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1 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | stjohn | 219389 | ||
Will you please post the scriptures that refer to this promise that, all descendants of Abraham fall under, whether or not they are Christians? It seems quite fundamentally flawed that, the children of the devil will receive the same blessings of the promise of those who believe and receive Jesus Christ will. What you are espousing sounds very much like universalism, which of course is a patently ludicrous heterodoxy. Sorry my friend I mean no ill, but you'll have a pretty hard time passing that doctrine around here. John |
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2 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | Dhaniei Zewditu | 219390 | ||
John, Gen. 12:3 Reread the post. Your understanding of what was said is flawed. Dhaniei |
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3 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | stjohn | 219392 | ||
Dear Dhaniei, Can you please explain what you mean by your statement? --"I believe that all of Abraham's descendants, then and now, Jewish and Christian, fall under that promise, whether they receive Jesus or not,"-- John |
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4 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | Dhaniei Zewditu | 219393 | ||
John, I don't understand what part of that sentence you don't understand. The Jews are Abraham's descendants by ethnicticity (spell?), Gentiles (or Christians) are descendants by adoption and faith in Messiah. Jews receive the promise by the fact that they are Jews, Christians receive the promise by trust in Messiah. So, to go back to the original post, Jews are the "least of these" in Matthew and extended to those who trust in Messiah's finished work during (and after) the Book of Acts. The promise has never been recinded from its original inheritors, just extended to those who were not, at that time, a part of that group of people. Dhaniei |
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5 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | CDBJ | 219394 | ||
Isn’t it true that Abraham was a gentile before he became a Jew? God knew how he was going to “save the gentiles” and as a result He preached that message to Abraham while he was still a gentile, before he became a Hebrew or a Jew. Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles "by faith", preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED IN YOU." Abraham responded by believing what God told him and as a result it was credited to him for righteousness before he was a Jew. Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." CDBJ |
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