justaname
Disciple of Jesus Christ
- Mar 14, 2011
- 2,348
- 149
- 63
- Faith
- Christian
- Country
- United States
Pro Jesus Anti Paul,
Simply by your screen name it seems you seek to divide. Yet I will continue with you for a little while.
Let me ask. Who disregarded all the words of Christ? This is your straw man, and a false accusation...not very Christlike.
Also you addressed nothing in my post to you concerning Paul's submission to Christ. The slave of Jesus Christ is not usurping his Master. Here Jesus speaks to this:
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. - Matthew 10:24
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. - Matthew 12:25
Concerning Paul's obvious role in Scripture I especially like Jesus' teaching here:
And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." - Matthew 13:52
Concerning Jesus' authority and the nature of His commandments or teachings:
27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:27-30
To the understanding of the commandments or teachings of the Christ:
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. - Matthew 7:12
37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22:37-40
16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. - John 3:16-18
This directly coincides with Paul's "faith working through love". There is only one gospel. Christ nor the gospel is divided. Paul's message is congruent with Jesus' employment of Him. As we see in Acts:
15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." - Acts 9:15-16
The word "Christ" is derived from the Hebrew "Mashiach" which translates anointed.
MESSIAH. The term going back to Messias, a Gk form (John 1:41; 4:25) of the Heb māšı̂ah, denoting an anointed person. Hebrew hammāšı̂aḥ (Aram mĕšı̂ḥāʾ), “the Messiah,” is usually translated in Gk with ho christos, the Christ.
Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Messiah. Title derived from the Hebrew, mashiach, a verbal adjective meaning anointed one. Along with its NT equivalent, christos (Christ), it refers to an act of consecration whereby an individual is set apart to serve God and anointed (smeared or perhaps sprinkled) with oil. The verbal root (mashach) conveys this idea as well.
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
I pray you approach this information objectively and without bias. Jesus would not appoint a minister of the gospel that is contrary to Him. (Matthew 12:25) That would be counter intuitive.
Simply by your screen name it seems you seek to divide. Yet I will continue with you for a little while.
Let me ask. Who disregarded all the words of Christ? This is your straw man, and a false accusation...not very Christlike.
Also you addressed nothing in my post to you concerning Paul's submission to Christ. The slave of Jesus Christ is not usurping his Master. Here Jesus speaks to this:
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. - Matthew 10:24
Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. - Matthew 12:25
Concerning Paul's obvious role in Scripture I especially like Jesus' teaching here:
And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." - Matthew 13:52
Concerning Jesus' authority and the nature of His commandments or teachings:
27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:27-30
To the understanding of the commandments or teachings of the Christ:
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. - Matthew 7:12
37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22:37-40
16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. - John 3:16-18
This directly coincides with Paul's "faith working through love". There is only one gospel. Christ nor the gospel is divided. Paul's message is congruent with Jesus' employment of Him. As we see in Acts:
15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." - Acts 9:15-16
The word "Christ" is derived from the Hebrew "Mashiach" which translates anointed.
MESSIAH. The term going back to Messias, a Gk form (John 1:41; 4:25) of the Heb māšı̂ah, denoting an anointed person. Hebrew hammāšı̂aḥ (Aram mĕšı̂ḥāʾ), “the Messiah,” is usually translated in Gk with ho christos, the Christ.
Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Messiah. Title derived from the Hebrew, mashiach, a verbal adjective meaning anointed one. Along with its NT equivalent, christos (Christ), it refers to an act of consecration whereby an individual is set apart to serve God and anointed (smeared or perhaps sprinkled) with oil. The verbal root (mashach) conveys this idea as well.
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
I pray you approach this information objectively and without bias. Jesus would not appoint a minister of the gospel that is contrary to Him. (Matthew 12:25) That would be counter intuitive.