Subject: Has anyone noticed? |
Bible Note: Hey again, Steve….. C’mon get real, hang up your tap shoes. Me………."Who commanded Sunday? (chapter and verse please)." You…….Acts 20:7 (ESV) On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread... Me…….This is a command? You will eradicate the 4th commandment on the basis of Acts 20:7? Me……."As the LORD's feasts are different from yours....whose are you observing? (chapter and verse please)." You……I Cor. 11:23-25 (ESV) For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, [24] and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." [25] In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." Me……This is Passover, a feast of the LORD. I was pretty much looking for your justification for xmas and easter…….the holiest days on the Christian calendar so I’ve been told. Me……."What does 'Jesus' mean?" You……Je·sus -- A teacher and prophet whose life and teachings form the basis of Christianity. Christians believe Jesus to be Son of God and the Christ. [Middle English, from Late Latin Iesus, from Greek Iesous, from Hebrew yeshua, from yehoshua, Joshua.] Me……No, Steve, or should I say Stephano, or Esteban (what name did your mother give you….or doesn’t it matter?)……the question wasn’t “Who is the person, Jesus”….it was what does the word intrinsically mean? Do you know of any other historical figure who has had his name changed from culture to culture? (other than santa claus). Notice from your own references, the proper English translation is “Joshua”……..where did the word “Jesus” come from? Me…….."Who are your gentile role models?" You…….#1 Lord Jesus Christ who fulfilled the Law on our behalf. Me……..Let me rephrase the question……which of your role models are gentiles? All the ones you mention are Jewish. You…..Romans 8:3-4 Me……see Eze 36:26-27 You…….#2 Paul, who jumped on Peter for causing Gentiles to live like Jews. Me……..You don’t like Peter? Are his epistles then not credible? Wasn’t Peter led of the Spirit just like Paul? This causes a problem…..Isn’t this the same Paul who said, “You, then, why do you judge your brother?” (Ro 14:10). You……Galatians 2:14 Me…….I really can’t respond to this, not really knowing the details of the situation nor being privy to Peter’s answer. I’ll be totally honest….there’s not much in Galations that I do understand. You……#3 The church which is Christ's body. 1 Cor. 12:12-13 (ESV) For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. [13] For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. Me……See Eze 36:26-27 -------------------------------- You……..Acts 21:20 is speaking of Jews in Jerusalem who still retained ties to the Law. Gentiles were exempt. Me………The subject at hand was not Jewish believers, but newly converted gentiles. If they were exempt, what was the point of mentioning Moses, synagogues and Sabbath? You……Acts 21:25 (ESV) But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality." Me…….Are you saying that these are the all inclusive guidelines for all gentiles for all time? You…….Acts 17 is not Gentiles wanting to hang out with Jews, but Jews wanting to hang out with Gentiles. Paul was speaking to Greeks on the Areopagus. Me……..AC 17:1 “When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a JEWISH SYNAGOGUE. [2] AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, PAUL WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, [3] explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ, " he said. [4] Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of GOD-FEARING GREEKS and not a few prominent women.” In Areopagus he was hanging out with pagan gentiles, not converted gentiles…..not because they were cool guys, but trying to bring them to their senses. Singing the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb………..Bub |