Let's ask her.
@"God's Truth", do you believe that every command Jesus gave is to be followed by everybody in the wooden literal sense "Right Divider" is talking about here?
No. I do not believe that every command Jesus gave is to be followed by everybody in the wooden literal sense he “Right Divider” Is talking about.
Right Divider thinks that NOTHING Jesus says while he walked the earth is for us today.
He does not see the truth, wisdom, and love in what Jesus says, and how it applies to EVERYONE, now and forever.
Right Divider claims I am not obeying because I have not sold everything; and since I have not, I do not obey. He does not take into account that Jesus no longer has a traveling earthly ministry, and that I am not a rich man, and I do not put my riches above the Lord.
I have also been told to cut off my hand and pluck out my eye to obey Jesus; but those people that tell me to do that, they do not understand that Jesus says that to show the importance of obeying; we do NOT need to pluck out our eye and cut off our hand if we obey.
Does she think she is saved apart from the righteousness of Christ? Let's ask her.
@ "God's Truth": do you believe your works are sufficient to save you from sin and death?
Amen to you Derf. Amen to you, for I would not ever be saved apart from the righteousness of Christ. There would be no reconciliation and salvation if not for the righteousness of Christ.
LOL! You've got to admit the humor here: that you complain about GT and "most of the people that post here" not being able to discern proper context, and then offer a couple of suggested interpretations for something that's pretty clear IMO. Since Jesus was sent to the lost sheep of Abraham (Matt 15:24), and here He says this one of Abraham has been saved today, and that He has come to save that which was lost.
They do not understand. Jesus came first for the people that already belonged to God by faith. The Jews were already known to be those that obey, for they would have been cut off from their people if they did not, for one could not go to the temple to worship God without following many purification/ceremonial works; yet, the old law was NOT based on faith. The New Law of Christ would be based on faith. All the Jews that did not have faith in God by the time Jesus started his earthly ministry, they would be cut off and hardened, so that they could not hear what Jesus was saying and so be saved. Jesus came first for those that already belong to God by faith; they were God’s, and God gave them to Jesus; they now had to go through Jesus to remain God’s.
Jesus said when he is crucified ALL could come to him to be saved. Jesus has been crucified, so that means his teachings are for everyone now.
His salvation is for everyone.
Those who verbally attack and oppose me say Jesus’ words when he walked the earth are only for the lost sheep of Israel, i.e. blood related to Abraham. They do not take in the whole counsel of the Lord. They by error believe that Paul was sent later to the rest of the world to preach another gospel; a gospel which is about obeying anything would cause one to be in a condemned gospel, a gospel of works.
I have a powerful testimony, and I would not be saved if I had not obeyed Jesus. I just want to share the power of His Love for those that do what the Word says. However, they will not have any of it.
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