Good Morning;
The best way to describe sin is fatigue. It drains you of resources and goodness. It makes you weak and lazy. We are not only engaged in sin but we are surrounded in sin.
The LORD never tempts us. He is there to remove the affects of sin by his grace which is the death and resurrection of his son, Jesus Christ.
It doesn't make sense to people who have not the benefit of the Gospel. The people either by ignorance or absence reject the word of God. Yet the people still use the language in other ways. It is perverted.
Surrounded by sin we are temples that need maintenance through prayer. Our minds need to recognize the last sacrifice that ripped the temple cloth. The temple cloth that separated the holiest sanctuary from the common man.
No priests were needed anymore. Man now had a direct relationship to the supreme priest and sacrifice, Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 27:51 KJV “And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;”
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James 1:12-14 KJV “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
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Psalm 31:17-24
Psalm 31:17-24 KJV “Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21. Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23. O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”
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Yesterday's Post:
Psalm 31:9-16
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Discussion
"The basic message is that Jesus died for your sins, and what this usually means in the Protestant context is that you are going to be punished, and Jesus steps in to take your punishment instead. You'll hear various metaphors: the judge condemns you as guilty, but then takes off his robes and offers himself to take your punishment instead."
-- DR. NATHAN JACOBS
This is an incorrect statement. It's also biblically inaccurate.
Jesus has already taken the punishment. He does not step in over and over again.
It's very clear in the Old Testament over and over that a sin sacrifice was demanded by the law of God but after the crucification the veil between the temple holy place and the common world was no longer separated.
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Matthew 27:50-51 KJV Ҧ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;”
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Jesus Christ was the last sin offering. It's already be done. In the present Jesus is Acting on our behalf to say whether or not we know him or the he knows us. In prayer we maintain this relationship. We don't need a priest to facilitate this.
It's a matter of us accepting his work that has already been done. In the present his work is preparing and sorting the chaff from the wheat.
It'd be best to read the entire essay.
I should but it's hard to move past this.
The problem with scholars is they spin wheels of speculation and very little reference to Scripture. Some do this on purpose and some out of ignorance.
It's what shook me out of my delusional Buddhism, Hinduism, Hare Krishna and Perennial Philosophy nonsense. Besides the facts that those philosophies where all based on man overcoming himself through the relationship of other men as priests. Purely satanic and trying to weave Jesus Christ in to validate their blasphemy, Idolatry and carnal focus ( ironically through the idea against the body ).
When I went directly to the Bible the veil was lifted and shred. I wonder why "men of God" are afraid to quote the Bible but are happy to quote other men.
I have a choice, read the full essay that doesn't point to the Scripture or read the Scripture which points against apostasy.
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Matthew 13:47-52 KJV Ҧ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48. Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51. Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old...”
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That's not his view... He is comparing the East and West view of the atonement. He is asserting, in the paragraph you quoted, that this view is what most low church prostestants hold to and why that is not what you find the ancient Christian East.
I will circle back and investigate further.
You'll also find in part 2 Nathan referencing the Early Fathers (who were Greek speakers) and how words like mediate, sin, and grace are deeply misunderstood in the Western read of scripture.
Maybe...
The nuance of other words being distributed while Idolatry clearly ignored.
But the good news is that the invisible Church of Christ lays not in visible doctrines but in the testimony documented and the relationship enjoyed through Jesus Christ the Son, The Father and Holy Spirit.
What is an invisible church?
The church that exists through Christ but you don't actually see in a specific place. While it can be at a physical place. The place does not specifically represent the actual Church of Christ.
Any two or more that come together in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 18:17-20 KJV “ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
18. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them...”
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