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For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. (Gal 5:1)
This verse makes it clear what has happened to them.... returning to bondage when they did not need to ... but they did not understand this... hence the reason for the letter.
This verse makes it clear what has happened to them.... returning to bondage when they did not need to ... but they did not understand this... hence the reason for the letter.
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Yes. And look what Jesus said about those who lead little ones who believe in him to stumble and go to eternal hell:
Matthew 18:6-9 NAS
6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
7“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
8“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. 9“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.
It's better for believers to cast away those among them who cause them to stumble then it is for believers to keep them around and be caused to stumble and go to the eternal fire.
Matthew 18:6-9 NAS
6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
7“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
8“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. 9“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.
It's better for believers to cast away those among them who cause them to stumble then it is for believers to keep them around and be caused to stumble and go to the eternal fire.
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Yet, what do we when they consistently promote false doctrine that causes others to stumble?
You you not want to save someone from falling into error... I think there are times for rebuke.with love for fellow believers... however those that are not saved (false teachers) better to not even entreat them.
You you not want to save someone from falling into error... I think there are times for rebuke.with love for fellow believers... however those that are not saved (false teachers) better to not even entreat them.
I will say that the true believers were under attack by false teachers that were trying to seduce them and lure them away from the simplicity of Christ, and God used Paul to warn them and exhort them to reject the Judaistic heresy.
I do not wish to go further than that. I feel that in saying this I am being careful with my words
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I think they were in the process of receiving bad teaching, and God used Paul to airlift them out of it
If you are saved and fall away, there is no possibility of being renewed to repentance. I wonder if our “lose salvation” people believe this
When a Christian falls, they do not lose salvation. If they did, they would have to bring Christ down to crucify Him all over again to be saved
If you are saved and fall away, there is no possibility of being renewed to repentance. I wonder if our “lose salvation” people believe this
When a Christian falls, they do not lose salvation. If they did, they would have to bring Christ down to crucify Him all over again to be saved
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Paul is worried, that for some of those among this church would not gain from all his work in hopes to share with them the truth.
This is for all of these people, those who are in the church and believe to be saved as well as those who truly are saved.
If the preacher at local congregation is sharing the gospel constantly, I am sure he would share these same fears... ( gal 4)
gal 5 4-5 is again a comparison between those who would think could "help" justify themselves to those who know that the righteousness of Christ is what justifies us...
These verses address the church as a whole
not just believers or unbelievers but the wheat and tares
"fallen from grace" as to say having heard the truth but muddied it with "adding to" via laws/works
and a " little leaven leaveneth the whole lump" goes to show how even adding a little bit changes the whole gospel...
pretty sure all of us agree on that right?
Eg was pointing specifically at "those who Christ became of none effect to,those who do not obey the truth"
these would be those with the added "leaven"
This is for all of these people, those who are in the church and believe to be saved as well as those who truly are saved.
If the preacher at local congregation is sharing the gospel constantly, I am sure he would share these same fears... ( gal 4)
gal 5 4-5 is again a comparison between those who would think could "help" justify themselves to those who know that the righteousness of Christ is what justifies us...
These verses address the church as a whole
not just believers or unbelievers but the wheat and tares
"fallen from grace" as to say having heard the truth but muddied it with "adding to" via laws/works
and a " little leaven leaveneth the whole lump" goes to show how even adding a little bit changes the whole gospel...
pretty sure all of us agree on that right?
Eg was pointing specifically at "those who Christ became of none effect to,those who do not obey the truth"
these would be those with the added "leaven"
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marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert[a] the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be [b]accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comesthrough the law, then Christ died [j]in vain.”
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have you suffered so [c]many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed iseveryone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 11 But that no one is [d]justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
He did nto say they all were. He said as many of you who were. Then he said IF you are christs, insinuations some of them were not.
the context is justification by faith vs being justified by law/
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Where does it say this in the passage?
I do not like to base my interpretations on something that may be true sis.
The context was being justified by law. Not being sanctified by law.
Paul was arguing against legalistic gospel. Which has no power to save. And he was warning this who have yet to fully come to faith not to return to what could never save them to begin with,
I do not like to base my interpretations on something that may be true sis.
The context was being justified by law. Not being sanctified by law.
Paul was arguing against legalistic gospel. Which has no power to save. And he was warning this who have yet to fully come to faith not to return to what could never save them to begin with,
