H. Richard
Well-Known Member
Most all of this thread's disagreement is about legalism or faith only.
If you read the scriptures for what they say a person has to see that legalism has been put aside so that God can show His mercy in a salvation that He has instituted. This salvation was not instituted until Jesus sent Paul out to proclaim it. Paul said the gospel he preached (grace) was hidden in God and revealed to him for us. It is not based on Jesus laws or rituals in religion. It is based on what God's Son did on the cross ONLY.
Those who believe in legalism believe salvation is obtained by what a person DOES. In legalism mankind thinks God owes them salvation.
God does not owe them anything if they refuse to believe Jesus' shed blood has paid for their sins of the flesh. When a person is so warped up in the idea that God owes them salvation because they follow Jesus' commandments they are only fooling themselves since no man/woman can keep those commandments.
The scripture plainly tells us the Paul's gospel was hidden in God and revealed to him for us. If a person does not understand that there was a change from legalism to grace then they will never see God's plan of salvation. But religious people only believe in what they think they can do. Even though history has proven that no man/woman can keep God's commandments. They are blind to that fact.
If you read the scriptures for what they say a person has to see that legalism has been put aside so that God can show His mercy in a salvation that He has instituted. This salvation was not instituted until Jesus sent Paul out to proclaim it. Paul said the gospel he preached (grace) was hidden in God and revealed to him for us. It is not based on Jesus laws or rituals in religion. It is based on what God's Son did on the cross ONLY.
Those who believe in legalism believe salvation is obtained by what a person DOES. In legalism mankind thinks God owes them salvation.
God does not owe them anything if they refuse to believe Jesus' shed blood has paid for their sins of the flesh. When a person is so warped up in the idea that God owes them salvation because they follow Jesus' commandments they are only fooling themselves since no man/woman can keep those commandments.
The scripture plainly tells us the Paul's gospel was hidden in God and revealed to him for us. If a person does not understand that there was a change from legalism to grace then they will never see God's plan of salvation. But religious people only believe in what they think they can do. Even though history has proven that no man/woman can keep God's commandments. They are blind to that fact.
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