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61 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75888 | ||
Dear Tim, The writer of Hebrews is quoting the “old testament” just as Yeshua did, Paul did, Peter did, etc. In fact, we have no scriptural evidence for a Promised Redeemer apart from the “old testament”. In other words, if it were not for the numerous prophetic verses in the “old testament” that point to Yeshua how would we know that He is whom He said He is? We could not. It would be like a Mormon coming to you and saying the “new testament” has been replaced because I just had a vision, etc, etc. and everything else has been rendered obsolete. How far will that sail? That is why the “old testament” serves as our eternal foundation and everything in it will come to pass. Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord GOD WILL DO NOTHING, but HE REVEALETH His secret unto His servants the prophets.” Isaiah 8:20 “To the law and to the testimony(OLD TESTAMENT): if they speak not according to this word (TORAH), it is because there is no light in them.” Matthew 5:18 “…one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law (Old Testament), till all be fulfilled. We cannot have it both ways: The “old testament” is applicable when it fits my theology but obsolete when it does not. With that said, the writer of Hebrews is quoting Jeremiah 31, Jeremiah 31:33 “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law (Torah) in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws (Torah) into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:” This is outright plagiarism. YHWH should sue. Imagine bringing obsolete Old Testament concepts into the nice grace-filled New Testament. Of course I am being facetious. But then the question becomes why is YHWH writing Torah in our hearts if that old burden has been done away with? Isaiah 46:10 “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Show me the scripture where it has been “REVEALED” that the Torah will be made obsolete. You will not be able to. "This in and of itself is in opposition to your believe that we are still bound to keep the old covenant! :-)" Not close. Bear with me and I will show you why you are standing on sinking sand. We must love the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10) Greg Boone |
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62 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75910 | ||
Dear John, You are right, we are not JUSTIFIED by keeping Torah, just as Paul states, “it is the gift of YHWH”. I am going to try to show you something that most of us do not understand because of what we have been taught. ETERNAL LIFE (SALVATION) AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS (JUSTIFICATION) ARE NOT THE SAME THING. The problem with Christian theology is that it confuses “eternal life “ with the “forgiveness of sins”. We have look at things the way they actually are not the way we have been taught they are. I believe the following scriptures will show that ‘forgiveness of sins’ is by unmerited grace; ‘eternal life’ is by striving. Matthew 26:28 “For THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, which is shed for many for THE REMISSION OF SINS.” Acts 10:43 “To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive REMISSION OF SINS.” Romans 3:25 “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the REMISSION OF SINS THAT ARE PAST, through the forbearance of God;” Ephesians 1:7 “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the FORGIVENESS OF SINS, according to the riches of his grace;” Colossians 1:14 “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the FORGIVENESS OF SINS:” ETERNAL LIFE IS BASED ON WHAT YOU DO AFTER BEING FORGIVEN/CLEANSED: Matthew 19:16 “And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have ETERNAL LIFE? 17And 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. The Bible says YHWH cannot lie (Titus 1:2). The above verse is true. Let YHWH be true and every man a liar. Man is subject to misinterpretation but the Word is infallible. Romans 2:7 “To them who by PATIENT CONTINUANCE in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, ETERNAL LIFE:” 1 John 2:24 “Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning (Torah). If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.” Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end EVERLASTING LIFE. Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Matthew 10:22 “…he that endures to the end the same shall be saved” YHWH’s will is for man to love HIM and his neighbor. Because we cannot of ourselves do it does not change the fact that that is what He wants. We are to strive to keep His Torah, when we sin we are to confess and repent and keep striving. This is what the overcomers of Revelation 2-3 do. The goal is to live as Messiah lived. The great commission was to make “disciples” out of the nations. Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and MAKE DISCIPLES of all the nations,…” How do you make disciples? By: …baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I COMMANDED YOU: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” John 8:31 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If YOU CONTINUE in MY WORD (Torah), then are ye my DISCIPLES in-deed;” This lack of distinguishing between justification and eternal life is why Christians cannot explain the following verses: Revelation 22:14 “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:11 “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Hebrews 5:9 “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” Matthew 5:20 “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, YE SHALL IN NO CASE ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.” Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: for this is the whole duty of man.14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” People are basing their eternity on limited interpretations of Paul’s letters and ignoring the rest of the Bible. Paul warns us repeatedly that “grievous wolves” and “workers of iniquity” are going to pervert the path of the assembly. (1 Timothy 4, Acts 20:28-31, 2 Timothy 4). We are living in it. This is the great apostasy--- FALLING AWAY FROM TORAH. Isaiah 40:8 "but the Torah of our God shall stand for ever." Greg Boone |
