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The Most Important Passage in the Whole of Scripture
The Aquilla Report ^
| November 21, 2014
| Michael J. Kruger
Posted on 11/21/2014 1:51:03 PM PST by Gamecock
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posted on
11/21/2014 1:51:03 PM PST
by
Gamecock
To: drstevej; OrthodoxPresbyterian; CCWoody; Wrigley; Gamecock; Jean Chauvin; jboot; AZhardliner; ...
Praise be to God!
GRPL PINGLIST
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posted on
11/21/2014 1:52:34 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(USA, Ret. 27 years.)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
11/21/2014 1:56:24 PM PST
by
Taffini
( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
To: Gamecock
....For by works of the Law no human being will be justified in his sight (Rom 3:20). You can almost hear the gavel fall with a boom. Thankfully, Paul does not end his letter here....But now tells us that something has been done to solve the problem of our sins. What is it that solves the problem of our sins? A righteousness of (from) God has been manifested apart from the law
through faith in Jesus Christ (3:21-22). Luther referred to these verses as the center of the whole Bible. Martin Lloyd Jones called it the most important and crucial passage in the whole of Scripture. Leon Morris said it is possibly the most important single paragraph ever written. This passage is the basis for the great Reformation doctrine of sola fidethe idea that we are saved by faith alone and not by the works of the law. PFL
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posted on
11/21/2014 1:59:58 PM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Gamecock
And here I always thought it was John 1:1. If that is true, everything else in the Bible is true. If that is false, everything else is false.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:10:15 PM PST
by
LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: Gamecock
Eventhough someone has little faith, yet ? It’s still faith.
But, but, but, we will still hear from those Jamesstines who say “ faith without works is dead “ .....
However even Jesus Christ said himself “ For I say unto you, unless your righteiousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharasies, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven “ Mathew 5:20.......
He set a impossible bar to achieve, reach for.
Who can then ? Jesus Christ himself.
To: LS
And here I always thought it was John 1:1.I agree, it proves Christ's true divinity.
But really, from Genesis to Revelations there's some pretty good stuff too :-)
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:17:40 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
To: American Constitutionalist
But, but, but, we will still hear from those Jamesstines who say faith without works is dead ..... It's true though: if your faith produces no fruit (i.e. works) then what good is it?
james isn't saying that you're saved by works, he's saying that being saved produces [good] works.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:18:18 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Gamecock
Thanks,
I needed That.
He was bruised,,,
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:24:58 PM PST
by
Big Red Badger
( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
To: OneWingedShark
My favorite verse is 1 John 3:18: "Let us love not in word or speech, but in truth and action."
Deeds, not words.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:26:44 PM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
To: Gamecock; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; HossB86; ...
When I was first a Christian, someone warned me to be sure I was putting my faith in the right object.
It was that I shouldn’t have faith in my faith, but I should have my faith in Jesus.
I found that a very interesting concept, one that I still remember, over 35 years later.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:30:16 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: Night Hides Not
My favorite verse is 1 John 3:18: "Let us love not in word or speech, but in truth and action."
Deeds, not words. James and John, both have a ton of good stuff.
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11/21/2014 2:35:30 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Gamecock
My nominee would be "Distributed by the Gideons - please do not steal."
Well, that's what mine says, anyway.
To: metmom; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; ...
Romans 10: 17... Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. ...
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:39:54 PM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Impeachment is the Constitution's answer for a derelict, incompetent president! -Sarah Palin 7/26/14)
To: Gamecock
I Love the Book of Romans.
Paul has masterfully laid out the User Manual for Finding Salvation and God for both Gentile and Jew alike!
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:54:15 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
Big Lutheran AMEN!!!
The Pharisees prided themselves on their "good works"--i.e.,observing the law. But Jesus raised the bar so high that EVERY ONE "falls short of the mark" in PERFECTLY keeping God's commands, especially when it comes to loving God with all our heart!
Thank God--literally --that He sent us His Son to obey the law perfectly, and thus bear for us the penalty we ALL deserve because we can never perfectly obey it.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:54:38 PM PST
by
milagro
(There is no peace in appeasement!)
To: Gamecock
It is amazing how confused one can get when they clip two verses out of context and pretend that they have meaning in that sundry.
This is surely exactly what Peter was telling us in 2Peter 3:
[15] And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
[16] As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
The writings of Paul require the span of several chapters to be read to delve the meaning of any single sentence.
Kruger joins Luther and Jones in jumping of that cliff of misunderstanding, as Peter predicted.
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posted on
11/21/2014 2:59:58 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: metmom
>>It was that I shouldnt have faith in my faith, but I should have my faith in Jesus.<<
Amen! All too many put their faith in their works or deeds.
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posted on
11/21/2014 3:03:27 PM PST
by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: SoConPubbie
And John has laid out how to know that you have missed the boat, in his first epistle, which, unlike Paul, is written clearly and abruptly, without Paul’s rabbit trails.
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posted on
11/21/2014 3:03:30 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: milagro
>> “The Pharisees prided themselves on their “good works”—i.e.,observing the law.” <<
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Spend some time reading the gospel of Matthew!
The Pharisees had zero respect for Yehova’s law, and obeyed no part thereof, substituting instead their own man made law, which Yeshua completely denounced, declaring that unless one’s righteousness exceeded the false righteousness of the Pharisees, one had no chance at seeing the kingdom.
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11/21/2014 3:10:30 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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