Reminder:
Galatians 5:18: “If you are led by the Holy Spirit, you are not under the law.” (Referring only to the death penalty part of the law, Romans 8:2) Acts 2:38: “…… Repent, and be baptized …… for forgiveness of your SINS, then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” 1 John 3:4: “Sin is the violation of law.” So you will receive the Holy Spirit ONLY, one more time, ONLY by obeying the law, which still includes the mainstreamer abandoned rejuvenating Saturday Sabbath, safe meat, and mostly prophetic festival laws.
SEEMINGLY, AT FIRST GLANCE, ANTI-LAW VERSES WHICH ARE NOT REALLY TRUE, ANTI-MOSAIC LAW VERSES, CONTINUED:
These verses do not include those referring to the now abolished sacrifice, circumcision, and Levitical priesthood laws, or the eternal death penalty law (Romans 8:2) that righteous, law keeping Christians are no longer under.
74) Philippians 3:9: “and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;” Explanation: So again, what are you going to do with Acts 2:38, Matthew 7:23, Romans 6:1,2. Romans 6:15, and dozens of other intensely pro-law verses, act like they don’t exist? No, of course not. Verse 9’s “not having my own righteousness” criticizes and condemns law keeping ONLY when it is an isolated kind of righteousness INDEPENDENT and SUPERIOR to faith in the sacrifice of Jesus, relying ONLY on law keeping for righteousness. Both law keeping and faith together are required for salvation as explained by many, many other verses. Also, the Greek word for “but” has also been translated as “except” multiple times elsewhere in the Bible, and the Greek for the word “through” has been translated as “with” 13 times elsewhere in the Bible. Therefore there is far too much reasonable doubt that verse 9 actually supports an abandonment of law keeping. 75) Colossians 2:14: “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” Explanation: Briefly, what was nailed to the cross were merely our recorded (handwriting of requirements) SINS, repeatedly referred to in the previous verse, described there as “transgressions.” This verse does not refer to the “nailing” of laws to the cross. Go to the page LIST OF MAJOR VERSES THAT MAINSTREAMERS USE TO TRY TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT THE FOOD, FESTIVAL, AND SOME OTHER OT LAWS HAVE BEEN DONE AWAY WITH. 76) Colossians 2:16: “So let no one judge you in food or in drink , or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths.” Explanation: An immediate clue that the Mosaic food laws could not be the subject here is the word “drink” since the dietary restrictions never prohibit any kind of drink, except blood, which of course never was a popular or widely accepted drink. Go to the page 7 VERSES MAINSTREAMERS CLAIM ABOLISH THE FOOD LAWS. 77) Colossians 2:20: “…… why …… do you subject yourselves to regulations-” Explanation: Briefly, this is a criticism of the excessively ascetic man made philosophy of certain people. Go to the 7 VERSES page. 78) Colossians 2:21: “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” Explanation: Go to the 7 VERSES page. 79) Timothy 4:3: “forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” Explanation: Not only a “red flag,” but an almost blindingly bright, pulsating, “red flare” should go up after reading the words “forbidding to marry.” Since the Bible nowhere forbids marriage and instead strongly encourages it, “forbidding to marry” is an immediate tip off that whoever is teaching that and the “abstain from foods” part cannot be true Jews or genuine Christians, but rather a heretical, unrighteous group of people. Go to the 7 VERSES page. 80) Timothy 4:4: “For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;” Explanation: The context here is not really about the forbidden foods, but rather about other good, tasty food that God has allowed us to eat “sanctified by the word of God” in the next verse, verse 5. The forbidden foods never were sanctified by God. Since this is an unrighteous, heretical, excessively ascetic group mentioning some things about food, whatever they say about food cannot be trusted and must be rejected. Go to the 7 VERSES page. 81) Titus 3:9: “But avoid …… strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.” Explanation: The Greek for strivings refers to arguments so intense that physical, armed violence is possible, so this is not an admonishment to avoid discussing the law in a calm, reasonable way. It is merely a reminder to maintain decent behavior in such discussions. 82) Hebrews 7:12: “For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.” Explanation: Verse 11 pinpoints the exact law that was changed (abolished). It was the law previously allowing only members of the Aaronic priesthood to be the priests ministering to believers. Verse 11 does not refer to the entire set of Mosaic laws. Go to the page LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD ABOLISHED, NOT MOST OF THE OTHER LAWS. 83) Hebrews 7:18: “…… there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,” Explanation: Same as the previous explanation. 84) Hebrews 7:19: “for the law made nothing perfect;” Explanation: This is the same now abolished law, (the previous law allowing only Levites to be priests), explained in the previous 2 explanations. 