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1 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | stjones | 74030 | ||
Greg; Based on the answers you have received, it is obvious that it is not Hank who is promoting a "flawed and unorthodox" theology - no polls are needed. Most of the replies you have received have ignored your agressive and often insulting style and focused - as they should - on refuting the ancient heresy you advocate. But there is certainly no harm in reminding you that there are rules which you agree to abide by every time you post. Most of those who have responded to you identify themselves as Christians. The word is defined in Acts 11:26: "The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." Disciple. Simple. Yet it is a term that you are unable or unwilling to apply to yourself. Instead, you concoct an insulting and blasphemous definition of your own. One can only conclude that you are not a disciple of Christ. If this is indeed the case, then 1 Corinthians 2 leaves no doubt that you are not in a position to discern or discuss spiritual truths. Instead of treating Paul's letter to the Galatians as just so much fodder for your intellectual mill, you would be well served to read it carefully and let Paul speak directly to you as he spoke to your theological kinsmen nearly 2000 years ago. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 74105 | ||
Steve, Quote:"...you would be well served to read it carefully and LET PAUL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU..." Is Paul now your "Lord and Savior"? Is the spirit of Paul directing your life? Are you sure you are a Christian? Silly, isn't it? That is how I feel about your need to label me a "Christian". I do not wish to be insulting but I can only tell you what I believe and what I do not do, so I cannot say I am a Christian. I believe the Son of YHWH came to earth in bodily form, died for our transgressions of the law/Torah, and is coming back for a Virgin Bride (Ephesian 5:25-27) who has kept the "marriage contract". Call me a 1/2 Christian if it helps you get past this issue. What was blasphemous and insulting about my definition? As a Christian, do you eat pork, break the Sabbath, ignore the festivals and celebrate xmas, etc.? If you answered yes to any of the above, how is telling the truth insulting? And please show me a verse that would convict me of blasphemy, so that I may publicly repent. Shalom, Greg Boone |
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3 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | stjones | 74110 | ||
Greg; Paul was inspired; he wrote the truth. That is why I read the Bible. And no, I have no need to label you a "Christian". That is, in fact, the last label I would try to hang on you. "Judaizer" seems much closer to the mark. Indy |
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4 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75055 | ||
Yes, Paul is inspired just as the other 39 authors are also inspired. I am not a Judaizer. There is a big difference between what "Jews" practice and what YHWH intended. I recently discovered the following lectures: http://www.christianpreaching.com/rondart/dartepistles.htm Although I do not agree completely with everything he states, his background research provides a necessary light for trully understanding Paul's writings. I encourage you to hear him out beginning with the "Background to Galatians". Greg Boone P.S.- This man refers to himself as "Christian" |
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5 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | stjones | 75056 | ||
Greg; Please accept my apologies for hanging a label on you; I was wrong to do so. I was reading Romans 7 and 8 this morning and I simply cannot fathom why you believe as you do. As for the "Christian" label, it is defined in Acts and has nothing to do with diet or pagan rituals. It is a label I wear openly and with gratitude. Indy |
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6 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 75822 | ||
Indy, I accept your apology but there is no need, I am not offended. I can see how one could arrive at that conclusion. “I was reading Romans 7 and 8 this morning and I simply cannot fathom why you believe as you do.” Why I believe what I believe: I started out as a Protestant Christian in 1996 with no religious background. Having no foundation, I received everything that was taught without question. As I read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation (one chapter at a time) I started to have questions. The pre-tribulation rapture was one thing I had trouble with. It did not make sense that YHWH was going to rapture the modern church (a body of self-willed, self-indulgent, adulterous, idolatrous, hypocritical, fleshly believers) to spend eternity in heaven doing whatever they want while 50,000,000 Christians over the centuries have been martyred in excruciatingly painful ways designed to make them deny Jesus Christ. I concluded that the rapture was an 19th century myth which confuses the 1st resurrection of Revelation 20:6, 1Thessalonians 4:17, I Corinthians 15 and Philippians 3:11 with some type of "get out of jail free card". Then the question became if mainstream Christianity is wrong about the rapture what else are they feeding me that may be wrong? The Bible is full of warnings about being deceived. So then it was a matter of finding out how far back do the deceptions go. I discovered Christmas was the pagan festival of Saturnalia dressed up as Christ’s birth, easter is the name of a reincarnated Babylonian fertility god, the Sunday Sabbath was a papal edict with no scriptural authority, etc. So I have to go past 325 AD to find out what the "called-out assembly" was really doing. The problem is that most of what is taught is based on the early church fathers who were anti-Semitic due to the political climate of Rome after the Temple destruction in 70AD. Since then anything Hebraic has been systematically divorced from mainstream Christianity. I have found that you cannot get to the truth about the 1st century church through Christain sources because everyone is so influenced by the anti-Semitic “church fathers.” Paul was warning the Thessalonians in 50AD about the "mystery of iniquity" that is already at work. The “mystery of iniquity” was faith outside of Torah. If you isolate Paul's "teachings" and receive what the rest of the Bible teaches it is clear that YHWH has not changed. The key is that we have to understand the who, what and why of Paul's letters. They are dealing with very specific issues. Paul was writing to former pagans with no roots in Torah. I have so much to say I am not sure where to start. Initially, “Christianity” was known as one of the many sects of Judaism. Judaism was based on OT scriptures before it was corrupted. Why would the foundational text of everything that we believe become obsolete? Without the scriptural authority of the OT there is no basis for the Promised Redeemer. Acts 24:5-6 “For we have found this man (Paul) a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a RINGLEADER OF THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.” The Nazarenes are Jews that believed Yeshua was the Messiah. Epiphanius an early church member has this to say about them: "We shall now especially consider HERETICS who call themselves NAZARENES; they are MAINLY JEWS and nothing else. They make use not only of the New Testament, but they also use in a way the Old Testament of the Jews. For THEY DO NOT FORBID the books of the Law, the Prophets and the Writings...so that they are approved of by the Jews, FROM WHOM THE NAZARENES do not differ in anything, and they do profess all the dogmas pertaining to the prescriptions of the Law and the customs of the Jews, EXCEPT THEY BELIEVE IN MESSIAH. They preach that there is but One God and His Son Yahshua." According to the Bible, Paul is the ringleader of this sect of Nazarenes. “In fact, the religio licita, or "legal religion," sanction granted by imperial Rome to the Jews, permitted the apostles and their followers to freely engage in evangelistic activity throughout the Roman empire for many years.” To understand how we got where we are today and why Christians are misinterpreting Paul we need to understand the anti-Semitic roots of Christianity. It is amazing, I have so much to say it is hard to get organized. While I try to answer your question concisely, please see the article on this link. It is a easy-reading 2 part article. http://www.messianicstudies.org/mag_70_art40.html Shalom, Greg Boone |
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7 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | Emmaus | 75831 | ||
Greg, Would you please give a referrence source on Epiphanius, since most ot the "Fathers" are available on the web? And what do you know about the Ebionites? Emmaus |
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