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To: editor-surveyor
1- Broadly Protestant notions of justification are clearly taught by the Bible.

False! - Biblically, justification is solely through the willing keeping of the commandments, and repentance of our failures.

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses. (Acts 13:38,39)

Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the Law. For the Law merely brings awareness of sin.

Romans 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

Romans 8:3
For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.

Romans 10:4
Christ is the end of the Law, in order to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the Law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law, because by works of the Law no one will be justified.

Galatians 5:3,4
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole Law. You who are trying to be justified by the Law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Hebrews 7:19 (for the Law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

255 posted on 06/23/2018 10:21:50 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: boatbums

Waiting for the guy to start claiming that you’re twisting Scripture in three... two... one...


257 posted on 06/23/2018 10:39:55 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: boatbums

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I know that this is hard for you, but you are hung up on Pharisee nonsense. “The Law of Moses” has absolutely nothing to do with Moses, nor the Torah. It is the contra-biblical nonsense of the Pharisees’ Takanot and Ma’assim.

As used in the Greek translations of NT writings, it always is the case.

If you take the time to study John’s first epistle, it will guide you to a clear vision of our only path to the righteousness required to be included in the wedding feast.

“The Works of the Law” never refers to Torah in the NT; it is always Phariseeism. John somehow* managed to write his first epistle in a way not subject to that corruption. (*Holy Spirit)

James also managed to convey truth without Pharisee corruption in his epistle.

Time is short. truth is needed.
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263 posted on 06/24/2018 3:11:23 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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