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1 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | Morant61 | 74067 | ||
Greetings Greg! You forgot one very important point about the relationship between early Christians and the synagogue. Acts 18:4 - "Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, ??Your blood be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.? 7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God." Paul was usually thrown out of the synagogue when he preached Christ! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | gjboone | 74763 | ||
Tim, That is not entirely true. Acts 21:18 "And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many THOUSANDS OF JEWS there are which believe; and they are ALL ZEALOUS of the LAW:" How does a Gentile become known as "a worshipper of God"? It can't be defined apart from keeping Torah. Paul was not preaching to Gentiles "off the street" but those that had joined the community, those who were learning Torah. Greg Boone |
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3 | What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? | Matt 7:23 | Morant61 | 74764 | ||
Greetings Greg! I'm not sure how Acts 21:18-20 is supposed to support your point! Acts 21:20 speaks of 'thousands of Jews' who have believed, not Gentile 'proselytes'. Did Paul speak to 'proselytes'? Of course, he did. However, there isn't any record of him only preaching to 'proselytes'. Acts 13:43 meantions 'proselytes'. "When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God." However, notice what Acts 13:46 says, "Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: ??We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles." Paul did not say that he would now turn to the 'proselytes', but to the Gentiles (a different word). The crowd to whom he was preaching was made up of almost the entire city (Acts 13:44), not just those who were a part of the local synagogue. Furthermore, as we have already discussed, when he did preach to Gentiles, he stressed that they did not have to obey the Law. :-) Because of his faith in Jesus, he was usually thrown out of the synagogues - something which Acts records over and over again. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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