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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    You have a false religion based on human beliefs...just like any other religion. It just so happens that your claim about Jesus is true...but where is your part in it? Merely pointing at? Judas did the same thing. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, ESPECIALLY (but not exclusively)...
  2. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    People have a hard time understanding Paul since he uses the word "law" to mean like at least three different things. The law of Moses : Holiness laws based on ceremonial purity. (now superseded through Christ) The law of God : the ten commandments (Ours to fulfill through Christ in...
  3. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    If that is possible, we don't see it very much. Do you have any ideas on this? Any examples? The other way round could fill volumes. Peter never says anything about misunderstanding Jesus...either you understand Him or you don't. But Paul on the other hand had such a specific idea about what he...
  4. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Yes. The law of righteousness (for humans) mean repenting from evil and doing right. This level of righteousness is about INHERITING life...through the mercy of God. This is for the meek, the lowly, the poor, the honest, the merciful. NO need for power from heaven for that level. We ALL have the...
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Paul was speaking against the law of Moses for Gentiles. A new and living way meant that there was no going back to a way that had no power. Paul was only concerned with the nations coming into a higher walk in Christ...that fulfills the law of God by the power of the resurrected Christ.
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    No. Only if I slip off the road do I need the guardrails. Only if I "fall from grace" do I need the law to remind me of my true condition and what God expects. Think of the road as the path of holiness or else the path of righteousness...depending on the level of our walk. The law provides a...
  7. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Here Paul is looking at the law as a means to righteousness. People want to know how to be righteous and how they can know if they are saved or not. Paul is concerned with the higher form of righteousness. He doesn't take much time to avow human righteousness...that's not his ministry. His...
  8. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Look at the law as a guard rail around tight corners on a road. If you keep to the road, you, personally no longer need the guardrails. The guardrails are there for those who don't keep to the road...but they are still needed. To say that the guardrails are no longer required in a general...
  9. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    You have answered your own question. Is Jesus not the Lord? Is He not the same yesterday, today and always? Who will be judging you? Paul? Or Jesus? The words of Jesus remain the pillar of our faith. Paul was an usher into the the bigger kingdom picture for all nations. But misunderstanding...
  10. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    We could do the same thing today with the way Paul is being interpreted to say.
  11. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Or else the word made flesh is a name... Youd Hey Vav Heh...or "Behold a hand, behold a nail" Or as the Jews say..."Hashem" (the name) Before Abraham was...He is.
  12. Episkopos

    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Many would. Most won't come right out and say things like...Jesus was only speaking to Jews...or things like that....that what Jesus said was not meant for us today. Things like that...on this very forum. If we were to go by influence, then far more believers ignore the sayings of Jesus for...
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Agreed. Confucius AND Socrates both posited that we are to treat others as ourselves. All people will be judged against that universal standard. All who fear God and do what is right will be accepted by God. Peter says as much. Christianity is the new and living way that is according to...
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    Jesus, as Yahweh, was co-creator with His Father...the Most High...also called Yahweh. Hence the confusion. Jesus was given Jacob for His inheritance. (As in...I am the God of Isaac and Jacob). The way the bible is written puts Jesus as being IN God...but lesser...although of the same name and...
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    This bloviating of yours is tiresome and divisive...it projects your own inflated ego onto the forum with empty accusations that reflect your own dogmatic indoctrination. Just say no to toxic polarization.
  16. Episkopos

    Forgiveness vs Atonement

    Thanks for your comments. Yes, forgiveness is based on righteousness. And atonement is based on holiness. This is where we have to see the difference between what we do and what God does....each according to the power we have. We each have the power to forgive...to be merciful...to treat...
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    Forgiveness vs Atonement

    No...not in a while. And glad you liked it! :)
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    Forgiveness vs Atonement

    This video marks one year since we began this podcast. Please have a listen..and like, subscribe and comment on the channel. If this very simple principle could be understood we would see a rise in holiness in the church and a vast reduction in future judgment against those who are no longer...
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    Is there a need for prophets in our modern world

    We have a lot of head knowledge but little heart. We need prophets more than ever to reveal the heart of God.
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    Are the words of Jesus still meant for Christians?

    And yet...we have the teachings of Jesus in the gospels. When too much emphasis is placed on our ideas of what Jesus did for all men (as per Paul) and not what He meant to say to His own disciples (as per Jesus Himself)...well.. we tend to become self-interested consumers looking for a product...