Genesis 15:4-6
New King James Version (NKJV)
4*And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5*Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6*And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Final aside. Paul was not allowed (trusted) to fellowship with the Jerusalem church for twenty years after his conversion. He was leading them? Not quite.
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It is the seal of election. And good works are beside not sinning. As in giving and helping. An acceptable blood sacrifice has to be made to attone for sin.
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And if not picking up a paperclip and returning it to the proper owner could be called sin. Sins of commission and ommission.
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Ahem. So where does it say Ishmael? And if so then the Jewish nation is not the chosen people. And we are both lost.
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Bereshis 15:1-6
Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
15*After these things the Devar Hashem came unto Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram; I am thy mogen, and thy exceeding great sachar (reward).
2*And Avram said, Adonoi Hashem, what wilt Thou give me, since I go childless, and the Ben Meshek of my Bais is this Eliezer of Dameshek (Damascus)?
3*And Avram said, See, to me Thou hast given no zera; and, hinei, one born in my bais is my yoresh (heir).
4*And, hinei, the Devar Hashem came unto him saying, This shall not be thy yoresh; but he that shall come forth out of thine own body shall be thy yoresh.
5*And He brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward Shomayim, and count the kokhavim, if thou be able to number them; and He said unto him, So shall thy zera be.
6*And he believed in Hashem; and He credited [emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness)
Does not say that there either.
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Cannot see fish decoy? So you stand along against 1500 years of understanding of a passage. BM you are just one lost individual.
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...trying to save those who can never find themselves.
Ishmael not the heir
But back to the subject. We cannot be justified by the law. No one keeps it, period. And yes God accepts true repentance. But that also is an act of faith.
Are you sure? Let us assume "A" keeps the Law and "B" goes by faith. "B" had a bad night and did not sleep well. As a result, as he took his car in the morning to go to work, he crossed the red light in a crowed intersection. Then
he had to choose either go to Court or pay a high bill for his transgression. He thought it through and decided to go to Court and play the grace card. He rationalized that being saved by the grace he was not under the Law. It didn't work. In the meantime, "A" was enjoying his peaceful state of mind for not even having to go through Court procedures because he obeyed the Law. Bottom line, "A" was justified for obeying the Law and "B" had to fix his idea of how to get justified. Grace would not work. And the same is with all the commandments of the Law.
Does anyone for an hour keep the law perfectly? Read the law of the Bible. Just to keep the Ten Commandments perfectly is impossible. You could even sin in your sleep.
God knows that we are humans. To break the Law is human; to reject the Law is insurrection. If we break the Law there is a way to set things right with God so that our sins from scarlet red become as white as snow. All we need is to repent and return to obedience. Read Isaiah 1:18,19.
But to say that we do as we please and do not care what God wants that is not a pentatent heart. Remember what God requires over sacrifice.
God requires no sacrifice to have our sins forgiven. Sacrifices were allowed to be used for two reasons: First because, after 430 years as slaves in a land of pagans they could not have an idea of a religion without sacrifice. Not to allow the sacrifices of animals it would prove impossible to take the Israelites out of Egypt. And the second reason was prophetical. To foretell the Scapegoat in Israel making atonement for Judah in terms of the Divine rejection of Israel and confirmation of Judah as God's People. (Psalm 78:67-69)
Habakkuk 2:2-4 New King James Version (NKJV) The Just Live by Faith
There is no difference between faith and the Law. If one claims faith without obeying the Law, he is lost. Therefore, the just is saved by obeying the Law.
Now let us talk of Grace. Which is the gift of salvation. So do you earn your salvation by doing what is normally expected from you? To be perfect is the entrance fee. Never having sinned. Unless you receive Grace. So are you ready for the verses on Grace in the Old Testament? Starts with Abraham.
As Abraham was justified by his good works aka obedience to the Law, this proves that the giving of the Law was God's giving grace for man to know good from evil and get saved by obeying God's Word. (James 2:21)
God knows that we are humans. To break the Law is human; to reject the Law is insurrection. If we break the Law there is a way to set things right with God so that our sins from scarlet red become as white as snow. All we need is to repent and return to obedience. Read Isaiah 1:18,19.
God requires no sacrifice to have our sins forgiven. Sacrifices were allowed to be used for two reasons: First because, after 430 years as slaves in a land of pagans they could not have an idea of a religion without sacrifice. Not to allow the sacrifices of animals it would prove impossible to take the Israelites out of Egypt. And the second reason was prophetical. To foretell the Scapegoat in Israel making atonement for Judah in terms of the Divine rejection of Israel and confirmation of Judah as God's People. (Psalm 78:67-69)
There is no difference between faith and the Law. If one claims faith without obeying the Law, he is lost. Therefore, the just is saved by obeying the Law.
