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1 | New Perspective of Sha'ul | NT general Archive 1 | srbaegon | 193600 | ||
Hello Amsel, Peter was not speaking of the oral tradition. This is plain by referring back to verse 1 where they were teaching, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." This is not oral tradition but a command given by God through Moses. And who said anything about faith and works being incompatible? Read James 2:14-26. Are you equating those works with works of the law? There is nothing to warrant such a position. You are using Hebrew words and names to communicate to English-speaking people and state that you want to keep the law. That is sufficient proof that you are overly enamored with Judaism. What was the law given for? To give the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:20) and act as a guardian until Christ (Gal 3:23-28). I have the same concern as Paul: Gal 4:9-11 (ESV) But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? [10] You observe days and months and seasons and years! [11] I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain. Steve |
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2 | New Perspective of Sha'ul | NT general Archive 1 | lionheart | 193612 | ||
Steve, Good day brother. I wholeheartedly agree with you. You and I along with so many others grew up in a western culture and consequently we will approach most things with a western mindset. We can't always do that where the bible is concerned. It helps allot when people know or understand that the bible was born in an eastern culture and the majority of those who wrote wrote the bible (God is the author) grew up and were raised in that culture. So we cant always approach things the way would like to. I spent allot of time overseas while I was in the navy and it was a definite plus to understand how the local populace thought about and did things. When we approach our study of the bible with this in mind we will find our study of bible even more effective. In Him, lionheart |
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