85) Hebrews 7:22: “by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.” Explanation: Yes, the Old Covenant was abolished, or more technically, improved, and replaced by the New Covenant through the sacrificial death of Jesus. The Old Covenant was SEPARATE, though, from the laws listed in the Old Testament portion of the Bible. The Old Covenant never promised immortality, the Holy Spirit, or the complete forgiveness of sins, now made available in the New Covenant. The Old Covenant only promised protection from enemies, good health, and prosperity for obedience to God’s laws. Those are the main differences in the covenants. 86) Hebrews 7:28: “For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.” Explanation: This verse refers only to the same, specific (singular), now abolished law explained in 80, 81, and 82. 87) Hebrews 8:6: “…… He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established ON BETTER PROMISES.” Explanation: The very words “better promises” reveal that the Old and New Covenants deal basically with promises, not law keeping itself. Nearby Hebrews 8:10 says: “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and on their heart also will I write them ……” The Greek for “laws” throughout the NT usually refers to or includes the Mosaic laws. So verse 10 proves that law keeping will be maintained. 88) Hebrews 8:7: “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.” Explanation: Same as the previous one. 89) Hebrews 8:8: “…… the days are coming …… when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel ……” Explanation: Same as the previous one. 90) Hebrews 8:9: “not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them ……” Explanation: Same as the previous one. Also, verse 12 reveals that complete forgiveness of PAST sins will become available to Christians, something that was not possible under the Old Covenant. 91) Hebrews 8:13: “…… ‘A new covenant.’ He has made the first obsolete.” Explanation: According to the original, literal Greek, the first covenant is not totally obsolete because the words “near disappearance” appear in this verse. The Greek word for “near” is eggus, Strong’s 1451, which means “near” or “is close,” referring to the near, but not total disappearance of the first law keeping covenant. Remember that some verses are super generalized, not being completely literally true such as Romans 11:26: “all Israel shall be saved.” Even in Israel some people most likely will be such bad sinners as homosexuals that they will be denied eternal life in God’s kingdom, and will not be saved. Hebrews 8:13 is another one of those super generalized verses. 92) Hebrews 9:1: “…… the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary.” Explanation: Yes, the “ordinances” were abolished since they were part of the now abolished Old Covenant, but those ordinances involved ONLY the animal and grain sacrifice laws as revealed by verses 7,9,10, 12, 13, 18-22. Nothing in the entire 9th chapter even implies that other OT laws were annulled, with the exception of the Levitical priesthood. 93) Hebrews 10:1: “For the law …… can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.” Explanation: As revealed within this and surrounding verses, the context overwhelmingly deals ONLY with the now abolished sacrifice laws, not with other OT laws. 94) Hebrews 12:24: “to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant .…..” Explanation: The Bible nowhere says or implies that all of the OT laws have been abolished. Improvements in the new covenant include the gift of the Holy Spirit and the opportunity to gain immortality. 95) James 1:25: “But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed ……” Explanation: No verse says or even implies that the law of liberty does not contain some OT laws such as the festival and food laws, for example. The law of liberty has liberated law keeping Christians primarily from the penalty of sin, which is eternal death as revealed in Romans 8:2. 96) James 2:12: “So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.” Explanation: Keeping in mind what other verses say, the “law of liberty” most likely and logically refers to the liberty Christians now have since their past sins that they have sincerely repented of have been truly forgiven and paid for by the sacrifice of Jesus, releasing or LIBERATING them from the eternal death penalty for those old, pre-conversion sins (Romans 8:2). The Old Covenant did not allow this kind of forgiveness of sins. There is far, far too much reasonable doubt that James 2:12 means that Christians have been liberated from law keeping itself. For example, remember that HOMOSEXUALS, THIEVES, ADULTERERS, FORNICATORS, MURDERERS, and other lawbreakers have been specifically named as those that will be denied eternal life. 97) 1 John 3:6: “Whoever abides in Him does not sin.” Explanation: The Greek for “abides” means to remain or continue in Jesus Christ which would include everything that He taught. He taught law keeping, especially the Ten Commandments. 98) 1 John 3:9: “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” Explanation: The very next verse, verse 10, reminds us that Christians, “born of God,” MUST STILL continue to actively obey the law. 1 John 3:10: “…… Whoever does not PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS is not of God ……” 99) 1 John 5:11: “…… God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” Explanation: This gift of eternal life, as explained repeatedly in the New Testament, is conditional on believing Jesus, which in turn is conditional on obeying Him. 100) 1 John 5:18: “…… whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.” Explanation: The Greek word for “keeps,” Strong’s 5083, means to “guard” or “protect, watch over” oneself referring to the avoidance of sinning, which means to continue obeying God’s laws.
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