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Oops, God can forget righteousness (Ez 18:24), so He can validly say "I never knew you" to people who don't ENDURE (Hebrews 3, 10) in the faith, because "faith is completed by works" (Ja 2), yet their lawless works did not accord with faith, thus, having not tested themselves to see if they were...

Where does it say they were trusting in their works? It says they were "lawless", saying, "Lord, Lord", but not DOING what was righteous (since they are lawless)--and who does Christ accept, when He returns, on that Day of Judgment, except the "lawful", who DO THE GOOD THINGS HE HAS BEEN...

It sounds like you agree with me--that there is an ongoing assessment/judgment (otherwise, there couldn't be ongoing justifications) that will culminate on the final Day of Judgment.

So, Jesus teaches about a future event that will never occur? In your book, Jesus erred? Not possible. In fact, Jesus teaches the same thing after the Cross. Revelation 22 12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. Paul, wonder of...

I clearly said that interpreting Matthew 7 is to be done by interpreting it in its context--and I demonstrated the irresponsibility of citing a single verse from John by showing John has many verses that contradict your abusage of a single sliver of his writing. You agree that Jesus says "Get...

John 5:28...those who have DONE good to the resurrection of life, and those who have DONE evil to the resurrection of judgment. John 8:29And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always DO THE THINGS that are pleasing to him. John 12:50 And I know that HIS COMMANDMENT IS...

It is not "proper" to conclude what Jesus is teaching in Matthew 7 by jumping over to John 6. You're agreeing with me that good works are necessary for justification on that day, you're just saying "good deeds automatically happen if you really believe", correct?

If you want to know what I said, just read what I said : I'm ridiculing your ridiculous approach to the text. In context, He taught a bunch of standards, and He caps it off by saying "Do what I say, don't just emptily call Me 'Lord'--if I'm your Lord, then act like it and obey." As I showed...

Again, it comes down to HOW, because believing Gentiles who neither have nor know the Law are deemed "doers of the Law" who will be justified. How did they do that? By the old covenant way of the letter, or by the new covenant way of the spirit? The text tells us : "though not having the law...

As long as you're not arguing we are as Christians to learn and walk by Torah--your "approach" seems ambiguous.

"Let me show you how to understand Matthew 7... it's WAAAAAYYYYYYYY over here, in a completely different book." Lol But, hey, if you want to quote John without having to reconcile John with John, let me do the same : John 5:28...those who have DONE good to the resurrection of life, and those...

Every orthodox Christian on this forum will affirm the words of Paul, "neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but keeping God's commands;" the point where they will differ is the MEANS whereby that occurs : if God's plan for serving Him in the ew Covenant was "oldness of...

There is a New Covenant, unlike the one made before--writing not on stone but on peoples' hearts and minds, causing people to do His will by putting His Spirit in them. Maybe this is the connection with Pentecost : traditionally, this was when the "fiery Law" was given at Sinai, but, also, now...

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He mentions "do not covet" (Ro 7:7), so, yes, "the big 10".

Yes! Romans 8:3 ...the Law, weakened through the flesh... Galatians 3:3 ...being perfected by the flesh? Turning to the Law is turning to the flesh, because It is for those who are in the flesh, and shows them their sin so they cry for a deliverer from their slavery--it isn't for those in Christ.

Amen! The flesh and the Law are inseparable (Ro 7:1-6, 8:3; Gal 3:3)--but the flesh is evil--so turning to the Law is turning to the flesh. That's the problem with the Law.

Or even if not explicitly "under Law" (bc it's not as though all those you describe are trying to obey Moses), it's just as bad, because they nevertheless do not have the grace intended.

I really see this as important : boasting in Christ, no confidence in flesh, because your boast is what you have confidence in.

God gave Christ as the New Covenant, "Not like the Covenant I made with your fathers", so how can we fulfill the New Covenant obligations if we're not looking in to the simplicity of devotion to the New Covenant, Christ, but are, instead, led astray and away from Him Who called us by a false...