Romans 4:13-17
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"--in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Rom. 4:2 For if Abraham were
justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
What "Works" is Paul speaking about? Because the Bible clearly says Abraham was blessed "Because"
he did something the other people in the land didn't do.
Gen. 26:
5 Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
We can argue over whether God's Laws given to Abraham including Loving God and Loving your neighbor, along with the instructions of how to do these things, though it seems the Bible confirms he did both.
But one Law we know He didn't have was the Levitical Priesthood sacrificial "works of the Law" given for the atonement of sins. Levi wasn't even born yet. Paul speaks to this "Law of Works" in Rom. 3 and gal. 3 when he tells us this Law of Works" was Added 430 years after Abraham.. Abraham was justified "Apart" from this Law. But to say He was justified because he rejected the instructions given by God to him is a lie Post. Paul isn't saying that at all.
God gave him instructions and he trusted God enough to obey and this action was attributed to him as righteousness. Through this obedience which is called Faith, he is the Father of us all.
Not because he took a goat to the Levite as the "ADDED" Law directed, as the Jews were still pushing, but because he trusted in God enough to follow His Commands.
This is true, you can not find fault with this statement using All the Word's of God. Some things are just Biblical fact.
Christ gave commandments. One of them is give to whoever asks of you without demanding it back.
That's not in the Law of Moses.
Matt. 5:
39 But I say unto you, That
ye resist not evil: but whosoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and
take away thy coat, let him have
thy cloke also.
Luke 6:
27 But I say unto you which hear,
Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless them
that curse you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the
one cheek
offer also the other; and him that
taketh away thy cloke forbid not
to take thy coat also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that
taketh away thy goods
ask them not again.
You preach this wasn't taught in the Law and Prophets. Another in a long list of false teaching you bring to this forum.
Prov. 20:
22 Say not thou,
I will recompense evil;
but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs. 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Prov. 24:
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Is. 50:
5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
6 I gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair:
I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Gen. 50:
15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
The Old Testament teaches the same things Jesus taught. He was the creator of the Word's of the OT. They were His Word's. Your attempts to create another Jesus who teaches differently, although very popular in the religions of the land, is a false teaching just the same. And explains why you can look at scripture but not see it.
Thinking that when He says "keep my commandments" He means the Law of Moses is therefore a logical fallacy, and it doesn't make Romans ch. 3-8 go away. It doesn't destroy the book of Galatians. It doesn't make believers commanded to keep the Law of Moses, as the other believing Pharisees thought.
Moses didn't create even one Commandment. The Word which became Flesh in the person of Jesus the Christ did. So it is a deception to preach Moses had Laws and the Word which became Flesh had different Laws. It is a lie, a falsehood to preach this. When Jesus says "MY Commandments" He is talking about His Commandments that He created as the Word of God. He didn't say "Moses is Lord even of the Sabbath", He said "the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.
I find it fascinating that you exalt yourself as "hidden in Christ", yet you blatantly reject and preach against His very Words over and over. The Pharisees were not trying to get the Gentiles to follow God as did Zechariahs. They called their religion "the Law of Moses" but Jesus said over and over and over, that they were liars. That they didn't follow God's Commandments or teach other to follow God's Commandments. They called much of the Law and Prophets "Heresy" as Paul tells us. You have been shown this several times, yet you either reuse to accept it, or you can't accept it.
I believe all of Romans and Galatians. I understand the Catholic version of them do not destroy the entire rest of the Bible, or all the Word's of God. Men use Paul's Word's to deceive as the Bible warns us. But he only teaches what is taught in the Law and Prophets. That is the only Gospel he or Jesus or anyone else had.
Old news, mate. You're just another believing Pharisee yourself, with the same wrong understanding that was cleared up in the council of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
"previously covered"
Well it is "Old news" for sure. The deceiver has been trying to turn people away from honoring God with respect and obedience since the serpent convinced Eve that God's instructions were a lie to keep her stupid.