GALATIANS 6
Galatians 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Galatians
6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Galatians 6 Videos-
https://youtu.be/sBr1XDStkOo
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/1-31-17-galatians-6-conc.zip
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg2TDrX9DmEHrpUM8
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8p7q3cc47gtv6gb/1-31-17%20Galatians%206%20%5BConc.%5D.mp4?dl=0
ON VIDEO-
.Abe
from North Bergen
.Paul
says ‘good bye’
.Steve
Miller band
.Stevie
Nicks [landslide]
.Legal
and experiential justification
.Grace
is not a license to sin
.Holocaust
.Not
an anti-Jewish letter
.We
are ALL one in Christ
.It’s
an inclusive message
.Some
North Bergen stories
.Comments
on media
.Malachi
Martin
.St.
Augustine
.Pelagius
.The
Catholic Church does not teach salvation by the law
.Have
grace with one another
TEACHING- [past posts- verses below]
During
this study I have been adding an old commentary I wrote years ago- the videos are new.
I’ll
just add a note here at the end.
This
letter is a ‘theological’ one- meaning- the purpose is to show how God- in Christ- has fulfilled the law.
And
we become justified- not by the law- but by faith in Christ.
Pretty
simple.
When
Paul speaks ‘harsh’ about the ‘circumcision’- meaning his Jewish brothers who were trying to institute circumcision as a rite for the gentile believers-
He
is not in any way making anti-Semitic statements- or ‘bad’ statements against any ethnic/religious group.
He
is fighting for the gospel of grace.
Over
the history of the church- some Christians did indeed espouse anti- Jewish beliefs- based on these portions of scripture.
Yes-
Paul was hard on the ‘circumcision’- the Jews under the law- but it had nothing to do with ethnicity.
It
was theological-
In
this last chapter he even says to restore those who are wrong- in the spirit [attitude] of meekness.
In
the world we live in today- it’s important for Christians- in my mind- to stand for the truth- but to do it in a way that does not demean other people.
Whether
that be Jewish- Muslim- or any other group.
Yes-
as Christians we fight against false doctrine- and at times- these are tough fights.
Thus
the strong language we see at times in the New Testament.
But
even Paul himself spoke about God reconciling all people- whether they be Jew- gentile- male- female- in Christ.
He
fought hard against the Judiazers- because in reality they were indeed preaching an ‘exclusive’ message.
Saying
the only ones who God accepts- are those who get circumcised- and join ‘their group’.
But
the message of grace leaves the door open for all who believe.
Jew-
non Jew- male- female- all are accepted equally thru the message of the Cross.
So
I just wanted to end this brief study with this point.
Yes-
read these bible books for yourselves.
Go
thru the bible- the Letters I have been covering.
Whatever
background you come from- it makes no difference.
You
are here now- reading this stuff- or maybe watching some of the videos.
The
purpose is for you yourself to engage in the grand debate- that has been going on for 2 thousand years now [since the time of Christ that is].
Yes-
the debate about life itself- what’s man’s purpose in it?
What
does the bible actually teach about all these subjects?
The
bible was written for the common man to read- and understand.
I’ll
admit there is some stuff that is hard to understand at times.
But
when you engage in the text- read the background of the times- see what the teachers over the years have said as well-
In
the end- the main message of grace is clear- it is easy to understand.
The
free gift of God by grace is for all of us.
And
remember- it is a gift for all.
