why they think that my reasoning was incorrect, they'll instead simply make the case for a different position, then the conversation revolves around why I think that their case in incorrect while the case that I made is neglected. While that keeps their posts simpler, it does an injustice to the text because by neglecting to explain how I've misunderstood the verses that I've quoted, they are at most arguing that the verses that they've quoted contradict the verses that I've quoted in spite of us both affirming that the Bible does not contradict itself. When I can quote ten verses throughout the Bible that show that choosing to obey God's law is required for salvation/eternal life, then that makes a stronger case for my position than if I just quote one verses, or just assert my position without any support, especially when I am making a case for a position that many people disagree with.
 
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The Gospel message is to repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand, so the way to get into the Kingdom of Heaven is very simple. God's law is how we should what we should repent from doing and it is the way to live as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, so the way to multiply the Kingdom is by spreading the Gospel. Our salvation is from sin and sin is the transgression of God's law, so living in obedience to it is intrinsically the way to receive salvation from not living in obedience to it, such as the way to receive salvation from not honoring our parents is by honoring our parents.

I think that it is important to not just assert what I believe, but to also make the strongest case that I can from Scripture to explain why I believe it, and if someone uses other verses to argue for a mutually exclusive position, then it also make the strongest case that I can for why I think that they have misinterpreted those verses and for what I think the correct interpretation of those verse is, though that tends not to result in short posts. It happens frequently that I'll make the case for a position and then instead of someone interacting with what I said by explaining why they think that my reasoning was incorrect, they'll instead simply make the case for a different position, then the conversation revolves around why I think that their case in incorrect while the case that I made is neglected. While that keeps their posts simpler, it does an injustice to the text because by neglecting to explain how I've misunderstood the verses that I've quoted, they are at most arguing that the verses that they've quoted contradict the verses that I've quoted in spite of us both affirming that the Bible does not contradict itself. When I can quote ten verses throughout the Bible that show that choosing to obey God's law is required for salvation/eternal life, then that makes a stronger case for my position than if I just quote one verses, or just assert my position without any support, especially when I am making a case for a position that many people disagree with.
Thanks Soyeong. I will read your posts with these thoughts in mind.
Blessings.
 
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Abraham...Genesis 17... his part of the Covenant of Promise: circumcision.

not that we need to obey His law in order to earn His grace as a wage.

Here's your "gospel" to Abraham:
Genesis 12:1-3 come into the land which I will shew thee

Not "good news" for the Canaanite gentiles.

Genesis 12:1-5 The souls that they had acquired in Haran refers to making Gentile converts

Romans 8:2 the law of the Spirit…made me free from the law of sin and death.

The Law of Sin and Death
... ... ... on steriods:

serving the Law of God with his mind with serving the law of sin with his flesh

Matthew 5:21-24 judgment... council... hell fire.

Matthew 5:27-29 looketh on a woman to lust... if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee, for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

not to hate our brother

"works" or "good works"

Revelation 2:2 false apostles
Revelation 2:9 blasphemy of those
Revelation 2:12-13 doctrine of Balaam
Revelation 2:19-20 prophetess Jezebel
Revelation 3:1-3 how thou hast received and heard
Revelation 3:8-10 I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it, for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word and hast not denied My name.
Revelation 3:15-16 I am rich

Rescued by "good works"... seriously?


Jesus saving us from not doing good works.

Matthew 19:7-9 [8] He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Hearts are judged in the Law of the Kingdom, Matthew 5:28-30.

Gittin 90a-b

Matthew 15:1-9 Then came to Ιησους scribes and Pharisees which were of Jerusalem, saying,[2] Why do thy Disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.[3] But He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the Commandment of God by your tradition?... [7] Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,[8] This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.[9] But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the Commandments of men.

In Deuteronomy 13:4-5, the way that God instructed His people to determine what someone is a false prophet who is not speaking for Him was if they taught against obeying the Mosaic Law

While the Mosaic Law does instruct us to love our neighbor (Leviticus 19:18), it does not instruct us to hate our enemy

"Mosaic Law" was not mentioned in that verse.

Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

Ιησους calls Psalm 82 "law".

John 10:34 Ιησους answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (Psalm Psalms 82:1-8 ye are gods)

Psalms 139:17-22 But Thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me... Thine enemies?[22] I have hated them with perfect hatred: they were counted my enemies.LXX

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Matthew 9:11-13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

Hosea 6:7 For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.LXX

Micah 6:6-8 Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of My God most high? shall I reach Him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?[7] Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give My first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of My body for the sin of My soul?[8] Has it not been told thee, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?LXX

Isaiah 66:1-3 Thus says [the] Lord, The Heaven [is] My throne, and the earth a footstool for My feed. What kind of a house shall you build to Me? and what kind of place for My rest?[2] For all these [things] I made by My hand, and all these are Mine, says [the] Lord. And upon whom shall I look upon, but only upon the humble and unassuming, and [the] one trembling at My words?[3] But the lawless one, the one sacrificing a calf to me [is] as the one striking a man; and the one sacrificing of [the] flock [is] as one killing a dog; and the one offering fine flour [is] as [the one offering] [the] blood of a pig; the one offering frankincense for a memorial [is] as blasphemous. And they chose their ways, and their abominations which their soul wanted.

The Temple is that house... ...Minus the Temple = minus the sacrificial law.

Exodus 20:20-25 choosing their ways:
Ye shall make to Me an altar of earth, and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place where I shall record My name: and I will come to thee and bless thee.[25] And if thou wilt make to Me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones, for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them and they are defiled.

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Matthew 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in all the world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

This Gospel includes this woman.

But Paul's gospel starts with "christ crucified".

Your answer:

Does what she did not have anything to do with "Christ crucified"?

If you're sent to the marketplace to bring home a man selling buttons... do you grab the first man you see, regardless of his lack of buttons?


The Lost Sheep of the House of Israel are scattered among the nations… so Matthew 28:18-20 makes perfect sense. That doesn't mean their mission-field ever changed... it was actually expanded to the 10-Lost-Tribes-everywhere.

Paul's focus was on bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles and he tailored his message for them

When the Risen Lord came back, He told them to go into the nations and make disciples with the same doctrine/words He had said to them… Matthew 10:5-7 is certainly part of that doctrine… and so is Matthew 15:24.

Matthew 15:24 But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the Lost Sheep of the house of Israel.

Because the word sent is the Greek word apostle (in several conjugations including ἀπεστάλην and ἀποστόλων)...

Ιησους is the apostle to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel

...and so are His Disciples:

Matthew 10:5-7 Now the names of the Twelve apostles …[5] These Twelve Ιησους sent forth and Commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:[6] But go rather to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.[7] And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
 
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