Not wishing to argue with you here.
Thats not my style.
But the truth is others can say the same about you
”Many come in his name to deceive”
To be honest I am in the catergory of the people you accuse of comeing to deceive.
I am not here to do that.
I don’t think you are either.
We all have a purpose and it’s not deceive.
Lets not go down that route.
Works will be judged and burned up If crap.
Faith will stand the test. Gold
This is not about you ,me, or anyone on this forum in my view. It's about knowing what the Bible's teaches. And to do that, we must use "Every Word of God", not just the few verses that can be used to further some church doctrine.
Matt. 4:
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
So BG, we are told to:
2 Tim.
15 Study to shew thyself
approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
So this means I, ME, I am supposed to study. It doesn't mean am to pick and choose someone else to study for me. Like the Pope, or Benny Hinn, or Oral Roberts. I am supposed to study, and I am supposed to use EVERY WORD of God in that study.
For instance, Paul said:
Rom. 3:
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law
is the knowledge of sin.
And He said.
1 Cor. 7:
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing,
but the keeping of the commandments of God.
And he said:
Rom. 2:
13 (For not the hearers of the law
are just before God,
but the doers of the law shall be justified.
So these are seemingly directly opposite instructions. What "MANY" people do is just pick the one that more closely supports their current lifestyle, and ignore the other. To a Jewish believer, the Rom. 2, might fit the traditions and doctrines of his church than the Rom. 3 scripture. To the AOG or Baptist or "many" others, the Rom. 3 scripture is used, and the others ignored.
But this isn't the way we are told to study, and it is in direct contradiction to Jesus and His instruction to consider Every Word.
So this is what I did. I separated myself from ALL Mainstream teachings, at least as much as possible in America today. And for 20 years I studied. Of course this means nothing to you as you don't know me from Adam, and it really means nothing anyway, lots of people study. It is just a factual account of what I did, nothing more.
What I found out is that these scriptures do not contradict each other at all. In Rom. 3 and Gal. 3 Paul is speaking of the Levitical Priesthood, ceremonial, sacrificial "works or Deeds of the Law" for remission of sin, contained in the "Oracles" of God. Paul tells us this Levitical Priesthood was "ADDED" because of transgression of the Laws Abraham was blessed for obeying. (Gen. 26:5) They were a "Shadow" of Christ's sacrifice and were to be in force "Until the Seed should come". (Gal. 3:19)
So it is wrong to build a doctrine around one scripture, while rejecting others. And this also makes it almost impossible to understand God's instruction if a person cherry picks scripture, or if a person CHOOSES to place more value on one scripture that others.
So instead of choosing scripture that supports some doctrine or tradition of men, and erasing from my mind any scripture that brings these doctrines and traditions into question, I simply let the Bible create my doctrine. This was easier for me because I had already separated myself from a Mainstream Church that EVERYBODY knows "Transgresses the Commandments of God by their own doctrines and Traditions".
And even though I know, from study, that "most" will choose church tradition over God's Word, I came on this forum anyway and am sharing what I have been shown with you.
We are told by "many" that Paul says we can do "NOTHING" in respect to our salvation. And they use a few scriptures including this one as support of that teaching.
Eph. 2:
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
But the same people reject and ignore the same words of the same Paul when he said the following.
Acts 26:
20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea,
and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill
me.
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great,
saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Which confirms my belief that the Gospel of Christ is the Old Testament as Paul said in Romans 1, which I was accused of lying about.
In closing, keep in mind that it was Jesus, not me, who said;
Matt. 24:
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in
my name, (Christians) saying, I am Christ;(Saying Jesus is truly the Son of God) and shall deceive many.
It is good that you are "Testing the Spirits".