PAST LINKS [ Teaching I did before that relates to today’s post- ‘Galatians 6’- Verses below]
Galatians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1-16/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/wcbfkhc6p1fkpxazlw_bng
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-1-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-16046790
https://wt.social/post/jfi5ub25360665537221
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-1-xykvowj
https://parler.com/post/dd518eb61bfa4e53ae8c476b3c8619dd
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105394968263653884
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-1-2299c227a9ce
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-1-ce5f29d3-263a-4a1c-86e7-018097bbd8ce
https://www.plurk.com/p/o50uxw
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-1-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2361079/galatians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-1.html
Galatians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2-18/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/pizaavvbhnsul6mwpsi8ua
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-2-5
https://wt.social/post/1b6ucyi5362123616094
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-2-xomlxkn
https://parler.com/post/5dd947d6ea2c4feb8c9e74ef858d95a9
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105423634678296448
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-2-fcdbc3788d45
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-2-11613556-63d6-4d0b-baae-2fb0659457c0
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5adzh
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2387211/galatians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-2.html
Galatians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/o2nb8lfuxxplcj2mq6ywxg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-36880587
https://wt.social/post/3ungwki53626817192
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-3-xryyokk
https://parler.com/post/67feb31532aa4184b175284b2e713af3
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105434608063686819
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-3-bc88f8c94a96
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-3-95abab60-5e86-4a5c-a509-b420a853d416
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ea9r
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-3-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2401391/galatians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-3.html
Galatians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ce4bhrppzfc-pseeeuifww
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-4-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-43231449
https://wt.social/post/zv873ep5363565440295
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-4-xerrvqj
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105451977257475153
https://parler.com/post/b0cf6cea1ea9464eac8de84f91465ca5
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-4-c28bfdf12fe4
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-4-8940d7ce-918d-44d4-92a6-829f1100195c
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ju8y
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-4-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2419041/galatians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-4.html
Galatians 5
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-5-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/29/galatians-5-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/21lzyfe1swiai-nxmiqkow
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-5-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-58642488
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105463070505631140
https://parler.com/post/4b84f8e5d8b74474afc40e8d755bd63a
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-5-e45b01bc5f80
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-5-e37d4b21-7471-406d-86ff-e4ac26d1e598
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5nk88
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-5-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2428861/galatians-5
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/29/galatians-5/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-5.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/hebrews-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/justification-by-faith/
https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/
https://ccoutreach87.com/judges-ruth-video-links-included/
https://ccoutreach87.com/ephesians-highlights/
GALATIANS
[Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/26/galatians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/02/galatians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/10/galatians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/12/the-seed/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/16/galatians-4/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/24/galatians-5/
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GALATIANS 6- Paul closes this short theological treatise with some practical stuff; help each other out with their burdens, if you see a brother struggling, restore him in the spirit of meekness.
Those who are teaching you Gods word, ‘communicate’ to them in all good things [share with them financially and materially]. Good advice that Paul gives to all of the churches he writes to. As we
close our study of this letter, I want to emphasize that the majority of what Paul is teaching [over 90%] is great theological truth, it would be silly for preachers/teachers to grasp hold of any
single verse and to exalt that above the main body of truths that we have discussed. It isn’t hard for any preacher/teacher to go thru this letter on a few Sundays and teach the main truths of
the letter. We desperately need to get back to doing it this way in many Pentecostal/Protestant/Evangelical churches- and yes, the ‘organic church’ guys too! We all have a tendency to pick out
pet doctrines out of the New Testament and then to make the side issues the main thing. I think the main thing [justification by faith, the blessing of Abraham in context, etc.] is good enough
without us having to try and find some type of ‘Rhema word’ that is not the main word of God. Recently a good man died, Oral Roberts. A few weeks have passed and I think it is okay to mention a
few things. The media reported how many preachers showed up to the funeral in Cadillac’s and expensive cars, there have been various articles written about the legacy he will leave behind. Some
wrongly said he was the father of the ‘Word of Faith/prosperity movement’ [E.W. Kenyon was the real father, and Kenneth Hagin and others lay claim to the title]. The point I want to make is
Brother Roberts was a good man who did good things, but his way of doing doctrine is not my cup of tea. He was famous for popularizing the ‘seed-faith’ teaching. It comes from Paul’s letters when
he does tell believers that if they give in faith God will bless them, true enough. But when we read the New Testament there are many warnings against greed and materialism, and when we take a
simple practical truth from Paul, even though it’s true, and when this truth becomes our main message, then we err. In this last chapter of Galatians Paul gives practical advice about giving
financially to those who are teaching you, good. But this is one verse in a letter filled with other main teachings, the important stuff if you will. For believers in our day to have built
ministries/churches and to have as the foundation of these ministries the few practical side verses, is wrong. We need to focus on the main thing, and keep the main thing the main thing!
