Register
Sign In
Join Community
Register (takes 30 seconds)
Check your email for verification
Join the community!
Our Purpose: to show you the love of Jesus Christ, His promises of Salvation & Blessings and to spread the Good News to the ends of the Earth [Mark 16:15]. We're also here to edify the church [Ephesians 4:11-12].

Reasons to Register: interact with like-minded believers worldwide, seek help, help others, enjoy live chat, live events (bible studies, prayer, video chats), socialize with those of other faiths and share the love of Jesus with them, seek prayer, pray for others, enjoy kid-safe games, gallery and music. 100% free to join.

Page 2 of 9 FirstFirst 123456 ... LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 87
Like Tree19Likes
Share Thisshare this
shares
  1. #11
    Member Thiscrosshurts's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last Online
    05-19-13
    Posts
    999
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Tampa Fl.
    I see what your getting at and I want to research.Just to be safe saying "more than one gospel" might be technically accurate but it may get your message attacked without being read.

    I read it all and it answers many of those nagging questions that denominations squabble over.
    Let's see if I grasp what your saying:

    Fred=Are we saved by works or by faith.
    Barney=Is your mother Jewish?
    Fred=No
    Barney=Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
    Fred=That's it?
    Barney=ya
    Fred=What if I was Jewish
    Barney=Well that's another story

    So would the conversation go something like that?
    Anyway you convinced me it's worth looking into.
    Peace

    PS.I just found another verse that may show the difference:
    Matthew 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

    Strong's 1484=Nations
    Greek=ethnos
    English=races,peoples or Gentiles(excluding Israel)

    Well this is getting interesting and I have developed some new questions already.
    Last edited by Thiscrosshurts; 04-06-12 at 03:06 AM. Reason: Added PS
    Friends are for comfort and protection,
    enemies are for learning perfection

  2. #12
    Member faithfulservant's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    05-23-13
    Posts
    428
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Boston
    Quote Originally Posted by Brother Mike View Post
    ALL scripture is for reproof and doctrine. Every single scripture.
    Amen, Brother Mike.

  3. #13
    Member Thiscrosshurts's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last Online
    05-19-13
    Posts
    999
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Tampa Fl.
    I don't feel the author of the post was saying that not all scripture holds it's power.
    If you actually read the explanation,it's about application of scriptures to the right people at the right time.
    Just as we are not under the law as Gentiles the Jews were not released from their previous obligations to maintain their covenant(possibly modified because the Lamb had been offered) and Faith in Jesus Christ was an additional requirement.

    This would actually solve many questions about works or faith.
    The Jews had an everlasting covenant based on works through faith.
    This would continue with an addition or supplemental command to Believe in Jesus.

    Acts 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
    Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and
    from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

    Paul knew he could never sell Judaism+Jesus to the Gentiles,
    So it was decided that it would be Jesus by faith alone.
    And a few healthy suggestions.

    I'm looking into theses things and I believe they have merit.
    It solves many puzzles but creates a few new ones.

    But if you think that the OP is discounting any scripture then you probably didn't read the explanation carefully.
    Peace
    Last edited by Thiscrosshurts; 04-06-12 at 04:27 PM.
    Friends are for comfort and protection,
    enemies are for learning perfection

  4. #14
    Member B-A-C's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last Online
    05-22-13
    Posts
    1,081
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Washington
    Quote Originally Posted by Thiscrosshurts View Post
    I don't feel the author of the post was saying that not all scripture holds it's power.
    If you actually read the explanation,it's about application of scriptures to the right people at the right time.
    Just as we are not under the law as Gentiles the Jews were not released from their previous obligations to maintain their covenant(possibly modified because the Lamb had been offered) and Faith in Jesus Christ was an additional requirement.

    This would actually solve many questions about works or faith.
    The Jews had an everlasting covenant based on works through faith.
    This would continue with an addition or supplemental command to Believe in Jesus.

    Acts 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
    Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

    Paul knew he could never sell Judaism+Jesus to the Gentiles,
    So it was decided that it would be Jesus by faith alone.
    And a few healthy suggestions.

    I'm looking into theses things and I believe they have merit.
    It solves many puzzles but creates a few new ones.

    But if you think that the OP is discounting any scripture then you probably didn't read the explanation carefully.
    Peace
    huhh????
    The Jews have always been looking for a Messiah, they were never supposed to keep doing what they were doing in the OT. The books of Hebrews is called that because it's written to the Hebrews, chapters 7 thru 10 are all about the priesthood changing from the old Levitical way to Christ becoming our high priest.
    We are all under the same law, there is no different law for the Jews.
    The reason Peter, James, John and Andrew quit following John the Baptist, was because he told them Jesus was the Messiah. All of the apostles were Jews who had been looking for the Christ.
    Luke 24:44, Romans 8:4, Matt 5:17-18, Luke 16:17
    The law is still in effect, it never stopped being in effect, the only difference is the sacrifice/atonement is now paid for. We have a different high-priest, but the all the rules of the OT still apply to us today.
    Jesus wasn't OK with the Jews following the old covenant. ( Hebrews 8:7, Hebrews 9:1 )
    This was one of the reason Jesus was always fighting with the Pharisee's, they knew the prophecy of a Messiah, yet they were trying to keep the people under the conditions of the old covenant.
    The covenant changed, but the Law didn't.

