Posted on 05/14/2018 1:27:44 PM PDT by HarleyD
Yes.
You miss the point of the Law then.
God didn't give it to us to set the bar so high that nobody could reach it and then damn us for not being able to do what we can't.
The Law was given so that we would know when we sinned and that it would lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith as a free gift.
Galatians 2:15-21 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Luke 18:9-14 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
He wants people to throw themselves on the mercy of the court. Salvation is that easy, so, no, no *trickster* involved. God could not have made salvation easier for mankind to apprehend.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Those damn Christians. Only they will get into heaven.
Just wondering. How many Southern Baptists are in the Jewish heaven?
How many Buddhists are in the Muslim heaven?
It is simple:
If there were any other way, then God would not have sent his only beloved Son to suffer and die.
Yep.
Do you know what my favorite Orthodox rabbi would answer to that?
He would say, “Yes. For Christians.” He was the most Pro-Christian for Christians guy ever.
He said He was. So, take your pick:
What was the purpose of the Law of Moses?
A last note: God with us said He is the only way to the Father; we must go through Him or not go; we do not know when Jesus may offer that truth to anyone, since He alone controls that destiny, but we have also been told that to reject His offering is to have a bad destiny, and yet we do not know how often He will offer, either. For those to whom The Spirit offers belief and birth by His Spirit, to reject a final offer of such Grace is to set one’s fate. but remember, we mortals do not have access to the vagaries of dimension time which God may use to make the revelation of His truth to any who did not hear the Gospel of His Grace in Christ while they struggled along in living. we do have His Word however that there is only one Way and it is through His being, known as God with us. God’s name is I AM; Hios human name is Jesus, in English.
There is no command that is impossible for us to obey. We simply don't wish to obey them. God isn't a cruel trickster. We are simply ungrateful and rebellious of all the good things God has provided.
No this guy is misusing scripture
Jesus clearly stated that Gods grace and belief in His son Jesus were the necessary things to get into heaven
I am The Truth, The Lught, and The Way
Man is incapable of keeping the law. Hence the Pne who was perfect had to come to earth and live the perfect life in order to reconcile man and God
“So the point of the exclusiveness of Christianity is not to show the rest of the unbelieving world that Christians are better or more moral than others. Christians are not better. Rather, the purpose is to communicate that we all share the same alienated condition as human beings and so we bring the gospel as beggars pointing other beggars to the only bread.”
As I said: “In a nutshell.”
you didn’t but I just thought it needed to be said. didn’t mean to offend.
“Let nobody suppose that he has tasted the Holy Scriptures sufficiently unless he has ruled over the churches with the prophets for a hundred years. Therefore there is something wonderful, first, about John the Baptist; second, about Christ; third, about the apostles...“We are beggars. That is true.” - Martin Luther
Good post.....says what many of certain religions refuse to acknowledge.
What part of scripture is he misusing?
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