[Redemption thru Christ’s Blood, eternal life to those who believe, etc.] I don’t want to speak bad about brother Roberts, he was a good man who went home to be with the Lord, it’s just the
discussion that has happened after his passing shows us how easy it is for good men to get sidetracked with a verse or 2 and then to exalt it out of context. As I conclude this brief study on
Galatians, I think I will go back over a few main verses in the next week or so and give you some ‘practical’ things that I have gleaned these last few weeks. In a sense I will show you how God
can speak to us in a personal way thru these letters, yet at the same time not losing the original meaning of the letters. One of the distinctions of the early church fathers was this Christ
centered approach to the scripture, they looked for Jesus on every page. I’ll end with an example form Saint Augustine; he shared a thought on the story of Jesus walking on the water to the land,
and that the disciples needed a wooden boat to ‘cross over’ he then applied the wood of the boat to the wood of the Cross and said how the Cross allows us to cross over to God, just like the boat
let them cross over to the land. Now this is a simple example of applying scripture in a sort of symbolic way that is not in context, but nevertheless it’s okay to do. So I will do a few things
like this in the next few posts. But while doing this, we want to not forget the main meaning of the letter, a good ‘side example’ should never negate the main body of truth.
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GALATIANS AFTER-THOUGHTS: As I said the other day I will try and go back over a few verses and share a few more things on Galatians. One of the things I wanted to mention was the fact that I
purposefully chose to teach the letter in the classic Protestant way [mostly] I avoided getting into the ‘New Perspective’ ideas on Paul and ‘what he really meant’. So let’s talk a little on it;
as of the date of this writing there is a theological debate going on [mostly in the ivory towers, but seeping somewhat into mainstream thought] that re-looks at Paul and what the context of his
day was. For instance when the Reformers of the 16th century spoke about being Justified by Faith and not by works, many of them were speaking about the works of tradition and the things they
felt were wrong in the Catholic faith. Were they wrong in applying Paul this way? No. In context was Paul talking about the works of ‘Catholic tradition’ when saying men are not justified by
works? No. So it’s good to point stuff like this out. The problem I see with some of the New Perspective theologians is they can explain stuff and when you’re done listening [reading] it’s
possible to miss the heart of the New Testament doctrine on Justification by faith, we don’t want to lose people in the weeds when trying to peel the layers of the onion. So I purposefully chose
to teach this letter in the plain way that most Protestants would understand it, but I do think that N.T. Wright [Bishop of Durham, Church of England] has good things to add to the debate [as
well as John Piper- the Reformed Baptist preacher who has taken the New Perspective group and rebuked them]. It’s good and profitable to engage in these types of theological discussions, but we
need to once again ‘keep the main thing the main thing’. I also avoided getting into the debate on exactly what ‘works of the law’ meant. Some think Paul was only referring to the rite of
circumcision. In some verses [both here and in Romans] this is true. But some [N.T. Wright] apply this in a way that says the act itself was simply an ‘identifying badge’ that brought you into
the community of God, while this is true, they get a little off track by not fully seeing that in Paul’s writings these things go hand in hand. Paul mixes in the ‘work of circumcision’ with the
idea of keeping the moral law/10 commandments. When saying ‘we are not under the law’ Paul includes all of it, not just the ceremonial law. How do we know this? Because whenever Paul makes this
argument he always adds ‘does this mean we go out and sin’? And his answer is always no, but instead of saying ‘no, don’t sin because we are still constrained by the 10 commandments’ he says ‘no,
how can we who died to sin still live in it’. To be frank about it, many of the Reformed guys have problems with this as well, they teach a kind of theology that says the N.T. believer is under
the law, I disagree. So as you can see this debate can go on for a while, that’s why I chose to avoid it in this study. I want all of our readers to be grounded in the basic truths of the letter
before launching into a deeper level. Okay enough for now, tune in the next week or so and I’ll try and do some practical stuff from Galatians.
