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To: Uncle Chip

Gosh, I think that is a terrible reading of the Gospel. Paul isn’t criticizing Jews for not being better Jews. He’s criticizing Jews for not believing in the only name that saves, Jesus Christ.


234 posted on 11/06/2007 2:24:02 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Gosh, I think that is a terrible reading of the Gospel. Paul isn’t criticizing Jews for not being better Jews. He’s criticizing Jews for not believing in the only name that saves, Jesus Christ.

But Paul is distinguishing between fleshly Israel and the Israel of God like right here:

"28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." [Romans 2]

237 posted on 11/06/2007 3:01:09 PM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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