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None of the law is abolished. Parts of the law have been suspended, parts transferred to another people (the apostles and their offspring who keep the commandments), parts can’t be kept because we aren’t in the Land, or temple removed, parts are still enforce – and none of these law include the...

Christ never said "keep Jewish law," because He didn't think of God's law as "Jewish." He always viewed the law as His Father's Law. Jewish Law is your word, not His. Re 2:14 'But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching...

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Much of the law is conditional and selective. The laws governing Israel's land inheritance were suspended (not abolished) when Israel was exiled. The laws governing the Levites have been suspended in favor of Melchizedek. You creating your own Sabbath is a no-no for violating the prohibition...

1Jo 3:4 ¶ Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

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Ge 26:4 "And I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws." What are the...

Ac 8:27 And he arose and went; and behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship. The Ethiopian Eunuch could have been Jewish or a proselyte. The Syrophoenician and the...

Perhaps an alternative approach might help. Instead of assuming all roads point to an abolished law, maybe try to understand why circumcision is not necessary for the foreigners. We were given the answer at the same time as we were given circumcision. Abraham was commanded to circumcise not...

All three of your statements were addressed in my paper. Paul accused Peter (Ga 2:11), Paul accused Peter of fearing the party of circumcision (Ga 2:12), Paul accused Peter of Hypocrisy (Ga 2:13). That doesn't mean that Peter was guilty of any of those accusations. In fact, in the Jerusalem...

Hello, A person that advocates the law is saying that the laws of God have existed since Adam and will continue until there is a new heaven and earth. Laws maintain order and structure, therefore, as long as God remains in covenant with human beings, as long as there is a kingdom of heaven among...

Please see post # 473 for my response.

What scripture are you using to conclude that in order for a gentile to be under the law they have to first be circumcised? I am not aware of this teaching from Torah. If you are referring to Act 15, please note, the ones saying this were NOT the apostles, they were Rabbinic believers, still...

David, My reply to your four short comments on the meaning of Galatians 2. Point 1 (all the underlining is yours): Galatians 2 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with...

Thank you for the kind thoughts. Closed up last night and went to bed -- tired.

Another verse came to mind that puts another spin on this discussion and it is written to gentiles as a warning that Christ would remove the candlestick from this church for its violation of Torah. Re 2:14 'But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching...

Thanks for the heads up. Actually, we don't have to guess what the church was trying to do when they created those restrictions. It is explained in the next verse. Ac 15:21 "For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every...

Do you forget that Paul was the only apostle to the Gentiles? No, he wasn't the only. Acts 10:17-20 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon's house...

20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Are you aware that these are Mosaic Laws? Paul, James and the other Apostles conspired together to place the yoke of Mosaic law on all those liberated...

Hey David, The Antioch church was initially under the administration of the Jerusalem church, overseen by Barnabas, a Levite filled with the Holy Spirit. Neither the Holy Spirit filled Apostles in Jerusalem nor the Holy Spirit filled Barnabas led anybody into bondage. Since the Jerusalem church...