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WHEN THE SEED SHOULD COME TO WHOM THE PROMISE WAS MADE- As I was teaching thru Galatians this verse ‘spoke to me’ in a personal way [will explain it in a second]. I felt like the Lord was saying
that there are long term promises/destinies that he has planted within us, both as individuals and communities, and that often times he is waiting for the ‘seed to come to whom the promise was
made’. In the parables of Jesus the seed speaks of a few things. Most of us are familiar with ‘the seed as the word’ imagery- ‘the sower sows the word’. But Jesus also speaks of ‘the seed’ as the
children of the kingdom that his father has planted in the world. And of course in Galatians Paul is specifically referring to the singular seed, who is Christ. Every few years I go thru our
radio messages and will adjust the programs I air. I often find that the messages that I marked as ‘o.k.’ are not o.k. anymore, it’s not that they are bad, it’s just I notice a tone/level of
‘seed’ [spoken word] that is not mature enough, it seems like as the years roll by the later messages just sound better. God has all of us in a maturing process; things that we thought were ‘deep
revelation’ at one time, now sound quite silly. As I was marking off the programs that sounded too immature, I felt like the Lord was saying ‘the seed has come to whom the promise was made’ sort
of like the lord was saying ‘son, I was waiting for your level of maturity to catch up to the promise’. Also in Romans it says ‘the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now’
I also felt like the Lord was saying the seed, as it pertains to all the people groups we relate to, were also in a ‘birthing process’ that too had to mature to a point where the promises could
be inherited- ‘when the fullness of times was come, God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law’ [Galatians] God has ‘fullness seasons’ times [Kairos] when he says ‘okay, the
promises I made to you at the beginning of the journey are now ready to be experienced’ in essence the seed has come to whom the promise was made. Now, this sort of spiritual/symbolic way of
hearing God, is it a good way to develop doctrine? No! Never, ever! Pope Benedict critiqued the ‘historical, critical’ method of liberal theology in his book ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ the method
developed out of the liberal universities in Germany in the 19th- 20th centuries. Men like Rudolph Bultman would popularize it. It was a way of reading scripture thru an historical/archeological
lens. Some of the ideas are good and profitable, but some are not. Many would reject the supernatural aspects of scripture and come to deny the resurrection. Not good. The Pope also warned
against this way of ‘dissecting’ Jesus and Christianity to a point where you really don’t see the true Jesus anymore. The real Jesus of Christianity and history, the Jesus that we all have a
relationship with by faith. The point being we want to go to scripture with an open heart and expectancy to ‘hear God’. While doing this, we also want to recognize that the scripture had the SAME
MEANING to the first century church as to us today, the meaning never changes, the applications do. That’s the main point I want to make, so today the Lord might be speaking to you about certain
‘seeds’ coming to maturity in your own life, things that you have been waiting for and maybe the lord was saying he needed a maturing process to take place, both in you and the people you relate
to. The ‘whole creation’ if you will.
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PROTESTANT REFORMATION CONCLUSION
Today
let’s finish up the study on the Protestant Reformation. We left off on Luther disputing with the church over the doctrine of how a person becomes just in the sight of God- is it by works or
faith?
Now-
to the surprise of many Protestants [and Catholics!] both sides agreed that a person cannot be justified by works.
Yes-
the Catholic Church rejected what was known as Pelagianism. In the early centuries of the church there was a Catholic priest- named Pelagius- who taught that people had the ability within
themselves to obey Gods law and become saved that way.
He
rejected the doctrine of original sin and another famous bishop- Saint Augustine- would refute Pelagius and teach salvation comes by the Grace of God. The official Catholic position was to reject
Pelagius and accept Augustine.
Okay-
then where’s the difference?
The
church council that spells it out is the Council of Trent [named after the Italian city where the council took place in the 1500’s- Trento].
This
council is often referred to as the Counter Reformation. The church rejected the Protestant line- but also acknowledged the need for reform and made some changes.
This
is the council where the church rejects Pelagianism- and also says the position of Luther [Justification by Faith ALONE] was flawed.
The
church appealed to the New Testament letter of Saint James- where James uses an example from the life of Abraham [found in Genesis 22] where Abraham obeys God and is willing to sacrifice his son
Isaac on an altar.
Of
course this never happens- God was simply testing Abraham- but James says this act of obedience justified him in Gods sight.
James
says ‘see how a man is justified by works- and not by faith ALONE’.
The
argument from Rome was Faith played THE major role in justification- but was not sufficient by itself- there had to be righteous works eventually associated with it in order for God to say ‘you
are just’ [saved].
