Picking & Choosing

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Janie link

1/12/2016 12:18:48 pm

By grace alone you will be saved.
Revelations 3 verse 16: mixing wool with flax
(2 Corinthians 5:17) Likewise, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
John 8 verse 7: So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

J. A. Brown link

1/12/2016 01:23:37 pm

Hi Janie,

I'm afraid I don't entirely understand your comment, but I'll try to address it as best as I can.

"By grace alone you will be saved."
No one is saying otherwise.

Revelation (no "s" on the end there) 3:16 says nothing of wool and flax, so I do not understand your comment. I also do not know why you mention 2 Cor. 5:17 or John 3:3.

As for John 8:7, there are a number of issues with this story. First of all, any Biblical Textual scholar today will tell you that John did not write John 8:1-11 (called the "periscope adulterae"), but rather it was added to his gospel sometime later. Though we have every reason to believe it was indeed a true story, John himself did not write it.

As for the story, it is a great example of Messiah Yeshua upholding the perfect precepts of the Law (which Paul says in Romans 7:12 is holy, just, and good, and again he calls it "good" in 1 Tim. 1:8). According to the Law (particularly in Deut. 19:15), in order to convict someone of a capital crime, two or more witnesses must be present. Also, according to Deut. 22, both the woman and the man caught in adultery must be tried, not just one or the other. So what you find in John 8 is that the Pharisees brought the woman, but they did not bring nay witnesses, nor did they bring the man she was accused of having committed adultery with. Therefore, according to the Perfect Law set forth in Deuteronomy, they could not convict her. Yeshua, being the Messiah and the Lawgiver, knew this fact, and thus would not answer their question one way or the other.

Shalom.

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3/12/2016 04:00:04 am

The last but most common answer I get is usually from Christians that are very well-learned in their own doctrine.

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