[GCFL-discuss] From the Book

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You forget a HUGE detail Siarlys, Jesus hadn't died. Therefore
forgiveness of sin through the blood of Christ wasn't possible ...
YET.

Therefore at that point the Law was still salvation. Christ died, and
re-wrote the salvation book. It's called Mercy and forgiveness, now
the Law? What do we do with it, we seek to follow it because God gave
it to us for a reason.

LAnce

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:33:42 -0500, gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net
<gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear Rev. Ev,
> 
> Yes, its all straight from the book, its all true, and its all good.
> 
> But its not all.
> 
> Jesus told a man who asked how he could inherit eternal life that he
> lacked only one thing: "sell all you have, and distribute it to the poor,
> and you shall have treasure in heaven, and come follow me." And we all
> know about the camel and the needle.
> 
> I referred before to Matthew 25:31, to the end of the chapter. I'm not
> going to transcribe it, everyone can find it in their own Bible. It is
> the most explicit scriptural reference to separating the sheep from the
> goats, and it offers the reward "prepared for you from the foundation of
> the world" to those from ALL nations who "inasmuch as you did it unto the
> least of these my brethren, you did it unto me."
> 
> If you find that in contradiction to John 14, just accept that the ways
> of God are not our ways. If you would bend the meaning of that half
> chapter TO your understanding of John 14, remember that I may bend John
> 14 according to what I find in Matthew.
> 
> Also, "I am come a light unto the world, that whosoever believes in me
> should not abide in darkness, and if any man hear my words and believe
> not, I judge him not, for I came not to judge the world but to save the
> world." John 12: 46-47.
> 
> Jesus called on those who follow him to "Let your light so shine before
> men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is
> in heaven." Matthew 5: 16. (That might be a good verse to settle the
> question of good works also).
> 
> Let's let God do it his way, and not try to limit the ways that God may
> choose to call one person or another to himself.
> 
> Siarlys
> 
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