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  1. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    The god sheperd/sheepcomparasion found in the OTis an analogy and not to be taken literally. in the following passage in "bold" Paul applies this analogy to those in the Body of Christ: "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter"...
  2. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    So even though the lord Jesus gave His life for those in the Body of Christ those in the Body are not his sheep?: "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep" (Jn.1011).
  3. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    Paul quoted Psalm 44:22 to say that in this life the people of God face much infliction and at the time he quoted those words Christians faced the possibility of being martyred. Then he said, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him..', meaning that that "death" (v.38)...
  4. Jerry Shugart

    Meaning of the words "the dispensation of the grace of God"

    The Jews who lived under the law were to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God and those who believed that truth were saved the moment they believed (1 Jn.5:1-5; Jn 20:31).
  5. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    Your idea that the pronoun "we"refers to Israel despite the fact that his epistle was written to those in the Body of Christ is ridiculous.
  6. Jerry Shugart

    Meaning of the words "the dispensation of the grace of God"

    If the Jews who lived under the law were not saved on the priniciple of grace through faith then why would Paul write the following?: "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that...
  7. Jerry Shugart

    Meaning of the words "the dispensation of the grace of God"

    from faith to faith The Lord Jesus told the Jews who lived under the law the following: "Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life" (Jn.6:47).
  8. Jerry Shugart

    Meaning of the words "the dispensation of the grace of God"

    A Stewardship is in regard to house rules or running the affairs of a household. here Paul speaks of the Christian's ministry as being "stewards of the mysteries of God; "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God" (1 Cor.4;1). And the...
  9. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    Paul quoted Psalm 44:22 to say that in this life the people of God face much infliction and at the time he quoted those words Christians faced the possibility of being martyred. Then he said, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him..', meaning that that "death" (v.38)...
  10. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    when youcannot answer the Scripttures you accuse others of cherry picking. But in doing so you you must deny that the pronoun "we" refers to those in the Body of Christ. You prove over and over that you cannot answer verses as theyare written: "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all...
  11. Jerry Shugart

    Bishop Robert Barron

    What was the knowledge of good and evil which Adam experienced when he ate of the forbidden tree? He was created in innocence but he received a "conscience," the law written on his heart: "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these...
  12. Jerry Shugart

    Meaning of the words "the dispensation of the grace of God"

    There are many people on this forum who do not know how to rightly divine the bible because they think that the words "the dispensation of the grace of God" means that in this dispensation and only in this dispensation salvation is on the principle of "grace." However, the different...
  13. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    Are Paul's following words addressed to those in the body or not?: "As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter" (Ro.8;36). Do you deny that there the pronoun "we" must refer to those in the body?
  14. Jerry Shugart

    How did His sheep get lost?

    Although Peter's words were directly addressed to to jewish believers those Jews were members of the body of Christ. So those in the Body are referred to as sheep.
  15. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    You deny your own words and then call me a liar. You quoted james to tary to prove that faith alone was not sufficient for the jews to obtain eternal life. Do you deny that?
  16. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    No, the lord Jesus was not wrong. if a jew kept the law perfectly he would have eternal life. But as Paul, said, all have sinned. in your gross unbelief you deny the following words of the Lord Jesus spoken to the Jews who lived under the law: "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has...
  17. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    Mat 19:16-17 KJV And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? (17) And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. "No man is...
  18. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    You said that faith by itself wasn't enough to save the Jews who lived under the law despite the following word of the lord Jesus spoken to those who lived under the law: "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life" (Jn.6:47). His words obviously mean nothing to you. The truth...
  19. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    Why do you refuse to answer my simple question, which was: What did the Jews who lived under the law have to do to inherit eternal life? You said that faith by itself wasn't enough. So you must think that the following words of the Lord Jesus spoken to the Jews who lived under the law cannot...
  20. Jerry Shugart

    What Are "Works of the Law?" - Jimmy Akin

    a question for Right Divider: What did the Jews who lived under the law have to do to inherit eternal life?
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