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True Justification, works of the Law of Moses, & Conditional Security

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You do know Paul wrote the book of romans to gentiles, years after the council of Jerusalem gad only asked the gentile converts to follow only four hewish laws. I am sure they were not fearful they would have to be circumcised in the flesh.

Yes, the church at Rome and the Galatia were primarily Gentile. That does not change the fact that some of them were deceived by the Pharisees into thinking they needed to be circumcised in order to be saved.

So what do you make of Galatians 5:2 then if Paul was not talking about circumcision in the book of Galatians?


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No I is not faulty. Anyone who says they are perfectly sinless I either a liar or has watered down Gods laws far below the standard they are set at

Yeah, but how do you detach Romans 3:11 from Romans 3:10 and Romans 3:23? It doesn't sound consistent to me. If you are claiming that all are sinners (even in this present moment), then you also have to conclude that verse 11 is saying that nobody understands the things of God and that nobody seeks after God (in the present moment), too.


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Paul faultlesslyobeyed all the law apart from the moral law
 
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Paul faultlesslyobeyed all the law apart from the moral law

Yes, I believe we now agree on that point in regards to Paul's past life before he became a Christian. But we do not agree on the other point, though.


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No one is truly righteous as David agreed(psalms143:2)
Naturally speaking the human cannot understand or seek God, for Jesus said. No one can come to me unless the father draws him.
 
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Yes, I believe we now agree on that point in regards to Paul's past life before he became a Christian. But we do not agree on the other point, though.


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Then if you now agree Paul could faultlessly obey all the law apart from the moral law, as you believe Paul is not speaking of the moral law in gal3:10&11. Why would Paul be cursed and unable to be justified by law he could perfectly obey?
 
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It it wad Galatians where Paul was more concerned they were trying to follow legalistic law. Hence 5;2
 
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I provide plenty of Scriptures verses many times to back up what I have said. So this is simply not true.


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you cannot support your belief Paul only spoke of a righteousness apart from the law that did not include the moral law. I have proved my belief correct according to scripture
 
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No one is truly righteous as David agreed(psalms143:2)
Naturally speaking the human cannot understand or seek God, for Jesus said. Bo one can come to me unless the father draws him.
I believe this translation captures the heart of what the verse is trying to say.

"Be kind and slow to judge Your faithful servant, for compared to You, no one is truly just." (Psalm 143:2 VOICE).​

In other words, David is saying that no man alone apart from God is not righteous or just. For there is none good but God. All good and all righteousness comes from the Lord and works in a believer's life. A man without God has no hope in doing any true good on his own.


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What David meant when he said no one was righteous before God, was no one could perfectly obey the law. The standard to be truly righteous under it is 100% perfect obedience
 
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it wad Galatians where Paul was more concerned they were trying to follow legalistic law. Hence 5;2

Well, circumcision was not once legalistic law under the Old Covenant. So I would not really call it that. It is more accurate to say that this was a ceremonial law that is now abrogated because we are now under a different Covenant (i.e. the New Testament). Anyways, I quoted Galatians 5:2 to show you that Paul was concerned with folks circumcising themselves wrongfully in the book of Galatians. This was also a concern mentioned in the book of Romans, too. Circumcision was a part of the Old Law. Hence, the context of the word "law" that he uses in those books. Granted, there are other clues in Scripture that tell us this, too.


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What David meant when he said no one was righteous before God, was no one could perfectly obey the law. The standard to be truly righteous under it is 100% perfect obedience

A person needs God to do His good work thru Him. A person on their own cannot be righteous without God.


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you cannot support your belief Paul only spoke of a righteousness apart from the law that did not include the moral law. I have proved my belief correct according to scripture

Let's not turn this into a "great taste" vs. a "less filling" debate. Scripture or the Word of God needs to be used here to make our points. Both of us saying, "I am right and you are wrong" does not really accomplish anything.


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A person needs God to do His good work thru Him. A person on their own cannot be righteous without God.


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A person needs God to do His good work thru Him. A person on their own cannot be righteous without God.


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I agree a person can do nothing of themself. But the christian has no righteousness of their own(phil3:9) there only righteousness is faith in christ
 
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Circumcision is older than the law given at sanai it was in existence over 400 years before the law was given

Yes, which proves there were commands or laws and sin even before the Law of Moses came into being. God is never against His own laws. It's how one tries to obey His laws is where it gets tricky. If one seeks to obey God's Laws without a Savior then they are not going to make it. For it is God who is the One who helps the believer to obey. For without Christ we can do nothing. Without Christ there is no forgiveness of sin.


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Let's not turn this into a "great taste" vs. a "less filling" debate. Scripture or the Word of God needs to be used here to make our points. Both of us saying, "I am right and you are wrong" does not really accomplish anything.


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I agree a person can do nothing of themself. But the christian has no righteousness of their own(phil3:9) there only righteousness is faith in christ
Let's not turn this into a "great taste" vs. a "less filling" debate. Scripture or the Word of God needs to be used here to make our points. Both of us saying, "I am right and you are wrong" does not really accomplish anything.


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Then please respond to my post(a few posts backin reference to gal3:10&11
 
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I agree a person can do nothing of themself. But the christian has no righteousness of their own(phil3:9) there only righteousness is faith in christ

And you think because I believe God does the work or righteousness thru me it somehow equates with me believing that I am doing the righteousness? Sorry, I don't follow that line of thinking.


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Then please respond to my post(a few posts backin reference to gal3:10&11

I have already explained these verses for you. Do you have some new point to make with them? Or is it the same one? If it is the same one, I already made my case against what you said on them.


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Si SiN existed before the law was given, but not taken into account(rom5:13)

The difference between us is how to obey not whether we should obey
 
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