Hello Truly,
At times, short and sweet comments can feel more like empty gestures than meaningful conversation.
You typically want me to go away, and you have ignored all my posts thus far that were at length. So I posted a short sweet word from the LORD about how He is good and upright and will teach sinners (all of which we are) in the way (who is Jesus Christ) and who ate with sinners (which is exactly what baffled the Pharisees) and you regard this as an empty gesture?
This one?
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
I understand that people often quote Scripture or present themselves as spiritually flawless—but the truth is, we all fall short. That’s the very point Jesus was making when He said:
“Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Which is in agreement with the single verse I posted (which you call an empty gesture).
You can't even see an agreement in the scriptures, whether at length or in a single verse.
So lets try it this way (very simply)
Mark 2:16
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them,
They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 15:1
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Luke 15:7
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Notice how that fits in, agreeing with the scriptures? And not an empty gesture by me (or the LORD)
Jesus spoke these words to the Pharisees, who looked down on others with hardened hearts. They had become so devoted to the Law that they had lost sight of Yahavah Himself. When they saw Jesus dining with those deemed “sinners,” they responded with contempt. But Yeshua’s response was powerful: He came for those who recognized their need—not for those who considered themselves spiritually complete by their own standards.
And this response forth coming is because I posted this single verse
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
As if somehow it contradicts that the LORD is good and upright? Or somehow contradicts that the Father taught sinners through Jesus Christ?
Your reasoning is distorted
The ones dining with Yeshua knew they were broken. They knew they couldn’t keep the commandments perfectly, but they loved Yahavah and others sincerely. That humble recognition is exactly what opens the heart to redemption.
Through the law come the knowledge of sin and Jesus said,
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
John 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever:
but the Son abideth ever.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
You changed his words in one of your posts and got rid of the word sin in it, is this the problem?
Some may speak of being completely free from sin,
You mean Jesus?
Or Paul, who is in agreement with Jesus?
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
And here?
Romans 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Or here?
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Who exactly are some of these people who are speaking of being set from from sin?
yet I believe that as long as we live in the flesh, the struggle remains. I have my own battles; so do you. And I’m not ashamed to say I’m a sinner in need of a Savior. That isn’t defeat—it’s honest self-awareness before a holy God.
We might live in the flesh (Physically existing) but we are not called to walk after the flesh.
And we are not really considered as being in the flesh according to Paul here
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Before this, Paul speaks of the weakness of the flesh in various places, and here he says
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
But a few verses earlier Paul had already told us that sin shall not have dominion over us
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Sometimes, when people see themselves as already righteous—whether through strict adherence to the Law or by not recognizing their need for Jesus—they can unintentionally miss the deeper message. In the process, they may overlook grace, the divine gift that brings true transformation through the Spirit.
Paul even said,
Gal 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness
come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Who is saying any different?
And we shouldnt overlook this aspect of grace either
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world