Re: not with words of the wisdom of men, regarding the doctrines of Christ

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Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:28:02 -0700,
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  pyotr filipivich <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Christ Rose <[email protected]> on Mon, 9 Sep 2024 17:19:33 -0500
> typed in alt.christnet.christianlife  the following:
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>> On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:47:47 -0700
>> <[email protected]>
>> pyotr filipivich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>> Umm, you apparently failed to catch that Jewish Prophets,
>>> including John the Baptist, and Jesus of Nazareth (the promised one
>>> greater than Moses who was to come), did not teach something outside
>>> Torah, or the Prophets.  But stuck to what had been taught . They were
>>> not innovating, but staying within what had been passed down since the
>>> time of Moses.
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>> How does your understanding of Matthew 5
>> harmonize with that claim? Jesus
>> repeatedly said, "You have heard it
>> said..." (then He cited from he OT Law),
>> then He added, "But I say unto you...".
>> Then he taught something more than what
>> what was in the OT.
> 
> 	Let see, if you do murder, that is against the law.  But if you
> call him "idiot" that is breaking the relationship between you.
> Bluntly, that is only possible for those who have made the Word of the
> Lord a lantern unto one's feet, and a light unto one's path
> 
> PS 118/ 119, Geneva Bible.
> NUN
> 
> 105 Thy word is a [a]lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths.
> 106 I have [b]sworn and will perform it, that I will keep thy
> righteous judgments.
> 
> Footnotes
> a    Psalm 119:105 Of ourselves we are but darkness and cannot see
> except we be lightened with God's Word.
> b    Psalm 119:106 So all the faithful ought to bind themselves to God
> by a solemn oath and promises, to stir up their zeal to embrace God's
> word.
> 
> Matthew 18: 21-23 (Geneva Bible, 1599)
> 21 [a]Then came Peter to him, and said, Master, how oft shall my
> brother sin against me, and I shall forgive him? unto seven times?
> 22 Jesus said unto him, I say not to thee, Unto seven times, but, Unto
> seventy times seven times.
> 
>         Again, not a matter of counting, but of continually forgiving
> others. And who can do that? One who has steeped themselves in not
> just the Lord's Precepts, but in prayer, and humility.


The Law gave a bunch of requirements. When people failed to keep them, 
God provided the Levitical system to offer a spotless sacrifice as a 
substitutionary atonement to God for your sins. You put your hands on 
the head of the animal, showing you are relying on it to pay the death 
penalty that you owe for your sins to God.

Jesus showed in Matthew 5 that salvation requires a righteousness 
greater than that of the Scribes and Pharisees. Righteousness is more 
than outward conformity to standards. It requires the right attitude in 
your heart. The kind of righteousness that changes your heart exceeds 
the mere outward righteousness of the legalistic scribes and pharisees.

Galatians 3 explains the purpose of the law. It was a tutor to point us 
to Christ. From the Old Testament Law and Jesus' sermon in Matthew 5, 
you're supposed to see that you sin and fall short of the glory of God. 
You need a sinless sacrifice to pay the death penalty you owe to God for 
your sin. Christ became that sacrifice. His death met God's righteous 
demands against our sin. 2 Corinthians 5:21 shows that when you rely on 
Him as your substitute sin bearer, God not only puts your sin to His 
account and pays for it by His death, but He also puts Christ's 
righteousness to your account.

So the law was supposed to be a tutor which points men to Christ for 
salvation. You're supposed to see you sin and fall short of the glory of 
God, and that you need a sinless substitute to offer a once-for-all 
death payment for your sin.

Now you're ready for justification by grace, through faith in Christ's 
atonement, apart from your works. Christ's death met God's righteous 
demands against your sin. When you rely on His pay and relying on His 
righteousness being put to your account, to make you right with God (2 
Corinthians 5:21).

Thus salvation is by grace, through faith in Christ's death and 
resurrection, apart from our works or merits. Good works are the 
evidence of saving faith in Christ, not a condition men can possibly 
meet to atone for their own sins.


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Good News †

Christ paid our entire sin debt to God on the cross (Colossians 2:14), 
and God gave absolute proof of this by raising Him from the dead (Romans 
1:4). God now pardons our sins without compromising His own 
righteousness (Romans 3:26), saving us from His coming judgment (1 
Thessalonians 1:10). This is a completely free gift reserved for those 
who trust in Christ (Romans 6:23). Believe in your heart and call out to 
the Lord to be saved (Romans 10:9-13):

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