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NASB | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to do away with or undo the Law [of Moses] or the [writings of the] Prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. |
Bible Question:
I actually have four questions. I am doing an interpretation of the bible and am not able to get the information I need please bear with me. I will be asking four questions where I need to give an example of an eroneous view of each question and where a rule of interpretation was either ignored or broken and then also with each question I will ask I need to provide a more correct interpretation biblical interpretation and the correct application of the rules. the first question is as folows: What is a response to the interpretation of Acts 4:32-36 as an endorsement of a type of communal living as being normative for the christian church? My second question is what is a response to the belief that christians are still obligated to adhere to old testament rules regarding sacrifices, clothing and diet. My third question is as follows? what is a response or rebuttal of the belief, based on Galatians 5:1, that christians may ignore new testament commands as long as they feel that they are being led by the holy spirit? My fourth and Final question? what is a defense that the early christians might have given to pagans in Rome who mistakenly thought that Christ had instituted Cannibalism as a rite in the early church because of his words in John 6:53? Thank you for your help and time and please let me know soon if possible thank you. |
Bible Answer: tachminite 1) Communal living based on Acts 4:32-36 - Acts 4:34, 35 - the owners of land and house came to the apostles and laid down the money gotten from selling these things at the feet of the apostles for those that had need and it was distributed to those who had need. These sales do not necessarily mean they gave up their own houses, these people may have had extra houses and extra land. 2 John 1:10 - a lady had her own house and was told to refuse false teachers to stay in her home. She lived there with her children and entertained traveling Christians strangers. Acts 2:44-46 - they shared all their the sales of their property and possessions and were together going from house to house eating and worshipping. I found another alternate transliteration of the Greek - 44, 45 Everyone believed having faith beside together present had needs the occasion of destitution requiring that all commonly share the distribution from employment as the occasion arose. Every man whose possession was sold goods was required to part with them to every man through occaision of destitution. This renders it not that they shared all things in common, but that they all shared in the distribution as the occassion arose. 2) Adherence to OT rules versus NT freedom from the law - Romans 4:1-8, 13-16 - God has always justified by faith and not by the law. Romans 3) Ignoring NT commandments based on Galatians 5:1 - 1 Crointhians 6:9-11, Ephesians 2:1-4, 5:1-18, 1 John 1:5-2:2, James 2:18-23. 4) Pagans mistakenly think Christ instituted Cannibalism based on John 6:53 - This is as close as I could come to cannabalism and Rome - Direct quote - http: double front slash ajwrb.org single front slash history front single front slash index.shtml Early Christians abstained from eating any sort of blood. In this regard Tertullian (c. 155-a. 220 C.E.) pointed out in his work Apology (IX, 13, 14): "Let your error blush before the Christians, for we do not include even animals’ blood in our natural diet. We abstain on that account from things strangled or that die of themselves, that we may not in any way be polluted by blood, even if it is buried in the meat. Finally, when you are testing Christians, you offer them sausages full of blood; you are thoroughly well aware, of course, that among them it is forbidden; but you want to make them transgress." Minucius Felix, a Roman lawyer who lived until about 250 C.E., made the same point, writing: "For us it is not permissible either to see or to hear of human slaughter; we have such a shrinking from human blood that at our meals we avoid the blood of animals used for food."Octavius, XXX, 6." (Insight on the Scriptures, 1988, vol. 1, p. 346) Argument that Christians might have given Roman pagans? John 6:35-40 - the Bread of Life - this is the key that Jesus describes Himself as the way to salvation using figurative language - just like when Jesus says "I am the door", when Jesus says, "I am the Bread, eat My flesh, drink My blood" this is figurative language. Jesus is not a door, or bread, or drink - He is saying He is salvation and eating His flesh represents His body dying on the cross for our sins, and drinking His blood represents Jesus shedding His blood for our sins. Jesus is saying take My body, take My blood - believe in My and take salvation. That would be the argument for any age it seems to me. blessings abound, bowler |
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