In all the gobleygook I am not particularly seeing anything new.
Hebrews/Jews were given laws.
The premise was; to please God, was; to obey the laws.
The laws were steeped in behaviors and works and consequences, for both good and ill behavior and works.
So, bottom line ~ yes, much in the laws had to do with works....and yes, the tradition of how to be forgiven for not adhering to the law, was provided.
Enter Paul ~
Firm believer in God.
A Jew and expert in Jewish Law.
Pharisee with authority to enforce Jewish Law.
Exercised his knowledge and authority.
Also a Gentile, and Roman Citzen.
Enter Jesus ~
Chooses Paul for a difficult task.
Teach those not under the Law, not subject to God, a subjection to Christ the Lord, rather than the Law (ie Gentiles).
Crowds, of listeners; mixed with Jews under the Law, subjected to God, and Gentiles.
Step in Paul's shoes ~ teach to one crowd, steeped in God and Jewish Laws, and with men not steeped in God or Jewish Laws.
A lesson from God ~ in the beginnnig.
Teach men with "terms" already made familiar to them. (Ie by God who established what things were called and what certain things could be efficiently used for)
Jews were familiar with EVERYTHING being called a Sin that was not pleasing to God.
(Ie. works and behaviors)
A man's ill behavior toward a man, was called a Sin, and men forgave men of Sins.
Gentiles? Who was forgiving their ill works or ill behaviors? Religious statues?
Enter - the New Knowledge Revealed.
Enter the Gospel of the Word of God....
And Forgiveness and Permanent Salvation.
Enter Grace -
One Power, One Savior, One Body, One Blood,
One Forgiveness, One Saving, One Quickening,
One Forever With God.
Inasmuch as Jews found the New Knowledge confusing to their Law based Works required...
So too was the New Knowledge confusing to Gentiles who had not God or His Laws or Knowledge of Service/Works acceptable to Him.
Today ~ Teachings ~ (primarily, but not exclusively)
Jews - discarded Grace of Christ Jesus, and reverted to being subjected to Jewish Laws,
And traditions, and forgivenesses, and works important to please God and establish their obtaining a place in the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth.
Gentiles - teach soul saving is permanent, quickening (born again) spirit is permanent,
Gods Indwelling Spirit is permanent.........
But Gods Forgiveness is temporary.
(Which is according to the same basis as a Jew under the law)
And
Men can sin against men and forgive men of sin.
Personally I believe Scripture taught NEW Knowledge.
Only God forgives Sin, and we see Scripture revealing Christ has that Power.
Christ Jesus is the Truth, and what He speaks is pure truth.
God has no subjection to Time.
God's subjection by His own counsel, is subject to His Word, which is the Same, which He requires of a man, who chooses to be subject to Him.
Christ Jesus forgave my sins Against God Once.
All of them.
Christ, cleansed my body with His Blood, sanctified my crucified body, annointed my body, keeps my body, until the day He shall glorify my body, saved (restored) my soul, gave me a new pure heart, quickened (born again), my natural spirit to a spiritual spirit, (via circumcision & His Spirit), and dwells within me, with His Spirit of Truth, feeding my spirit with His Spirit.
Men do not sin against me, nor do I sin against men. Men do not forgive me of sin, nor do I forgive men of sin.
Nor do I sin Against God, (not because of my power) but BY His Power within me, that has given me forever Full FaithFULLNESS to Him Only.
Works ~ How to SERVE the Lord with "works" that are pleasing to Him?
Taught in Hebrew and Jewish Laws, many excellent things that one can do to Exalt and Glorify Gods Great Names.....VOID of the man subjecting himself to the Law.
Under Grace, such Works that do Glorify Gods Great Names on Earth .... are accounted as Service unto the Lord that shall be Rewarded, to men who Have become Saved and Born Again.
Under Grace, such Works that do NOT Glorify Gods Great Names on Earth....are not accounted....thus shall have no record for such a man to receive a rewards for those Works.
Inasmuch a many Jews today, continue being subjected to their Jewish Laws.....
So also, do Christians Teach Gentile Christians to SAY, they are not under the Law, while preaching they are under the Laws of Sin;
And those so taught, consistently accuse other Christians of committing Sin....
And consistently claim to repeatedly asking the Lord for forgiveness of Sins, they claim to commit.
So, is there a NEW revelation of what or how Paul taught? Nah.
However I believe there is an wide-spread lack of mans understanding....According to; Gods Wisdom and Gods Understanding.
God Bless,
Taken.
