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Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent from our sins for the Kingdom of God is at hand (Matthew 4:17-23) and the Mosaic Law is how his audience knew what sin is, so repenting from our disobedience to it is an integral part of the Gospel of the Kingdom, which he prophesied would be proclaimed to the nations before the end (Matthew 24:12-14). The same goes for Acts 2:38 for how Peter’s audience knew what sin is when he told them to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. In Romans 15:4, Paul said that OT Scripture is written for our instruction and in 15:18-19, his Gospel message involved bringing the Gentiles to obedience in word and in deed, so he was on the same page as Jesus about teaching repentance from our sins. In Ephesians 3:6, Paul described the mystery as Gentiles being fell heirs, which was in accordance with what Jesus prophesied would be proclaimed to the nations, and in accordance with what Jesus commissioned his disciples to teach to the nations.
(Ephesians 3:6 is an entirely different deal then the commision Yeshua gave the Apostles. The mission of the Apostles was to convert Israel and once they accomplished that mission the world would come to Christ through the rise of Israel. If not for the fall of Israel your doctrine would be right. Ephesian 3 Gentiles are equals of Israel but we are not Jews. Every Gentile nation is a different tribe in the commonwealth of Israel. Isaac is our brother but we are not his children.)
I agree that Yeshua is the focus of the first 18 verses of John 1, however, that doesn't mean that it doesn't make a true statement about the law being listed as an example of grace upon grace.
( No one outside of your little Hebrew Roots crowd would believe something like that. No scripture says that grace comes by the Law. I`ve dealt with a few real deal scholars in my time on the internet. They would rudely poke fun at you for saying that.That isn`t a view that can be taken seriously.)
The word used in Psalms 119:29 Hebrew word chen comes from chanan, so you're splitting hairs.
( Not really, you are distorting David`s prayer to fit your doctrine.)
In any case, in Titus 2:11-14, it uses the word "grace" in regard to describing our salvation as being trained to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, and God's law instructs how to do that.
( Titus 2 is talking about keeping what Paul called the righteouness of the Law. Do you really believe that you are keeping the Law of Moses? No one does because without the Temple in Jerusalem it isn`t possible to keep it. By your standard everyone would go to hell.)
"To fulfill the law" means "to cause God's will as made known in His law to be obeyed as it should be” (NAS Greek Lexicon pleroo 2c3). After Jesus said he came to fulfill the Mosaic Law in Matthew 5, he proceeded to fulfill it six times throughout the rest of the chapter by teaching how to correctly obey it or by completing our understanding of it. In Galatians 5:14, loving our neighbor fulfills the entire law, so it refers to something that countless people have done, not to something unique that only Jesus did. In Galatians 6:2, bearing one another's burdens fulfills the Law of Christ, so you should interpret that in the same way as you interpret fulfilling the Law of Moses.
( The law of Christ is about keeping the righteouness of the Law, not the same thing as keeping law of Moses.)
In Deuteronomy 30:11-20, it says that God's law is not too difficult to obey and that obedience brings life and a blessing while disobedience brings death and a curse so choose life! So it was presented as a choice and as a possibility, not something that only the Son of God can do. Thinking that only the Son of God could fulfill it means that God essentially gave the law with the goal of cursing His children when in reality it was given for our own good in order to bless us (Deuteronomy 6:24, 10:12-13). God can be trusted to give good laws to His children and to set us up for success, not for failure. In 1 John 5:3, to love God is to obey his commandments, which are not burdensome, so to say that only the Son of God could obey them is to deny that they are not burdensome and to deny that there is anyone other than the Son of God who has ever loved God.
( Yeshua is the only man who ever fulfilled the requirement of Deuteronomy 30.)
Isaiah 51:7 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law;
"Listen to me" means "listen to me" and has nothing to with what you said. It uses a parallel statement to describe those who know righteousness as being people in whose heart is God's law, which is straightforwardly because God's law is His instructions for how to know righteousness.
( If I recall correctly you were trying to use Isaiah 51:7 as proof that Law keeping is a component of salvation and my response is, listening to God is the salvation not deeds of the law. At any rate I thought Isaiah 51:7 is a poor reference for our discussion.)
I really don't see how you can that deny that Paul was quoting from Deuteronomy. There has only ever been one path to salvation.
( In part he was until you get to the part where he wasn`t. And yes, believing what God says has always been the one path, see Isaiah 51:7)
Romans 9:6-9 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
( You misquote and you dishonestly avoid Romans 10:10. For that you get no response! LOL!)
Deuteronomy 30:11-14 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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In 1 John 2:3-6, it associates the instruction to follow Christ's commands with the instruction that those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way he walked, so there is no distinction in commands between what Jesus taught by word or by example, and what he taught by example was how to obey the Mosaic Law.
( What John teaches is fulfillment of the Law by loving your brother, which I am taking some of my time to do in an effort to point the way for you to become a true Messianic, able to uphold the doctrine of the 12 Apostles of Yeshua. So far I am disappointed in my efforts. It`s hard to pierce your indoctrination)
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