Luther
disagreed and said God justified Abraham before he had good works- we find this in Genesis 15. God says to Abraham ‘look- count all the stars- so shall your offspring be’ and Walla- the bible
also says Abraham was justified in God’s eyes the moment he believed the promise.
Who’s
right?
Actually
they both are.
I
have taught this a few times over the years- and it would take too much time to re-do right now.
But
I believe James and Paul [the 2 who debate this in the bible] are simply looking at different aspects of salvation/justification.
Paul
emphasized faith- and James showed us how true faith always has works with it.
When
you read the statements that came out from the council of Trent- some of them do seem to indicate that both sides might have been talking past each other at some points.
In
the heat of the day they were too quick to condemn the other side- without really trying hard to achieve unity [like politics!].
The
6th session of Trent was the one where the church dealt with justification [how we become saved in Gods sight].
Rome
made a distinction between mortal and Venial sin in the council- the church said that Baptism is the INSTRUMENTAL CAUSE of justification. Yet faith is the Root- Foundation and Initial act that
justifies.
Rome
also taught that Mortal sin kills the grace in the soul that brings justification- and when a person commits a mortal sin- they need the ‘2nd plank of justification’ in order to be brought back
into a state of Grace.
This
2nd Plank is the Sacrament of Penance [confession]. Catholic Moral Theologians use an example to show the difference between Mortal and Venial sin.
Drinking-
if you take a drink [alcohol] not a sin. If you get tipsy- Venial- and if you get flat drunk- mortal.
This
is a true teaching by the way- not making this up.
Catholic
scholars are not in total agreement on all the Mortal/Venial sins.
Some
teach that missing Mass on Sunday is a Mortal sin.
I
just threw this in to show you the debates that take place.
The
teachings from Trent are referred to as Tridentine.
The
Protestants [early on] rejected the belief that a person can lose Gods grace once he has it- later on the Protestants would divide- severely- over this teaching- Predestination and the
Perseverance of the Saints.
But
early on all the major Reformers did indeed teach this.
Luther
believed in the doctrine of Predestination just as much- if not more- than John Calvin.
But
sometimes in these history shows they get this wrong and say Luther and Calvin disagreed on it- that’s a common mistake that you hear every so often.
Luther
actually wrote a book dedicated to the subject [The Bondage of the Will] Calvin never wrote a book solely on the subject.
Okay-
as we end this brief study of the Protestant Reformation- you could also call it a primer on Catholic doctrine [short one].
Why
is it important that we study this?
In
John chapter 17 Jesus said that he desired unity for all of Gods people- and many of these divisions- which date back 500 years- are commonly misunderstood on both sides.
It
is common in our day to run across an ex Catholic who might say ‘you know- I left the church because I don’t believe I need to confess to a priest’ or ‘the Catholic church teaches you are saved
by works’.
The
original Reformers did not have a problem with confession- the Lutherans carried the practice over into their communion.
And
like I just showed you- the Catholic church rejected the doctrine of being saved ‘by works’ [Pelagianism] and simply emphasized the teaching found in the bible- the book of James- and focused
more on James than Paul [who the protestants focus on].
So
yes- there are still differences- but if we are not informed- then it makes it harder to strive for unity- and at the end of the day God does desire unity for all his people.
The
other day I quoted the great Civil rights leader- MLK. In one of his famous speeches that’s played when we celebrate his life- you hear Martin say that not only was he seeking unity among the
races- but also in the church.
He
said he wanted to see Catholics and Protestants- as well as Blacks and Whites- sit down together- he referred to us all as Gods kids.
I
think we should strive to achieve the desire of Martin- and Jesus.
Amen.
[parts]
.
ROMANS 8-10
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2-24-15-romans-8-10.zip
VIDEO-
[I cover stuff on the videos that are not in the post- here are a few]
.Council
of Trent- what did the Church say?
.Do
we get the final say- at the Judgment?
.What
are the Catholic virtues- did Paul teach them?
.Augustine,
Calvin, Whitfield and Wesley.
.Infusion
or Imputation? How bout both!
At
the bottom I added some quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic church- to show that the official teaching of the church DOES NOT TEACH SALVATION BY THE LAW- BUT BY CHRIST.
.
