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Please explain why you consider what I said to be mental gymnastics.

In Romans 3:27, Paul contrasted a law of works with a law of faith, so "works of the law" are of works while he said in Romans 3:31 that our faith upholds the Law of God, so it is of faith. Likewise, Paul said that our faith upholds the Law of God in contrast with saying in Galatians 3:10-12...

While there are many verses that speak against earning our justification, righteousness, salvation and eternal life as the result of our obedience, there are nevertheless also many verses that support that those things require us to be an obeyer of God, which is not contradictory because there...

I did not admit that and you don't have grounds to accuse me of not accepting what the Bible says at face value when you cannot accept what all of the verses that I quoted that contradict your interpretation say at face value. If you hold to the truth of all of the Bible and there are verses...

Do you affirm or deny that followers of God should walk in His way?

Character traits are not something that are earned as the result of our works, but rather the only way for someone to attain a character trait is by believing that they ought to be a doer of that trait. For example, there is no amount of courageous works that someone is required to have done...

It is contradictory for someone to treat Acts 15:19-21 as containing an exhaustive list for mature Gentile believers in order to limit which laws Gentiles should follow while also treating it as being a non-exhaustive list by saying that that there are obviously other laws that Gentiles should...

The Jerusalem Council was debating whether salvation was by circumcision or by grace, but were not debating whether followers of God should follow His commands in accordance with the example that Christ set for us to follow. In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message...

The issue of whether followers of God should follow God's commands in accordance with the example that Christ set for us to follow is not a tribal matter, but rather it is a foundational issue. If you believe that the whole Bible is true, then you should seek to interpret 2 Corinthians 3 in a...

All legislators give laws according to their understanding of morality, so I see nothing wrong with Christians advocating for laws and policies that are in accordance with God's understanding or morality, though there is of course the risk of people misrepresenting His understanding.

Asking you to reconcile two of your posts is asking for clarity, not wearing my opponent out by misconstruing and obfuscating. Trying to get you to explain why you disagree with me is trying to discuss with you, not trying to win. You saying that it is a waste of time to explain why you don't...

Already are or not going to? You changed your tune pretty quick.

There is still a degree to which the nations do not act in accordance with God's law.

Morality is in regard to what we ought to do and we ought to be doers of God's character traits in obedience to Him, so all of God's laws are inherently moral laws. The laws that God has given are in accordance with His understanding of morality and the degree that "civilized" nations are not...

I am taking the position that followers of God should follow what God has commanded in accordance with the example that Christ set for us to follow. Morality is in regard to what we ought to do and so all legislators give laws in accordance with their understanding of morality, and no one has a...

In Deuteronomy 4:2, it prohibits adding to or subtracting from the Mosaic Law, so Jesus was not referring to a brand new commandment, especially because the command to love our neighbor can be found in Leviticus 19:18, but what was new about the commandment was the quality of the example by...

I'm not a mind reader, so please discuss why you disagree with what I said and why you disagree with dominion theology.

I showed that all of the Law of Moses is the Law of God, so there are no man-made rules in the OT.

I have not neglect that. In Matthew 4:15-23, Christ began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Mosaic Law was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a...

The Spirit has the role of leading us to obey God's law (Ezekiel 36:26-27) God's law shows those who are not holy that they are holy, but also teaches us how to be holy as God is holy (1 Peter 2:21-22). God's law does not just show us our need for a Savior, but also shows us the way that He is...