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1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
4 Did you suffer so many things in vain-if indeed it was in vain?
5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith-
6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"? - Galatians 3:1-6

Paul was talking to the Galatians about how they thought they had to be circumcised so as to be saved. This is evident when we read Galatians 5:2 that says, if ye seek to be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Nowhere does Paul say, if ye seek to love your neighbor, Christ shall profit you nothing. Circumcision is a part of the Old Law. Hebrews 7:12 says the Law has changed.

In fact, if you think you are not justified by keeping no law whatsoever, then you must believe you are not justified by keeping the command in 1 John 3:23.

It is obvious Paul is referring to the Law of Moses and not all law whatsoever in Galatians 3. For Paul says,

"And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect." (Galatians 3:17).

But law existed even before the written law.
Sin is merely transgression of the Law (1 John 3:4);
And men were destroyed in a global flood for their wickedness (Which is sin).
They were an example to all who would live ungodly thereafter (2 Peter 2:5-6).
 
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It's the truth. For freedom we've been set free. Your cut and paste of scripture puts us back in bondage.

You are still not explaining what the verses I posted means.
You are still just throwing out baseless insults.
Prove your case with God's Word with love and respect.
 
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"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 3:10).

"If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."
(1 John 2:29).
 
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Paul was talking to the Galatians about how they thought they had to be circumcised so as to be saved. This is evident when we read Galatians 5:2 that says, if ye seek to be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Nowhere does Paul say, if ye seek to love your neighbor, Christ shall profit you nothing. Circumcision is a part of the Old Law. Hebrews 7:12 says the Law has changed.

In fact, if you think you are not justified by keeping no law whatsoever, then you must believe you are not justified by keeping the command in 1 John 3:23.

It is obvious Paul is referring to the Law of Moses and not all law whatsoever in Galatians 3. For Paul says,

"And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect." (Galatians 3:17).

But law existed even before the written law.
Sin is merely transgression of the Law (1 John 3:4);
And men were destroyed in a global flood for their wickedness (Which is sin).
They were an example to all who would live ungodly thereafter (2 Peter 2:5-6).
And Abraham was saved apart from works or the law. I don't know how that can be missed.
 
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1 Jhn 2:3 "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 Jhn 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John 2:3-4).​
 
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You are still not explaining what the verses I posted means.
You are still just throwing out baseless insults.
Prove your case with God's Word with love and respect.
I've not insulted you.
 
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3 "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John 2:3-4).
And where does that say that if you want to remain righteous, you must keep the commandments?
 
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Romans 6:18 (NLT) says,
"Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living."
Exactly. It doesn't say, however, that to stay righteous you must do xyz.
 
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"Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous." (1 John 3:7).
Exactly. Only those who are righteous can do righteous things. Stop trying to add a yoke to it.
 
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A saved person says, "I am as righteous as Jesus."

Truth or blasphemy?
Truth, only, in the sight of God as we are covered by the blood... From man's view we are just like any other human... imperfect and unable to achieve such a goal.
 
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"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 3:10).

"If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."
(1 John 2:29).
Right. Righteous living is the evidence of being righteous.

You have preached a gospel different from Paul. You should repent.
 
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And Abraham was saved apart from works or the law. I don't know how that can be missed.

It is talking about how Abraham is initially and ultimately saved. This then leads to Abraham being able to perfom (i.e. to take action as a part of his faith).

21 "And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness." (Romans 4:21-22).

Faith or trust in God first, that is then followed by:
Performance (action).
This is the kind of faith that is imputed to him for righteousness.

We see the same thing in 1 John 1:7.

If we WALK in the light as he [Christ] is in the light, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin.

Noah was justified by obedience within his faith.

"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith." (Hebrews 11:7).

The global flood was an example to all who would live ungodly thereafter (2 Peter 2:5-6).
 
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Right. Righteous living is the evidence of being righteous.

You have preached a gospel different from Paul. You should repent.

Not at all.

The grace of God teaches us to deny ungodliness and that we should live soberly and righteously in this present world (Titus 2:11-12).

Paul says that if any man speaks contrary to the words of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of Godliness, he is proud and he knows nothing (See 1 Timothy 6:3-4).

James compliments Paul's words above here on being proud. For in James 4:6, James says God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.

Paul says, shall we continue in sin so that grace may abound?
Paul's answer to that question is, "God forbid."

Paul says be not deceived, the unrighteous (sinful people) will not inherit the kingdom of God; Paul then lists various sins attached to the unrighteous. Paul also essentially says we used to be this way as a part of our old life, but we are not that way anymore; See 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 below.

9 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
 
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Right. Righteous living is the evidence of being righteous.

1 John 3:7 says,
"Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."
 
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Exactly. Only those who are righteous can do righteous things. Stop trying to add a yoke to it.

He that DOES righteousness is righteous (1 John 3:7). It does not say he that is righteous is automatically righteous in whatever they do (as you are implying here). For you are suggesting that you are righteous as Jesus (even if you do not obey or do righteous things). 1 John 2:29 says he that is born of God DOES righteousness. 1 John 3:10 says, "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever DOETH NOT righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."

Let's read that again.
1 John 3:10 says, "whosoever does not righteous is not of God."
One more time.
Let's read it.
"whosoever does not righteous is not of God." (1 John 3:10).

As for a yoke: A yoke was a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull. Jesus says His yoke was easy and His burden was light. But it is still a yoke and it is still a burden. Jesus did not say that there is no yoke and there is no burden.

"Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." (Acts of the Apostles 14:22).

"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Matthew 16:24).

"And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62).
 
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It is talking about how Abraham is initially and ultimately saved. This then leads to Abraham being able to perfom (i.e. to take action as a part of his faith).

21 "And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness." (Romans 4:21-22).

Faith or trust in God first, that is then followed by:
Performance (action).
This is the kind of faith that is imputed to him for righteousness.

We see the same thing in 1 John 1:7.

If we WALK in the light as he [Christ] is in the light, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin.

Noah was justified by obedience within his faith.

"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith." (Hebrews 11:7).

The global flood was an example to all who would live ungodly thereafter (2 Peter 2:5-6).
Able to perform. That sums it up. We are no longer under any bondage to perform from the outside in. We are now free to perform from the inside out. Galatians 2:20.
 
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