A brother on this forum is now trying to spread the warning that I'm a "false teacher," a "wolf." And this appears to be because I believe Paul, in Romans 3, declares, hyperbolically, that we all have a sin nature, but that under the Law Israel could still do righteousness. It was not a righteousness that attains to eternal life, but it was a form of righteousness nonetheless.
Do you believe this belief qualifies as making me a "false teacher?" It doesn't matter to me if you believe one way or another. Does this kind of belief, having a more "positive" view of the Law, qualify as heresy to you? I need to have an answer for this guy! After all, he is spreading what I feel is disinformation about me.
It is, I feel, an interesting subject because this involves statements from Paul that can easily be misconstrued. When he declares, in Romans 3, that all are wicked, it appears to some to say that nobody could do any good at all under the Law, that everything they did, in obedience under the Law, was actually "wickedness."
But I believe Paul took a slice out of Israel's history, in a time when they were at their worst, to show that we all, including a godly nation, are guilty of the sin nature, and need atonement by Christ. What do you think: agree or disagree?
Do you believe this belief qualifies as making me a "false teacher?" It doesn't matter to me if you believe one way or another. Does this kind of belief, having a more "positive" view of the Law, qualify as heresy to you? I need to have an answer for this guy! After all, he is spreading what I feel is disinformation about me.
It is, I feel, an interesting subject because this involves statements from Paul that can easily be misconstrued. When he declares, in Romans 3, that all are wicked, it appears to some to say that nobody could do any good at all under the Law, that everything they did, in obedience under the Law, was actually "wickedness."
But I believe Paul took a slice out of Israel's history, in a time when they were at their worst, to show that we all, including a godly nation, are guilty of the sin nature, and need atonement by Christ. What do you think: agree or disagree?