God made covenants throughout history:
1.) With Noah, to not destroy mankind again in a flood
2.) With Abraham, to make him a great nation
3.) Abraham's covenant was extended to Isaac and then Jacob
4.) The nation of Israel had a covenant to be God's chosen people and he would be their God and allow them to live in the promised land as long as they
- relied on him for military support
- did not participate in usury
- took care of the orphan, widow, poor, refugee
- did not worship other gods
5.) But the Israelites disobeyed God over and over and kept breaking God's commands and so he sent prophets to warn them that they would be punished and sent into exile. God even compared them to prostitutes and that he kept taking them back. Eventually God allowed Israel and Judah to be exiled, but He mad a covenant that he would not destroy them completely one day he would send a messiah.
6.) Then through Jesus, God made a new covenant to all nations and all people. He did not abolish the old covenants, but he fulfilled them all and made them more complete than ever. God showed that his intention had always been to include the whole world.
But too many people live through legalism. They live by the law and say false things like:
- women can't teach
- Jews are God's chosen people
- God only talks to Christians
- Israel is God's fulfillment of Prophecy
- Sinners are going to hell
- Wars against Islam are ok
- Women shouldn't wear braids
- We should not eat pork
These are false teachings, they are legalism.
The truth is we are all sinners and deserve hell, but only through accepting the free gift of Grace through accepting Jesus Christ as our savior can we have eternal life.
We must hate sin, but give grace to non-christians, sinners and christians who fail for we too are sinners. We don't deserve eternal life any more than anyone else. But we have chosen to submit ourselves to Christ and become his ambassadors on earth.
This salvation is a gift of grace from God and is open to all, Jews and non-Jew and we are all equal before God.
You can tell the difference between Christians who live under legalism and who follow grace, you can tell them by their fruits.
Legalism = spirtual death
Grace = spiritual life
But we all must guard our hearts, because fear and hatred can drag us back towards legalism
1.) With Noah, to not destroy mankind again in a flood
2.) With Abraham, to make him a great nation
3.) Abraham's covenant was extended to Isaac and then Jacob
4.) The nation of Israel had a covenant to be God's chosen people and he would be their God and allow them to live in the promised land as long as they
- relied on him for military support
- did not participate in usury
- took care of the orphan, widow, poor, refugee
- did not worship other gods
5.) But the Israelites disobeyed God over and over and kept breaking God's commands and so he sent prophets to warn them that they would be punished and sent into exile. God even compared them to prostitutes and that he kept taking them back. Eventually God allowed Israel and Judah to be exiled, but He mad a covenant that he would not destroy them completely one day he would send a messiah.
6.) Then through Jesus, God made a new covenant to all nations and all people. He did not abolish the old covenants, but he fulfilled them all and made them more complete than ever. God showed that his intention had always been to include the whole world.
But too many people live through legalism. They live by the law and say false things like:
- women can't teach
- Jews are God's chosen people
- God only talks to Christians
- Israel is God's fulfillment of Prophecy
- Sinners are going to hell
- Wars against Islam are ok
- Women shouldn't wear braids
- We should not eat pork
These are false teachings, they are legalism.
The truth is we are all sinners and deserve hell, but only through accepting the free gift of Grace through accepting Jesus Christ as our savior can we have eternal life.
We must hate sin, but give grace to non-christians, sinners and christians who fail for we too are sinners. We don't deserve eternal life any more than anyone else. But we have chosen to submit ourselves to Christ and become his ambassadors on earth.
This salvation is a gift of grace from God and is open to all, Jews and non-Jew and we are all equal before God.
You can tell the difference between Christians who live under legalism and who follow grace, you can tell them by their fruits.
Legalism = spirtual death
Grace = spiritual life
But we all must guard our hearts, because fear and hatred can drag us back towards legalism
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