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To: onyx
LONG TIME COMING! PRAISE GOD!
I also read, that we are to refer to Jewish people as our "elder brothers," and presumably sisters as well.

What????

Are yo agreeing that Christians should NOT preach the Gospel to Jews? That seems to be another thing at odds with Scripture... and your claims that Peter was you first leader. Paul preached to the Gentiles, but Peter's job was to preach to the JEWS!!!

Matthew 28: 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." ...

... Galatians 6: 6 As for those who were held in high esteem - whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism -they added nothing to my message. 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. 9 James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

15 "We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

17 "But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

19 "For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"

9 posted on 12/11/2015 2:17:52 PM PST by WVKayaker (On Scale of 1 to 5 Palins, How Likely Is Media Assault on Each GOP Candidate?)
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To: WVKayaker

I agree with your theological position. Clearly Jesus would not be happy with the “nix the conversion” part. It’s hard to see how someone who claims to serve in Peter’s office could come up with that. However, the no anti-Semitism part IS really a good message!


16 posted on 12/11/2015 2:24:15 PM PST by the_Watchman
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To: WVKayaker

My church sends a mission team to Israel every year. They were invited to be at an old church over there a few years ago and were the first ones ever invited.


19 posted on 12/11/2015 2:28:34 PM PST by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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