REMINDER- This is a commentary I wrote years ago- the videos are new.
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8- FEW POINTS;
1-
Did God choose us to believe- or did we choose him?
2-
When Paul says ‘he makes our bodies alive’ is he only speaking about resurrection?
3-
Does God use difficulty- or is it to be rebuked?
4-
Was Paul a ‘hyper- Calvinist’?
(839)ROMAN
8:1-4 ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh [sinful nature] but after the Spirit [new nature]’. Now, having proved the reality of
sin and guilt [chapter 7] Paul teaches that those who ‘are in Christ’ are free from condemnation. Why? Because they ‘walk according to the Spirit’ the ‘righteousness of the law is being fulfilled
in them’. Having no condemnation isn’t simply a ‘legal function’ of declared righteousness, and Paul didn’t teach it that way! Paul is saying ‘all those who have believed in Jesus and have been
legally justified [earlier arguments in chapters 3-4] are now walking [actually acting out] this new nature. Therefore [because you no longer walk according to the flesh] there is no
condemnation’! This argument helps bridge the gap between Catholic and Protestant theology, part of the reason for the ongoing schism is over this understanding. After the Reformation the
Catholic Church had a Counter Reformation council, the council of Trent. They dealt with a lot of the abuses of the Catholic Church, things that many Catholic leaders were complaining about
before the Reformation. They did deal with some issues and reformed somewhat. To the dismay of the more ‘reform minded’ Catholics [with Protestant leanings] they still came down strong on most
pre reform doctrines. This made it next to impossible for the schism to be healed. But one area of disagreement was over ‘legal’ versus ‘actual/experiential’ justification. The Catholic position
was ‘God can’t declare/say a person is justified until they actually are’ [experientially]. The Protestant side [Luther] said ‘God does justify [legal declaration] a person by faith alone’. Like
I taught before, both of these are true. The Catholic view of ‘justification’ is looking ahead towards a future reality [The same way James speaks of justification in a future sense- He uses the
example from Genesis 22, when Abraham does a righteous act] while the Protestant view is focusing on the initial legal act of justification [Genesis 15]. Here Paul agrees with both views, he says
‘those who walk after the Spirit [actually living the changed life] have no condemnation’.
[parts]
(835)ROMANS
7:1-4 Paul uses the analogy of a married woman ‘don’t you know that the law has dominion over a person as long as he is alive’? If a married woman leaves her husband and marries another man she
is guilty of breaking the law of adultery. Now, if her husband dies, she is free to marry another man. The act that freed her from sin and guilt was death! Every thing else in the scenario stayed
the same. She still married another, she still consummated the new marriage. But because her first husband died, she has no guilt. I always loved this analogy. For years I wondered why these
themes in scripture are for the most part not ‘imbedded’ in the collective psyche of the people of God. We have spent so much time ‘proof texting’ the verses on success and wealth, that we have
overlooked the really good stuff! Now Paul teaches that we have been made free from the law by the ‘death of our husband’ [Jesus] so we can ‘re-marry’. Who do we marry? Christ! He has not only
died to free us from the law, he also rose from the dead to become our ‘husband’ [we are called the bride of Christ]. Paul connects the death and resurrection of Jesus in this analogy. Both are
needed for the true gospel to be preached [1st Corinthians 15]. Notice how in this passage Paul emphasizes ‘the death of Christ’s body’. The New Testament doesn’t always make this distinction,
but here it does. In the early centuries of Christianity you had various debates over the nature and ‘substance’ of God and Christ. The church hammered out various decrees and creeds that would
become the Orthodoxy of the day. Many of these are what you would call the ‘Ecumenical councils’. These are the early councils [many centuries!] that both the eastern [Orthodox church] and
western [Catholic] churches would all accept. Some feel that the early church fathers and Latin theologians [Tertullian, Augustine and others] had too much prior influence from philosophy and the
‘forensic’ thinking of their time. They had a tendency to describe things in highly technical ways. Ways that were prominent in the legal and philosophical thinking of the West. Some of the
eastern thinkers [Origen] had more of a Greek ‘flavor’ to their theologizing [Alexandria, named after Alexander the great, was a city of philosophy many years prior to Christ. This city was at
one time the center of thinking in the East. That’s why Paul would face the thinkers at Athens, they had a history in the east of Greek philosophy]. Well any way the result was highly technical
debates over the nature of God and Christ. The historic church would finally decree that Christ had 2 natures, Human and Divine. And that at the Cross the ‘humanity of Jesus’ died, but his
‘Deity’ did not. I think Paul agreed by saying ‘we are free from the law by the death of Christ’s Body’ here Paul distinguishes between the physical death of Jesus and his Deity. Note- actually,
Augustine would be in the same school as Origen. Alexandrian.
