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Did all the laws end at the cross- Part 2

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Why not go ahead and post those passages here?
 
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You expect me to remember where I posted those messages? LOL. An old man like me who seems to be in the early stages of alzheimers? I'll search my Bible again.

Jud_1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Col 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

The easiest way to do this is to quote something from the Talmud so you can see for yourself how Christless it is. It is pure legalism.


As this is only a very small part of the laws regarding the Sabbath in the Talmud you can see how absolutely legalistic it is.
 
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You expect me to remember where I posted those messages? LOL. An old man like me who seems to be in the early stages of alzheimers?
I didn't know if you would remember where the post was or not, but I'm glad you could find some passages

I'll search my Bible again.
Thanks!

I don't doubt that the Talmud is legalistic.

I believe you wrote,
"Paul spoke to this in the NT in a few places but a person has to be familiar enough with the Talmud to understand where."

The book of Jude is interesting, but I don't think Paul wrote it. In any case, could he be referring to apostate Christians? Or people who aren't actually Christians?

Colossians 2:23 could be referring to teachings found in the Talmud, but could it not also be referring to people who were trying to bring an extreme asceticism into the church? Maybe they had been part of a religion that was practicing that before?
 
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Possibly, but that is how I read it. Jesus referred to the oral law several times in speaking about the Pharisees' traditions. It's one of the main reasons they hated Him and killed Him. He was making them fear they were losing their influence over the people as they would excommunicate anyone who didn't agree with them or didn't agree with totally contradictory positions. As shown in the quote from the Talmud they often took opposing positions. It''s why scripture tells us the the people were astonished at His teaching because it wasn't like the teaching of the scribes and the Pharisees as He taught as one having authority..
 
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I hear that I'm just thinking the Talmud and the Pharisees may not have had a lot of influence in Colossae.
 
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I hear that I'm just thinking the Talmud and the Pharisees may not have had a lot of influence in Colossae.
I think we'd be surprised at how much they did. They often stirred up the public to the point Paul was punished and/or run out of town. The Pharisees were a world wide group by Paul's day as the Jews had been scattered all over the world by the judgments of God.
 
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Well, looking at this, I don't see any instances of the Pharisees stirring up the crowd in the book of Acts. What instances are you thinking of?

 
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Well, looking at this, I don't see any instances of the Pharisees stirring up the crowd in the book of Acts. What instances are you thinking of?



Act 13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

Act 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

Act 20:3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Now, hang on. If you read the gospels they often referred to the Pharisees as Jews. You just forgot about that and so couldn't find anything. Don't feel bad as I did the same thing.
 
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Some Jews were Pharisees. The word translated Jews in the New Testament can also mean Judeans.
 
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Some Jews were Pharisees. The word translated Jews in the New Testament can also mean Judeans.
Sure they were. but what we find in the gospels most of the time it is speaking of the Pharisees. When the gospels speak of the common man they just say people.
 
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Sure they were. but what we find in the gospels most of the time it is speaking of the Pharisees. When the gospels speak of the common man they just say people.
Well, hang on. We were talking about
They often stirred up the public to the point Paul was punished and/or run out of town.
That happens in the book of Acts, not the Gospels.
 
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Well, hang on. We were talking about

That happens in the book of Acts, not the Gospels.
Sigh. You asked about Paul so I demonstrated from scripture what you said didn't exist.
 
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Sigh. You asked about Paul so I demonstrated from scripture what you said didn't exist.
I disagree that you demonstrated that about Paul, what you said were things like
...what we find in the gospels...
Paul doesn't appear in the Gospels.
 
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I disagree that you demonstrated that about Paul, what you said were things like

Paul doesn't appear in the Gospels.
I've come to expect much more thoughtful answers from you.

Where have I said a record of Paul can be found in the gospels? What I said was the Pharisees were often referred to as the Jews and the common people as the people. We find that throughout the Gospels

As to you disagreeing with on demonstrating the Pharisees persecuted Paul many times, that's business as usual. We disagree many more times than we agree.
 
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I've come to expect much more thoughtful answers from you.
There's only so many ways to say a person didn't show what they claimed they showed

Where have I said a record of Paul can be found in the gospels?
You didn't. But I thought you were going to show the Paul was persecuted by the Pharisees.

What I said was the Pharisees were often referred to as the Jews and the common people as the people. We find that throughout the Gospels
Yes, Pharisees were often referred to as Jews, as were Sadducees. Jews/Judeans who were neither Pharisees nor Sadducees are also referred to as Jews, I suspect.

As to you disagreeing with on demonstrating the Pharisees persecuted Paul many times, that's business as usual. We disagree many more times than we agree.
That's what makes discussions interesting imo

Here's what I remember of the path of the discussion:
You were saying that to understand the SDA position about the law, it was important to understand the role of the Talmud.
Jesus was killed because he taught against the Talmud.
Paul was persecuted because he taught against the Talmud.
We know this because Paul was persecuted by the Jews.
Jews is another name for Pharisees.

That's my impression of what we've been talking about recently. Please correct my impression where needed
 
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That's correct And you disagree with me on everything. So?
 
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So did you want to discuss it anymore?

If so, how does the Talmud affect how you keep the law?
The Talmud has no effrct on me as I don't believe the things it says. I have only pointed out a very few things for the benefit of others who knew nothing about it.
 
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The Talmud has no effrct on me as I don't believe the things it says. I have only pointed out a very few things for the benefit of others who knew nothing about it.
Okay. Just so you know where I'm coming from, I have no idea what you're getting at in this post, then
 
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Okay. Just so you know where I'm coming from, I have no idea what you're getting at in this post, then
Sorry I thought my point was obvious. I'm not Hasidic nor do I believe in their extreme legalism which they get from faithfully following the Talmud. It's their Bible.
 
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