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LOL! Certainly not. Those were folks who turned away from him because they would not think a little further to the spiritual truths He espoused in His statement.

To borrow from Ronaldus Magnus: It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant; it's that they know so much that isn't so.

That rationale is as absurd and contrived as the denial of Matthew 16:18.

Certainly, the Pharisees who accused the disciples of "harvesting on the Sabbath" though they had a rabbinical "slam dunk'" too.

472 posted on 05/26/2012 1:47:53 AM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))

That rationale is as absurd and contrived as the denial of Matthew 16:18.

That is an odd assertion, as what I made mention of is the essential mechanics of His primary purpose.

Certainly, the Pharisees who accused the disciples of "harvesting on the Sabbath" though they had a rabbinical "slam dunk'" too.

I am not speaking of any legalism, but rather observing the legal instruments which are the contracts (covenants) - To do otherwise means that YHWH's Words are empty, which cannot be. These contracts simply must run their course, because He has uttered them... Or God is not God.