Yes, now you are getting it - boldly seeking Him with a humble heart and His grace is sufficient.
Keep going Al - you are getting closer.
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1Jn 2:1 My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, the righteous One.
1Jn 2:2 And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world.
1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.1Footnote: 1See 3:6.
1Jn 2:4 The one who says, "I know Him," and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2Footnotes: 1Gen. 17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48.2See 3:24.
1Jn 2:6 The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
1Jn 2:7 Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.1Footnote: 1See v. 24.
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Correction. The law has its purposes. One of which is to make known what sin is.
So if the law says to not afflict orphans and widows, I know that to do so would be against the law of God.
That has no bearing on anything.Quote:
Jesus came to fulfill the law and the prophets.
Therefore there is still law. Without the law, there is no sin.Quote:
We still sin.
I agree.Quote:
We still need forgiveness. We all will fail.
No, we are pointing others to Yeshua. To walk as He walked, in obedience to the Father.Quote:
The rub is that you are twisting and perverting scriptures and pointing back to Moses
Who here as pointed to the Talmud?Quote:
and even worse, the Talmud.
Does it also bother you that Paul pointed to Pagan poets, and said that the Unknown God is actually YHVH? Does it bother you that Paul also referenced the Talmud? Oh, but he did. See Jannes and Jambres, the rock that followed the people in the wilderness, among others. Stephen and Jude referenced Apocryphal books.
Many Christian Scholar has referenced the Talmud. Barnes, Clarke, Gill, Wesley, Calvin, etc. DO you reject their ideas because those same idea are found in Talmud?
You get upset because someone points to Talmud, yet you point others to Christmas, Easter, etc.
No one here has said to obey the Talmud.Quote:
It appears that Jesus died for your sins and now you have to obey all the commandments from the Torah as well as those from the Talmud
So if it is not exhaustive, where do you think you translators got their definitions from?Quote:
(which is where you get the definitions of the written law - since it's not exhaustive).
No. He was combating those who said you had to become a Jew (circumcised) to be saved. We are not saved based on our works or our status. We are saved from His grace so that we can walk in His ways.Quote:
What did Paul work so hard at combatting in the days of the early church? Zealous Jews who wanted to keep the institution of the priesthood alive - along with the laws and trappings.
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Take the logical conclusions of your theology and Christ only died for the sins you might have missed.
Yes. Precisely. You run the race for the high calling. You strive, endure, and overcome.Quote:
It's up to you to perform as best as you can during this life.
Are they not commands from God?Quote:
And to make doubly sure, you throw in all the ceremonies and feasts,
No one said to obey traditions of men.Quote:
traditions (man made)
Since we are using logic, is that not what people do when they convert to Christianity as well?Quote:
and trappings of a culture you have no real relationship with other than what a self-appointed rabbi has learned from books and told you to do.
And He also said He is one with God. So Gods commands are also His commands.Quote:
Jesus said to keep my commandments. He listed them out.
So it has to be reiterated to be applicable? He said nothing about sex with sheep or sleeping with your cousin, so that is all well and good now? He said nothing about homosexuality, so that is okay now?Quote:
He re-iterated all 9 of the original 10, leaving out Sabbath worship.
Homosexuals "love" each other. Have they fulfilled the commandments, or are they in sin?Quote:
He also said that if you love one another you will have completely obeyed His commandments.
And again, since we are using logic, you do not even need to do the 9 that He reiterated, since all you have to do is love.
Yep.Quote:
He went beyond the Torah in living the law, he wrote it on your hearts and minds and left no wiggle room for grey areas.
I promote both Hebrew and the language one is accustomed to.Quote:
You promote using all Hebrew terms for your worship and prayers and language (religious).
No. I disdain much of what traditional Christianity has incorporated and become.Quote:
You disdain traditional Christianity.
Acceptance of the trinity is a precursor to salvation? And yes, some do reject the divinity of Jesus. Here is a shocker: some Christians do as well. I am not saying it is right, but this is not a localized problem.Quote:
Many of you deny the trinity and the divinity of Jesus.
Funny enough, in my case, it is because there is more love there than in the place that is full of people that are supposed to be showing the love of Christ.Quote:
You are more at home in a Jewish synagogue than in a Christian church.
I go to synagogue, (even gone to a Chabad Yeshiva a few times), and can talk openly about my faith in Yeshua, and we can midrash for hours, and leave on friendly terms.
Yet, I go to a Christian church, and I am run out and shunned because I wish to depend on the grace of my King to live like He did, as we are commanded.
Why do you call Him Lord, Lord, if you do not do what He says?Quote:
It's like Christ is one of your strings on your tzit-tzits instead of your Lord and Savior.
BTW, the strings on the tzitzit . . . that is funny. Did you get that from Talmud?
Actually, there is no such thing as the "church". The CONGREGATION is the body of Christ.Quote:
The church is not a synagogue. The church is Christ.
If the building we meet in is not a synagogue, what was James talking about in his letter?