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To: Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; The_Reader_David; Gamecock; xzins; Quix; HarleyD
As we have seen, Paul came to preach the Gospel of Christ. Is circumcision necessary for salvation? Paul takes care of it in Galatians:

Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love

Christ never taught that. This is where +Paul is literally building a new religion.

So, do you think that Paul is correct here, or is he breaking God's laws?

He is teaching 'his' gospel, because that was never mentioned by Christ.

Part of that fulfillment can be found in Paul's further discussion on circumcision: Rom 2:29 : 29 No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God

+Paul is re-interpreting Judaism. The "written code" are Laws given to Moses by God. It was not man-made.

We have here the authority Moses claims from his encounter with God on Mt Sinai, and +Paul who claims his authoirty from an encounter to Damascus. +Paul is saying the Law is worthless. That was "new" Judaism.

8,533 posted on 02/01/2007 9:25:47 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Kolokotronis; The_Reader_David; Gamecock; xzins; Quix; HarleyD; Blogger; Dr. Eckleburg; ...
Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

Christ never taught that. This is where +Paul is literally building a new religion.

Sure Christ taught that. Right through Paul. The Bible is either infallibly correct or it is not.

We have here the authority Moses claims from his encounter with God on Mt Sinai, and +Paul who claims his authority from an encounter to Damascus. +Paul is saying the Law is worthless. That was "new" Judaism.

Paul is saying that the Law is worthless toward salvation, not that it has no value. Christ said the Law had great value. Was David saved because he kept the Law, or because of his faith?

9,226 posted on 02/06/2007 2:29:34 PM PST by Forest Keeper
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