Why did Paul circumcise Timothy?
Don't be so silly, you get yourself banned again.
Why did Paul circumcise Timothy?
You made that up. Paul is preaching, "Faith without works saves."
Faith pleases God. Galatians 3:6 "Even as Abraham believed God,
and it was accounted to him for righteousness"
You're being a "false teacher" spreading a "false gospel."
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
Even if physical circumcision was no longer valid which it is not. This does not make all ceremonial laws invalid. Do you have any other scriptures that say there are no more ceremonial laws?
Hi and in Gal 2:7 Paul was preaching "" THE UN-CIRCUMCISION GOSPEL ." as Paul never preached the " CIRCUMCISION " at all Eph 2:11 !!
DAN P
Most people do not see Romans 2:25. They gloss over it.
No one can obey the old law anymore, there is no temple, and you cannot stone people to death.
You are a law breaker of the old law.
Not justified by Law. We are justified by faith. Still as you say we should obey but you are picking and choosing what you get to obey. You are correct we have no physical temple but what about the rest of the laws? How do you justify what is a ceremonial law, moses law or moral law? Where is the scripture that defines all this?
Hi and I always use a KJV and I quote Robert C Brocks translation since he is a Pauline translator !!
Just because a person really is a Greek scholar , does not make him Pauline !!
I know that translations are more Transliteraltion and the KJV is NOT inspired and has many word not in there translation , so are KJV ONLY ?
Explain Acts 2:38 for me !!
dan p
Hi and just great you SAY ??
#1 , Check the Greek text of Rom 1:4 !!
#2 , Then check Rom 1:4 and see if they agree !!
You can do it KJV-only !!
dan p
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When you get to the NT and the apostles, you have Paul saying that the nations knew the law from God's separate communication of it; that's what Lewis was talking about. It is natural law. 2, you have Paul saying that the Law is over with; he's referring to the covenant arrangement and to the dietary and ceremonial law.
We are not justified by Law.
We are justified by faith.
Still as you say we should obey but you are picking and choosing what you get to obey.
You are correct we have no physical temple but what about the rest of the laws?
How do you justify what is a ceremonial law,
moses law or moral law? Where is the scripture that defines all this?
It's not that difficult. This may be surprising to many, but the 10 commands are not that unique. See for ex., CS Lewis in THE ABOLITION OF MAN. He has an appendix on how widely the 10 commands exist all around the world.
But the relationship or covenant that was 'cut' after the Exodus was the business of mandating them on Israel along with the ceremonial and dietary laws. God had rescued them; they in turn would honor him by keeping these things, observances, seasons, restrictions, because they were his possession.
When you get to the NT and the apostles, you have Paul saying that the nations knew the law from God's separate communication of it; that's what Lewis was talking about. It is natural law. 2, you have Paul saying that the Law is over with; he's referring to the covenant arrangement and to the dietary and ceremonial law.
Then you have what the Reformation called the 3rd use of the Law. It was in Gal 4, and it is to guide a person to Christ, in the truly spiritual sense of the word. That is, it bothers the conscience and that bother should not lead to more effort to pay God back, but to the belief that Christ is the sufficient righteousness of God and sacrifice for sins. Some ceremonies may have done this (but Col 2 argues against that), and it doesn't really have anything to say about the common sense or natural law of the basic commands.
Jesus shortened the list of all law by saying there was just one--that a person care about those around them. Love is the fulfillment of the law (in the human behavior sense). We see this reinforced in I Thess 4 about sex. In v6 it turns out that what is really being violated in adultery is the command about coveting. An act of sexual coveting harms a brother.
Rabbi Dennis Prager (current) says there is basically one command: do not steal. He applies this to honoring God's name; it is theft to credit anything or anyone else for what God has created or given. It is theft to take another man's wife. It is theft not to worship, etc.
That means the old law with its ceremonial works to clean us does not clean us anymore.
You did not even know how the old law used to justify and what Jesus' blood does for us.
That is faith. Believing is faith!We are justified by believing Jesus' blood cleans us.
It is all or nothing.
We must obey everything. The whole law goes together.
The ceremonial laws are the law about making yourself clean before going to the temple to worship God. It is what makes a person clean and justified.
The whole old law goes together and must be followed exactly.
The moral law is about not doing evil.
The ceremonial law is about being made clean to be able to go to the temple where God's Spirit was. We are the temple now, and Jesus' blood cleaned us.
I understand clean vs unclean.
That is faith. Believing is faith!
It is only all or nothing if you are under the Law!
I see what you mean about ceremonial clean laws, they do not apply because of no temple and priests but why are you grouping circumcision and food in with ceremonial? Circumcision was before the law was given at the mountain.
Pray, tell; what is wrong with what the KJV translation of Romans 1:4 results in as to intended sense?
What matters to me is the witness of other passages as to the intended sense of one another, anyway.
Please, lay out your issue; let's have a look see that we might continue to get nowhere on, lol.
Seriously, though, what exactly is your issue with the passage as translated?
You have got to know by now that many of these issues between people are far too often an argument as to whether a bottle is half empty or half full.
Lay it out; let's see if the bottle is your half full, or my half empty.
And then agree to disagree, because we both have something far better - the Lord.
You up for that kind of exploration - where, no matter our found difference, we decide to major in the Major and not in the minor?
Helen OF Troy was FROM Troy.
Helen FROM Troy was OF Troy.
The Word OF God is FROM God.
The Word FROM God is OF God.
Jesus OF Nazareth was FROM Nazareth.
Jesus FROM Nazareth was OF Nazareth.
The resurrection OF the dead is FROM the dead.
The resurrection FROM the dead is OF the dead.
Next!
Hi and you know some KJV -ONLY dispensationalists are in Chicago area and also in California !!
dan p
so you believe Paul followed Jesus perfectly.
You seem to honor Paul the same as Jesus.
why do you have the need to follow Paul when Jesus gave us perfect teachings how to love God and love on another?