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63 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75943 | ||
You our doing me a disservice , I would not give up on you. The problem may be that you have only been exposed to one perspective. Please see this excerpt of a commentary on Romans. http://www.yashanet.com/studies/romstudy/text07a.htm Paul's argument in Romans, is similar to one he made in Philippians, chapter 3, when he said he counted the past things he relied on for righteousness, "as dung." Again, due to the lack of knowledge of where Paul, (the rabbi and Pharisee) is coming from, this section is also often used to teach that Paul no longer followed Torah. This is not what Philippians (or Galatians, or Colossians, or any of Paul's writings) says however. Paul is not asserting that God's holy Torah is "dung" -- rather, he is saying that his efforts in trying to achieve righteousness by following Torah commandments on his own, outside of faith, is an exercise in futility. He counts his legalistic approach to Torah as "dung." In Philippians, Paul is teaching along the same lines as he does in Romans, not trying to achieve salvation by doing the "works of the Law" in one's own righteousness, but through faith in Yeshua: Philippians 3:9 - Paul's righteousness as a Jew, prior to his "meeting" with Yeshua, was erroneously placed in his own ability to follow the Torah to "earn" his salvation. Paul's teaching (in all his letters) is that we cannot do this on our own. We are to trust in the "righteousness which is of God by faith," and then follow His Torah with His spirit in us. "Believing in the Messiah" is not the end of the road (as is effectively taught by Christianity). Trusting in Yeshua is the door to the path we are to follow -- the path of Torah. Note that in the same chapter of Philippians, Paul does not presume to say that "just by believing" he is guaranteed salvation: Philippians 3:11-14 - If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus...I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Paul's admonition was for the Philippians to walk in the same path he did, (which was Torah): 5 For when we were in the flesh This verse looks back at the past from which we were delivered. The Torah (even today), leads us to salvation through its "negative commands," (i.e. "Thou shall not ..."), that both regulates sin in the life of an unbeliever, and causes us to see that we fall short of God's standards.2 We then realize the need to die to our sin (and to the judgment of Torah) and make way for God's spirit to enable us to do what the Torah demands. See notes to verse 6 below for the "positive aspects" of Torah. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. This verse clarifies what Paul was saying with his analogy (verse 1-4) and looks ahead to what will be said in chapter 8. In "dying" to sin, and making room in your will to "let God in," a person is now governed by the "positive commandments" of the Torah (i.e. walking according to the Spirit and not the flesh, re: 8:1-15). Paul makes it clear that we still serve God (i.e., follow His ways as He gave in the Torah.) A person must serve one of two masters. He is either "bound" in the oldness of the letter to serve his Yetzer Hara (evil inclination), or he is "freed" from this inclination to serve God. (Of course this does not mean he will never sin - even King David sinned, yet he declared himself [in Psalms, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit] to be "righteous according to the Torah.") A breakdown of Romans 7:6 is as a follows: "But now we are delivered from the law" - We are delivered from the condemnation of the Torah that came when we tried to follow it outside of faith and failed. Refer to the "curse of the Law" mentioned in our background study. "... being dead wherein we were held" - Because Yeshua paid the penalty (by His death), for our violation of God's Torah, we have been released from this sentence (the fruit of unbelievers is death, re: 7:5). We are not released from the entirety of Torah however, only certain aspects, (i.e., its condemnation) just as the woman in the analogy of verses 7:1-4, was only released from certain aspects of the Torah. "... serve in newness of spirit" - Those of the Spirit continue to "serve" (i.e., follow Torah - re: Romans 8:2-8) "... not in the oldness of the letter." - Outside of faith, we can only grasp at the "letter of the Law." We are no longer to serve God in a lifeless spirit of self-righteous legalism, or misuse of God's Torah. We are now to follow it out of love of God, as Torah is holy, righteous and good (6:12), as well as spiritual (6:14). |
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64 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75948 | ||