As Abraham was justified by his good works aka obedience to the Law, this proves that the giving of the Law was God's giving grace for man to know good from evil and get saved by obeying God's Word. (James 2:21)
& So I say to you BM.
That in order to be justified to God. You either.
A. Never sin.
B. Rely on forgiveness you are not entitled to or could earn.
A. Is as you say, not normal.
B. Is grace.
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So I say to you BM. That in order to be justified to God. You either.
A. Never sin.
B. Rely on forgiveness you are not entitled to or could earn.
A. Is as you say, not normal.
B. Is grace.
None of the above. None because what you mean by "B Is grace" you mean without the Law and, to me, there is no grace without the Law as the Law itself was given as a result of God's grace.
None of the above. None because what you mean by "B Is grace" you mean without the Law and, to me, there is no grace without the Law as the Law itself was given as a result of God's grace.
Seems you like to add things to what I say as usual BM.
So you deserve forgiveness?
And wondering.
Do you prove by science your beliefs and base it on scripture or rumor?
And while doing a Bible group study ran across this on Eli.
So. Just when did God stop asking for sacrifice to atone for sin?
Shmuel Alef 3:11-15
Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
11*And Hashem said to Shmuel, Hinei, I am doing a thing in Yisroel, at which both the oznayim of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12*In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his Bais; from beginning even to the end.
13*For I have told him that I will judge his Bais ad olam for the avon (iniquity) which he knoweth; because his banim brought klalot (curses) upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
14*And therefore I have sworn unto the Bais Eli, that there shall be no kapporah for the avon Bais Eli by zevach nor minchah ad olam.
15*And Shmuel lay until boker, and opened the dlatot Beis Hashem. And Shmuel feared to show Eli the mareh (vision).
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1 Samuel 3:11-15
New International Version (NIV)
11*And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. 12*At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13*For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain them. 14*Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
15*Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision.
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And while doing a Bible group study ran across this on Eli.
So. Just when did God stop asking for sacrifice to atone for sin?
I remember to have explained to you before that God never asked for sacrifices. That sacrifices were allowed into the religion of Israel to make it easier for Moses to get them out of Egypt where they had spent 430 years, enough time to get familiarized with the concept that a religion to be a religion had to make use of animal sacrifices. The thing stuck and remained so up to the final destruction of the Temple by the Romans in the year 70 ACE.
Now, to answer your question above, read Jeremiah 7:22 "For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices." It means in other words that, you have added them at your own free will. Never mind that throughout the Scriptures the leaders of the People would use them as a requirement of the Lord but only to enhance the concept of the divine power of religions. Anyways, some thing was found among the learned ones that the sacrifices could be used within the prophetic concept to foretell events like the one of the Scapegoat symbolized by Israel being taken to Azazel toward the desert through the East to Assyria.
Another classic demonstration of God's aversion to sacrifices is in Isaiah 1:11,13. "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? says the Lord. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of goats. Bring no more vain oblations as incense is an abomination unto me."
Just another one: It is in Samuel 15:22. "And Samuel said, Has the Lord any delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifices of rams."
I remember to have explained to you before that God never asked for sacrifices. That sacrifices were allowed into the religion of Israel to make it easier for Moses to get them out of Egypt where they had spent 430 years, enough time to get familiarized with the concept that a religion to be a religion had to make use of animal sacrifices. The thing stuck and remained so up to the final destruction of the Temple by the Romans in the year 70 ACE.
Now, to answer your question above, read Jeremiah 7:22 "For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices." It means in other words that, you have added them at your own free will. Never mind that throughout the Scriptures the leaders of the People would use them as a requirement of the Lord but only to enhance the concept of the divine power of religions. Anyways, some thing was found among the learned ones that the sacrifices could be used within the prophetic concept to foretell events like the one of the Scapegoat symbolized by Israel being taken to Azazel toward the desert through the East to Assyria.
Another classic demonstration of God's aversion to sacrifices is in Isaiah 1:11,13. "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? says the Lord. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of goats. Bring no more vain oblations as incense is an abomination unto me."
Just another one: It is in Samuel 15:22. "And Samuel said, Has the Lord any delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifices of rams."
So God is obligated/forced to forgive?
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