    Think about it, if there was no Law for us, then we (Gentiles) could never sin. We wouldn't even need Jesus.
    Rom 8:2 and 1 Cor 15:56 don't invalidate the law, they validate law acknowledging it still has the power of death.
    So if the letter of the law kills, and the letter of the Spirit gives life, they doen't mean there is no law, it just means the Spirit is what gives us life, it's what frees us from the Law we were under (it's not saying we never were under a Law )
    Rom 3:23, Rom 6:23

    P.S.
    If there is a "different law" for us Gentiles that didn't come from God and the Bible, where did it come from and how valid is it?
    Last edited by B-A-C; 04-06-12 at 07:04 PM.
    philosopher likes this.
    *- BAC -*

  5. #15
    Member Thiscrosshurts's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last Online
    05-19-13
    Posts
    999
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Tampa Fl.
    BAC
    I'm not sure why you point out my post.I am researching to see if what the OP said is sound.

    So I will let the original poster defend this position.
    I am simply approaching these things with an open mind and heart and with prayer and all diligence.
    I have some issues with your position but am not on this thread to debate.If you make a new thread I would be glad to respond but out of respect to the OP I won't respond here.

    I guess I should have said if these things are so:
    This would actually solve many questions about works or faith.
    The Jews had an everlasting covenant based on works through faith.
    This would continue with an addition or supplemental command to Believe in Jesus
    Last edited by Thiscrosshurts; 04-06-12 at 08:23 PM.
    Friends are for comfort and protection,
    enemies are for learning perfection

  6. #16
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Last Online
    05-21-13
    Posts
    4,870
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    somewhere else
    Seems like some sacred cows are being tipped.:shock:
    Religion is an ugly tyrant.

  7. #17
    Member Thiscrosshurts's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last Online
    05-19-13
    Posts
    999
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Tampa Fl.
    For many years I have asked why a Gentile would trade in that easy to negotiate Noahetic covenant for the threat of eternal torture at the slightest error.
    There was never a threat of torture in hell in the Covenant after the flood.I don't see where the Gentiles and the rest of the nations of the earth ever ceased to be under that Covenant.

    Seems like some sacred cows are being tipped.:shock:
    Don't they know cattle deplete the ozone layer and allow harmful particles to damage the body?
    Friends are for comfort and protection,
    enemies are for learning perfection

  8. #18
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Last Online
    02-14-13
    Posts
    212
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    [as for me] I will repent when I sin for the remission of sins, and yes I will admit my wrongs (confess my sins) to God, who after I do so shall forgive me my sins, and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.
    [again, for me] My Lord tells me that it is repentance and remission of sins that should be preached in His Name among all nations, and the first thing my Lord said when He began His ministry was "Repent"; therefore I will not bypass what He tells me.
    And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
    Acts 28:24

  9. #19
    Member Thiscrosshurts's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Last Online
    05-19-13
    Posts
    999
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    United States
    Location
    Tampa Fl.
    I had some time to study this subject and found that it explains many supposedly conflicting scripture especially concerning faith and or works.

    It explains how the Sabbath would be kept by a physical (Hebrews)and a spiritual(Gentiles) company.It explains why we are to let no man judge us regarding a Holy day.There were obviously new liberties to the Jews because God told Peter that "what the Lord has cleansed let no man call unclean".It would also seem to me that a Jew could leave the law and walk by grace trough faith alone.By the same token a Gentile could take the burdens of the law upon himself but not to be accepted by God.In fact the Gentile can make laws for himself and if he breaks his own law the punishment will be carried out by Angels.

    Because the law was put into effect by Angels:
    Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

    Men can have their own legal system:
    Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

    Every transgression will be accounted for whether personal or corporate:
    Hebrews 2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

    This parable I believe points to the different covenants:
    Matthew 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
    He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
    Matthew 20:3 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
    Matthew 20:4 He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
    Matthew 20:5 So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing
    Matthew 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
    Matthew 20:7 "'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
    "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, Matthew 20:8 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
    Matthew 20:9 "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius
    Matthew 20:10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.


    I included all of this because it does fit the covenant patterns and we are at the 11th hour.Anyway there was much work done before any of us got here and we are entering into great benefits because of vineyards we did not plant,
    Friends are for comfort and protection,
    enemies are for learning perfection

  10. #20
    Senior Member jari's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Last Online
    01-30-13
    Posts
    1,520
    Gender
    Male
    Country
    Finland
    i don't think we need to repent in sense as saying sorry all the time. I agree we should just accept forgiveness.

    repentance is just putting away that which is very harmful in your relationship with God. But we don't know always which it is unless our relationship it self is on going with the Lord.

Page 2 of 9 FirstFirst 123456 ... LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Can't stop singing!
    By lilyR in forum Musicians
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 01-29-12, 05:37 PM
  2. Stop
    By Jessica35m in forum Counseling
    Replies: 16
    Last Post: 11-03-06, 10:02 PM
  3. Stop the Ride, I Want To Get Off!
    By Kaibeto in forum Devotionals
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 08-24-06, 01:52 AM
  4. 'cant Just Stop Talking
    By parrot in forum New Members
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 06-22-06, 05:18 AM
  5. It needs to stop
    By slugger165 in forum Lounge
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 06-07-05, 01:07 PM

Thread Participants: 22

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
About us

Welcome to Talk Jesus Forums! If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You will need to register before you can post. Our Purpose: spread the Good News to the ends of the Earth [Mark 16:15]. We're also here to edify the church [Ephesians 4:11-12]. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. We love you and glad you are here!

 

ask & you shall receive...

Please feel comfortable and ask your questions freely in the appropriate forum. As a community, we will help you find the answers about Jesus / GOD, Bible, general life questions and so forth. We're here to support you and each other.

 

faq forum etiquette surprise me! the evidence topical studies
let's socialize
Today's Verse
Facebook Tweet StumbleUpon Digg Email Print Share
shares