[parts]
Past
comments on Oral Tradition- something I mentioned on today’s post- Gal. 6
The
Iliad and Odyssey [Homer]
I
want to cover some of the classics of Western Literature- when I do the philosophy and science stuff- the purpose is to show how God- and ‘religion’ are an inescapable thread that we see all thru
out history- and in fact- the rise of what we call ‘intellectualism’ did indeed come from the Judaic/Christian tradition [for instance- the modern day university system did come from the
Church].
Ok-
lets start with what most believe to be the greatest work from antiquity- outside of the bible.
These
are 2 poems by Homer- the Iliad and Odyssey.
These
poems were written in the 8th century BCE- and cover the Trojan war- which most believe was a real war- that took place in the 12th-13th century BCE.
In
Homers works we read about this epic battle.
The
war starts with- once again- a ‘woman’ issue.
Prince
Paris of Troy steals Helen of Greece- from her husband King Menelaus [king of Sparta].
The
Greeks- led by Achilles- lay siege to Troy.
In
Homers telling of the event- the Greeks are actually defending the honor of marriage- and are carrying out a just retribution against an unjust act.
Sort
of the same themes we read in scripture- when the sons of Jacob defended the honor of their sister Dinah- when she was treated unjustly by the pagan nation that took her- forcefully- to be the
wife of a kings son.
The
brothers meted out justice- by tricking these pagans to get circumcised- then- while recovering ‘from surgery’- the sons went in and wiped out the city- to their fathers
dismay!
In
the story- Achilles is a warrior- who displays extreme violence- and also the human traits of a man who acts out of selfish motives.
At
one point in the war- he removes himself from battle- because he feels his honor was betrayed.
The
only thing that brings him back is the killing of his close friend Patroclus- by Hector.
Achilles
leads the Greeks to victory- and reflects the struggle between living a long life- or dying young- yet dying for a just cause.
One
of the more famous quotes form Homer’s Poems- attributed to Achilles- is ‘I carry 2 sorts of destiny to the day of my death. Either, if I stay here and fight beside the city of the Trojans, my
return home is gone, but my glory shall be everlasting; but if I return home to the beloved land of my fathers, the excellence of my glory is gone, but there will be a long life- left for me, and
my end in death will not come to me quickly.’
There
has been some debate over the historicity of the war itself.
Some
scholars believe it was Myth [I’ll get to this in a moment].
That
is- they believe the war itself was not true- but a sort of Oral Tradition- that encompasses the reality of the human condition- and that Homers Poems are simply mythological ways to reveal the
true condition of man.
Yet-
much like the debate that took place in the 19th century German universities- over the ‘Myth’ of the bible- later on- the rise of what we now call Archaeology [because of the Industrial
revolution- a new field arose- men started digging up the ground- for the primary purpose of extracting materials from the earth- and at this time we also discovered ‘lost worlds’- that is we
could actually trace cities and lands that were once deemed fake].
So-
as with Homers Troy- and bible lands- these archaeologists did indeed find Cities that matched the stories.
In
1870 the German Archaeologist Schliemann discovered remains that seemed to find the city of Troy- the area is known today as modern day Turkey.
This
same thing happened with the bible- we did indeed find historical evidence that seemed to back up the historicity of the stories we find in the bible.
As
a matter of fact- a famous doubter of the bible embarked on a search- to prove the bible was ‘myth’ yet- after researching carefully the historical names and places we read about in the book of
Acts- he came to believe that the book of Acts- written by both an historian and doctor [Luke] was the most historically accurate writing that came from the first century [Acts has lots of names
of political figures- court proceedings- stuff like that- and when doing research like this- it is quite easy to debunk the historical reality of a fake work- but- when these names and places
were researched- from actual historical records dating back to the first century- it was amazing how the pieces fit].
