ladodgers6 said:
Wow, I hope I win a prize. I like how I get all the question from this person, but no responses to my points. I love Sermon on the Mount, because here Jesus is speaking about Law & Gospel in relation to Justification By Faith Alone! Do you know the anti-thesis between Law & Gospel to which Christ is speaking of in this Sermon? For those who do not this teaching which is in taught in the Whole Bible. Its how a sinner inherits Salvation. Its either through the works of the Law, or through Faith. But it cannot be both.
And sorry to say it. But the Bible is Christ's words. Not just in the Gospel. Did not Christ reveal to Paul anything??? You seek the answer here. Are we to just avoid all but the Gospels??? I think not. There is nothing in Paul that disagrees with what Christ says. Wow! I am perplexed by this comment, because then you do not believe that the Bible is God's entire word. And if you do believe the Bible is God's entire word, then he will not contradict himself. You're just missing the theme of the Bible. That the Second Adam came to save and redeem sinners, which the first Adam doomed to death & darkness. This redemption story is told from Genesis to Revelation. A promise God made to Adam & Eve. A promise that will come to pass. And nobody can stop him, from redeeming his people.
Quick,quick....
What promise did God make with Adam & Eve????
What promise did God make with Abraham????
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
The Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 5-7.
The opening lines are called the Beatitudes...(I always want to spell it "Beautitudes", because they are such beautiful words).
The Sermon on the Mount reveals the heart of Christ. A beautiful Sermon indeed.
Now, don't mistake me. I have great respect for Paul, and for his writing. But I do understand that Paul was a Jewish lawyer, and he writes like a Jewish lawyer. Yes, Paul agrees with Christ. But Paul isn't teaching "eternal security".
Consider this passage from Timothy:
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Or this one:
Heb 6:4 For
it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Heb 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Heb 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put
him to an open shame.
It is possible for a believer to fall away...and lose his/her salvation.
ADDED:
Yes, the entire Bible is the Word of God. Every bit of it.
We can't just leave out verses we don't like because they don't agree with our favorite doctrine.
If you only believe certain verses, and reject others, then it isn't the Bible you are believing...it is yourself. Augustine said something like that, but I can't remember the exact quote offhand...and I'm too lazy to look it up at this hour...