A testimony requires the death of the testator. (Heb 9:16)you agree with some scripture and twist the rest to fit "your" narrative
these two passages are from two different dispensations but you mash them into one ,
and from that you don't understand what happened in the new testament
Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Rom 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Rom 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
it really is simple and there is a precedent , just like Abraham had two covenants there are two dispensations in the new testament
Which two deaths are your NT testaments based on?
It was the plan, until Jesus fulfilled the old plan.Abraham had a covenant by faith and no works of any kind (like we have now)
and had a covenant by faith + works\ circumcision (which was the plan before Israel was cast away )
Not just the Jews, but for everyman who submits to God.Jesus is the sacrifice of the new covenant with the Jews
(Matthew 26:28) for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins.
Gentile believers have no more than Israeli believers have.Mid Acts Dispensation to Paul salvation apart from the Jews
the Jews did not all repent , they have been cast away temporarily until the fullness of the gentiles
Your mid Acts dispensation is simply believers vis-s-vis unbelievers.
Straw man argument.see that the 12 apostles never took their gospel to the whole world
Peter took it to the Gentiles first, and almost all the apostles died in foreign lands spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Paul was instrumental in the dissemination of the NT to the Gentiles and foreign Jews, but that was after Peter had already encountered Cornelius, and others, including Philip in Acts 8, had journeyed through Samaria and other places.instead Jesus raised up Paul to go to the gentiles with a new dispensation with the same sacrifice
They all had the same Holy Spirit for guidance.
What works of the Law did Peter or Philip demand of the Gentiles on their missions?
I feel it is you who has added "rules" to Jewish faith and conversion.same gospel different rules
It was the same gospel already being preached everywhere.(Galatians 1:6-7)
[6] I marvel that you so soon are being moved away from Him who called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel, [7] which is not another,
Sometimes appearance is a just way to judge, when one has the gift of the Holy Ghost.you say that like you understand faith without works , but you clearly do not understand
sorry Jesus didn't write the bible they way you think he should've
judging by appearance is a sin , not righteous judgement
(John 7:24) Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Jesus seemed to think so, when He described the garments of the Pharisees and scribes.
I agree with John, who wrote in 1 John 5:17..."All unrighteousness is sin:..."do you know what sin is ?
When Jesus said not to do something then doing that something is a sin
What was the lie?Abraham lied about his wife
Yep.David committed adultery and had Uriah killed
Can you find "sin of unbelief" somewhere in scripture?sin of unbelief
Why would unbelief matter to someone who will be destroyed for a multitude of other sins?
A deeper shade of black?it's a sin because you are to receive Jesus not reject Jesus
You said earlier.Abraham lied about his wife
Even though there was no Law against sinning...???
Are you not as glad as I am that what Paul cited from his pre-conversion life had been eclipsed by "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus" in Rom 8:2 ?David committed adultery and had Uriah killed
17] But now it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.
Christians fit James' description of "pure religion".so you're not a Christian , just a religious person
James 1:27..."Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
Love God, love neighbor.
Yes, I do...thanks for asking.do you not have the Holy Spirit that confirms your adoption
(Romans 8:15) For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption by which we cry, Abba, Father!
I have found that those preaching a symbolic death never act like James' pure Christians.so you confuse a symbolic death with your actual physical death
They all seem to keep committing sins.
Why?
Because they never actually died to sin.
I have admitted nothing of the sort.you're wrong on so many things , who do you follow because they're leading you astray ?
but you pretend that you don't sin even tho you admit to sinning by judging by appearance .
"It is permanent, until you"
Does Rom 8:2 eclipse Rom 7:23?can't be pre conversion
Historical-past.if it was past tense as you suggest then Paul is saying he was never responsible for his sin ,
A narrative of a former time, of the past.
And I don't know where you got that idea.
Sin doesn't dwell in those made righteous by Christ.only understood from the perspective about his current condition at the time of writing
(Romans 7:15-17) [15] For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do. [16] If then I do that which I do not desire, I consent to the law that it is good. [17] But now it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.
no, adherence to the Law looks like employment .
salvation employment or family
you:
employment
you have faith in the employer God
you receive the job by grace (did not earn it)
but you have to do works to keep the job (salvation)
Mid Acts Dispensation:
family
you have faith in God
you receive adoption by grace
you receive Christ righteousness which covers all your sins
family its permanent
you said you agree with scripture but now you disagree
(II Timothy 3:16) Every scripture is inspired by God
no Jesus didn't ignore the Law , he wrote the Laws and kept the Law but understood how what he wrote had been corrupted
example:
(Matthew 15:4-7) [4] For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death." [5] But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother, Whatever you would gain from me, It is a gift to God; [6] and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you voided the commandment of God by your tradition. [7] Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
you are told not to judge by appearance but you try and excuse your sin the same way , you think your sin is righteous
and I'm guessing this analogy is going to go over your head
(II Timothy 3:16) Every scripture is inspired by God
I agree with scripture.
Gen 17:10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
no , you keep the Law and are not saved unless you endure to the end ,
me , I'm adopted by faith
Rom 4:20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
Rom 4:21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Rom 4:22 That is why his faith was "counted to him as righteousness."
Rom 4:23 But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,
Rom 4:24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
Rom 4:25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Abraham had a covenant by faith and no works of any kind (like we have now)
and had a covenant by faith + works\ circumcision (which was the plan before Israel was cast away )
that is what Jesus said to the Jews under the Law
(Matthew 24:13) But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved
but Paul's Mid Acts Dispensation has adoption
(Romans 8:15) For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Abraham lied about his wife
David committed adultery and had Uriah killed
and you're not sinless either .
when are going to admit you still sin ?
judging by appearance is a sin , not righteous judgement