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NASB | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock. [Luke 6:47-49] |
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Bible Note: You wrote: "But the living of those principles are found in Rom-Jude. I'll never break one commandment if I follow the Holy Spirit." Of course, no one consistently does this, not even Paul (Romans 7). You wrote: "Many Christians who disagree on this are reading Matt-joh with hindsight. They already know the New Covenant and find it (sporatically) thorought the gospels. They think the Gospels are enough. However, Without knowing rom-jud they would be just like the disciples with Jesus, clueless." Try and keep in mind that the epistles are the teachings of the apostles given to them by Jesus. They may have started out clueless, but Jesus did not leave them that way. You are correct that the Gospels do not comprise the whole counsel of God, but neither does the rest of the New Testament. That is why God superintended the writing of 66 books, so that taken together they would tell His people everything we are to believe concerning God and what duty God requires of us. That's why the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone. Jesus is the cornerstone, but I don't think that anyone (least of all our Catholic friend Emmaus) is denying the importance of the apostles' foundational teachings. You wrote: "I'm not like Job. Job was not born again." What makes you say that? Don't fall into the trap that his friends did. And to say that Job was not redeemed is completely without basis in truth. --Joe! |