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The Torah principle that He upholds is "respect God"--the Law said "Respect God--keep your vows", Christ says "Respect God--don't even make a vow. Humble yourself."

Yeah, by ignoring the immediately following teaching that contradicts your "takeaway" from those words, you most certainly are misrepresenting those words.

You misinterpret Jesus, bc He immediately called making and keeping vows, a Torah Law, "of the evil one", saying, instead, "let your 'yes' be yes and your 'no' be no--anything beyond this [eg, making vows] is of the evil one." James echoes Jesus's teaching--"make no vow at all". Your...

Actually already answered this in multiple ways. I'm going to go ahead and block you because you are wasting my time pretending to converse when you're really just rejecting God's Word.

Not interested in your opinions. You had your chance to say something true, and you decided to reject God's Word. Thanks.

LOL Apparently, no Protestant on this forum likes this passage of Scripture so far.

What I know is eternal life is a harvest reaped in due time by doers of good who do not faint in doing good to all men but persist in it. That is the witness of both Scripture and the most ancient, original, forms of Christianity--your new idea has no historical or Biblical root. Again, please...

1. Again, He called them "sick"--in our case, you'd be calling Jesus "sick" for recognizing sodomy as a "sickness". 2. I already explained why: Lk 15 shows His practice is to call sinners to repentance, and, after they recognize their moral errors, and return home to God, Christ rejoices over...

Yeah, but I'm arguing it was also a "mistake" in the previous case! :jest:

You're arguing that Sodomites are not "sick" at all, aren't you!? Do you not see the difference? Christ said they were in need of repentance, they were "sick", and the "sinners" He ate with had already recognized their "sickness", and were returning home to God, according to the parable of...

In Lk 15, Jesus justifies partying with those labeled "sinners" by the Pharisees by explaining they had realized their errors, and returned home (they had repented), and He wasn't justifying their sin, but celebrating their repentance, whereas the SAME Jesus rules that the one who says he is a...

Yup, I'm sinning when I believe God, according to you. Galatians 6 6The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from...

Is the Church supposed to, as Jesus did, reach out to all sorts of penitent sinners? Yes. Is the Church instructed to "purge the evil man from among you"--if someone says he is a brother, but lives in sin, to have nothing to do with him, not even eat? Yes. Both are true. We do not throw...

You didn't die a few hours after being saved. Everyone has their own circumstances. He did what good he could. He denounced the robber being crucified nearby him, and acknowledged Christ publicly (in John, we read whoever acknowledged Christ publicly was thrown out of the synagogue, so many who...

He was asked whether he agreed with the words in Galatians 6. Galatians 6 6The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8For the one who sows to his own flesh...

The words of passages like Galatians 6:6-10--words you want to reject, but then cite other passages, like Matthew 7, that teach the very same thing--unequivocally state that eternal life is a harvest reaped in due time by those who sow to the Spirit by doing good deeds. I already answered this...

had to look that one up

So, you DO affirm that men are repaid eternal life in due season in return for doing good works?

I wonder if Lion's Mane mushrooms might help your "disorganized" thoughts. Sulforaphane is anti inflammatory for the brain. Cruciferous veggies "have" it--a chemical they have is metabolized by an enzyme they have when the two combine when bites are taken of the veggies, so, since cooking kills...

Yeah, Paul says things that seem paradoxical--eg, "I was abundant in labors above them all--yet, not I, but the grace with me."--but there is no paradox I can detect on the issue we're discussing here. My view doesn't suffer from this non-existent "paradox" you insist on seeing.