The
Trojan War is found in many works of Greek literature- and art.
But
the most comprehensive account comes from Homer’s 2 poems.
Now-
in Homer’s poems there are obvious references to Mythology- Goddesses- Golden apples- the Greek gods intervening in the affairs of men.
So
yeah- we see that there are obvious mythological aspects to the work.
Yet-
the ancient Geeks did indeed believe the war itself was a real war that took place at around the 12th century BCE.
Some
believe that Homer never actually wrote the poems- but that he told the stories- like Oral Tradition- and they were later written down by others.
Sort
of like the classic- Paradise Lost- by John Milton. Milton was blind- and told the story to his daughters [oral tradition] and the actual work was penned by those who heard it.
Jesus
himself used this method- he never wrote a book- or letter in the New Testament- yet the gospels were compiled by his men after his death.
We
read about this when Luke [who I mentioned above] gives the reason for his documenting stuff in the book of Acts [read Acts chapter one].
Luke
also wrote his gospel a few years after the death and resurrection of Christ.
So-
some believe the same thing happened with Homer- those who heard him tell the story multiple times- simply put it together later on.
Most
scholars believe that Homer did indeed write the poems- and that the famous Trojan War was a real historical event.
Last
year- when in North Bergen- my atheist friend Daniel said he watched a PBS show- and he said ‘even a priest said the bible was Myth’.
I
explained to Daniel that when the more liberal scholars use this term [like in the writings of Bultman] that they do not mean ‘fake’- like Greek Mythology.
But
they mean that some of the stories in the gospels might be a compilation of the many Oral teachings of Jesus- and they were put together as one story [some think the Sermon on the Mount was
actually multiple teachings Jesus did- and they were compiled into one event].
Now-
when I explained this to Daniel- he said ‘see- even you believe it was Myth’.
I
told Daniel that no- I do not hold to this theory [not 100%] but that I was simply telling him that even those who use the term Myth- when talking about Theology- they do not mean Myth- as in
fake.
So-
I find it interesting that both the New testament- and Homers poems- got the same scrutiny.
In
these poems we do indeed see the condition of man- which Homer depicts as one of constant war- not peace.
The
letter of James in the New Testament says- James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James
4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
James
4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Homers
poems are considered by some to be the beginning of the great works of Western literature- of which there are many.
The
great writer C.S. Lewis- who rejected Christianity for many years- later became a believer.
He
attributed his conversion to the fact that he could not escape the reality of the Church- or Christian themes- found in all the fields of study.
Whether
it was the classics- or history- philosophy.
He
said every were he read- studied- he could not escape this scarlet thread that ran thru out all the fields of knowledge.
Yeah-
in the end- his thirst for knowledge- his intellectual search- led him to the Cross.
Jesus-
in a way- was a 1st century Achilles- he battled the forces of darkness- for the honor of a woman- the Bride- the church.
He-
Like Achilles- chose a just death- for a just cause.
There’s
a prophecy in the Old Testament- it speaks of Christ ‘the zeal of thine house has eaten me up’.
Jesus
was a righteous warrior- a prophet, priest and king- and he had a zeal for the church- that far exceeded anything we find in Homers poems.
VERSES-
[These
are the verses I talked about on the video- Galatians 6- Links to all my sites below]
Galatians
6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Galatians
6:2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians
6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Galatians
6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Galatians
6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
Galatians
6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Galatians
6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians
6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Galatians
6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians
6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians
6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
Galatians
6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Galatians
6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Galatians
6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Galatians
6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Galatians
6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Galatians
6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Galatians
6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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Romans
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans
8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans
8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Hebrews
13:3
Remember
them that are in bonds, as bound withthem; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
13
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying
void.
16
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18
What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
2
Timothy 4:7
I
have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through
lust.
5
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2
Timothy 4:6
For
I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Isaiah
53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah
53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire
him.
Isaiah
53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah
53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah
53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah
53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah
53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth.
Isaiah
53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he
stricken.
Isaiah
53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah
53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah
53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah
53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
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