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Very nice song loaded with more truth than losts of new Christian music.how inexplicably blind and deaf are we...Father forgive us...
"Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted" by Fernando Ortega - YouTube
Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
See Him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
'Tis the long-expected prophet,
David's Son, yet David's Lord;
By His Son, God now has spoken
Tis the true and faithful Word.
Tell me, ye who hear him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his?
Friends thro' fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress;
Many hands were raised to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.
Ye who think of sin but lightly,
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
'tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of Man and Son of God.
Here we have a firm foundation,
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on him their hope have built.
It was an effort to do nothing more than appease and quiet the Jewish believers. The non believers rose up because of the hatred of Paul causing the civil disturbance.I agree with most of what you have written here.
I do have one question. Honest question
Why did Paul offer up purification sacrifices/offerings in the Temple after his Nazarite Vow in Acts 21?
He was obviously following the commandments in Numbers 6 regarding the vow.
Could it be that the offerings that are "non-related" to sin, such as the purification offerings, guilt offerings, food, drink and peace offerings were not replaced...until they were unable to be performed due to no Temple?
Paul certainly was not under the Law.We are under the Law of the Jews (of the OT) or we are not. Paul teaches "not"; Jesus teaches "not"
Paul certainly was not under the Law.
1 Corinthians 9:19-20 (NASB)
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;
And he said that we are not either.
Galatians 5:18 (NASB)
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
It was an effort to do nothing more than appease and quiet the Jewish believers. The non believers rose up because of the hatred of Paul causing the civil disturbance.
Paul certainly was not under the Law.
1 Corinthians 9:19-20 (NASB)
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;
And he said that we are not either.
Galatians 5:18 (NASB)
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
Then why are you preaching the Law to us?No true believer is under the law.
Being "under the law" does NOT mean obeying, following and keeping God's Commandments as a believer.
In other words, Paul was a fraud and hypocrite, and a man-pleaser.
Hmm...
Galatians 1:10 much?
You sure back peddle awful hard. You should look up under in the dictionary.No true believer is under the law.
Being "under the law" does NOT mean obeying, following and keeping God's Commandments as a believer.
You sure back peddle awful hard. You should look up under in the dictionary.
Thinking about your first sentence you must be saying none of us are believers because you sure try and place us under the law. That or you waffle so hard no one including you knows what you are trying to convey.
Must be an attempt at humor.
It might blow your mind, but ALL believers in the Scriptures were not "Under the Law", yet obeyed the Law of God, living a life according to the Will of God.
Until you know what "under the law" means, you will forever be reeling...
toiling...and fighting against the Law of God.
a child of God, covered by the blood of Christ, is righteous because of it, and has peace.
Why not make a thread on it?Originally Posted by tzadikIt might blow your mind, but ALL believers in the Scriptures were not "Under the Law", yet obeyed the Law of God, living a life according to the Will of God.
Until you know what "under the law" means, you will forever be reeling...
toiling...and fighting against the Law of God.
Originally Posted by brinny
a child of God, covered by the blood of Christ, is righteous because of it, and has peace.
Psalm 106:3
"How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!"
1 John 2:29
"If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him."
1 John 3:7, 10
"Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother."
What do you think "practicing righteousness" refers to?
it refers to Jesus' righteousness within us, for He is within us. His righteousness is ours. there is now no condemnation. For to condemn a child of God, one must go through Jesus first. therefore it is impossible to condemn a child of the Most High who is covered and indwelled by Jesus. That's why a child of God has peace, for now there is no condemnation, for he is in Christ.
Originally Posted by brinny
it refers to Jesus' righteousness within us, for He is within us. His righteousness is ours. there is now no condemnation. For to condemn a child of God, one must go through Jesus first. therefore it is impossible to condemn a child of the Most High who is covered and indwelled by Jesus. That's why a child of God has peace, for now there is no condemnation, for he is in Christ.
So you believe that once you are saved by faith...
you don't have to do any works?
or have to obey God's will? (I know you'll obviously say yes to this one)
I'm just trying to understand what you mean with....
once saved...we don't have to do anything..
you mean "labors of love"? a child of God is compelled to respond in love and compassion to the suffering, the needy, the bereft, the rejected, kicked aside, and dejected and hopeless. We grieve at these conditions and our heart is heavy and thus compelled to respond. it is not anything that i consider "works" or keep track of. It just is. it is done without a second thought.
Is that what you mean?
First class effort at deception if you ask me. Doesn't matter if you're asking or not.It might blow your mind, but ALL believers in the Scriptures were not "Under the Law", yet obeyed the Law of God, living a life according to the Will of God.
Until you know what "under the law" means, you will forever be reeling...
toiling...and fighting against the Law of God.
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