Taleb, Well thought out. The first thing that jumps up though is the assertion, "He...actually does CHANGE, as often as He purposes change." Deuteronomy 6:5 "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Leviticus 19 :18"...thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. " Matthew 22:37 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang (SUM UP) all the law and the prophets. YHWH purpose is constant. Everything in both testaments is His accomplishing that end. If the objective of the war is to "take that hill", whether you use artillery or infantry or snipers does not change the initial objective. The 10 commandments, the 613 commandments, the sermon on the mount are all the same thing---Loving YHWH and your neighbor as yourself. Nothing has changed. You are familiar with the OT, why are these "burdens" resurfacing during the millennium? Zechariah 14:16 "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the FEAST OF TABERNACLES." Ezekiel 45:17 "And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the FEASTS, and in the new moons, and in the SABBATHS, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the SIN OFFERING, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel." It sounds like Ecclesiastes to me , Ecclesiastes 1:9 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." "Greg, do you understand WHO SPOKE this? What does the rest of Scripture say about this individual?" If YHWH can speak through a jack-ass (no jokes please) of what relevance is it who declares the truth? Before I continue I want to ask you a question. Is there a difference between justification and eternal life? Shalom, Greg Boone |
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65 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 76172 | ||
Taleb, I was reading an article on Revelation 2-3 and thought you might "see" the connection the articles makes with xmas at the end. I cut parts to make it fit. http://www.meguiar.addr.com/demise_3_perg_two.htm “the Doctrine of Balaam” After the death of the Apostles and the coming of Constantine, Christianity taught the heathen everywhere simply to baptize their idols and retain them. This has been repeated many times in the history of the professing Christian Church. We know by the history that the snare that Balaam set for Israel was to MIX Israel up with the worship of Baal/Lord... Numbers 23:6 – 9: ... “Balak brought me from Aram, the King of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’ How can I denounce/curse those whom Jahwah has not denounced/cursed? From the rocky peaks I see them – from the heights I view them. I see a PEOPLE WHO DWELLS APART/LIVES ALONE/separated – surely a people who live by themselves/dwelling alone and not mixed up with the nations! Dwell is 1931 – shakan is “permanently stay” “alone” is 909 is badadi is to divide – be solitary.[ii] Thus it would read: “I see a people who permanently remain divided and alone and not mixed with the nations – they will not be like the other nations”. They differed from all the neighboring nations, not only in their religion and sacred rites, but also in their diet, and dress, and common usages, as a people called out of the world, and not to be conformed to it. They never lost this until they “mingled among the heathen/nations.” It is the duty and honor of those dedicated to Jahwah to be separated from the world, and not to walk according to the course and custom of it. Numbers 22:41 ... Bamoth Baal is described as worship of the SEVEN PLANETS: the Sun, the moon, and the planets in 2 Kings 23:5 Then he killed the priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense to Bamoth Baal (to/at the High Places of Baal) - to the SUN, to the MOON, and to the planets (the seven heavenly lights that rule over the days of the pagan week) i.e. to all the hosts of heaven.)[iv] Balaam now proceeds to build seven altars as related in Numbers 23:1-3: Then Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars,[v] (one to each of the seven planets) and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. Then Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure Jahwah will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. Balak now takes Balaam to a place where he will surely find evidence to curse Israel with: To a place spread out and filled with Angelic watchers that keep constant watch over Israel; to the Top of the one that cuts up and dissects the burnt offering and examines each piece very closely. Surely that will turn up sin. Numbers 23:27-30 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please Elohim that thou mayest curse me them from thence. And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Numbers 25:1-5 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices (the covenant sacrifices) of their g-ds: and the people did eat, and bowed down to (worship) their g-ds. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jahwah was kindled against Israel. And Jahwah said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before Jahwah against the sun, that the fierce anger of Jahwah may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. The name of Baal-peor must be examined in two parts, Baal and Peor. Baal is the name of the g-d (the worship of the seven planets), and Peor is the name of the site, also called Beth-peor in Deuteronomy 3:29.[viii] Peor is a hole or opening and appears to be derived from a verb denoting to open wide, to uncover. Thus Baal-peor was the opening or door to the worship of Baal and the seven planets. In Jahwah's eyes, participating in a feast of Baal is the same as engaging in idolatrous worship of that false g-d. Whether it is feasting at Christmas – The Feast of Saturn/Nimrod or worshipping and feasting on Saturday – the day set aside for Saturn, it is engaging in idolatrous worship and has been strictly forbidden by Jahwah. These are false appointed times that are dedicated to Bamoth Baal and the worship of the seven planets. |
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