Subject: New Perspective of Sha'ul |
Bible Note: Hello Talmid, I looked at the site. If you are getting your theology from wikipedia, I fear for your spiritual welfare. Peter asked the church leaders in Jerusalem, "Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?" (Acts 15:10 ESV). Peter loved the Lord Jesus, yet he called adherance to the Law unbearable. Jews could not do it, so why expect Gentiles to even try? PEter also lived like a Gentile while in Antioch until he forgot himself (Gal 2:11-14). Did he love Christ less while doing that? Did he step out of fellowship with the Lord and need to confess his transgression? You are romanticizing the law. You have no hope of keeping it. And if you fail in one part, you are guilty of all (James 2:10). Again, why try? In the book of Galatians that I mentioned previously, Paul condemns any reliance of the Law for justification or sanctification. Again, why try? This is not a matter of sincerity, but truth. Steve |