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All we need are the words of Jesus! as reported by the ones who walked with Him and loved Him. We don't need the Dispensational doctrine that renders void every word of Jesus once He died for our sins. Dispensationalism has only been around for less than 200 years and was created in an attempt...

OK, as you say "Originally. . .yes", but did they not later say the gospel must be preached among all nations? And doesn't John 3:16 say ALL who believe in Him will have eternal life? So even without Paul and even before Paul, the original apostles of the Lamb were given the Great Commission...

I am glad you have learned some things from me, and I am hoping to learn some things from you, specifically at this point, I am trying to learn of your sources that Paul had a Herodian/Edomite [read as:Hittite] mother. I do agree with you that Paul's mother was a Herodianess. The emotional...

Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. There is no verse in the OT that says "The promises were given to one who obeyed because he believed in the authority of the One demanding the obedience." Nor is there any verse in...

Herodians were Edomites and King Herod himself was not allowed to enter the Temple, and Edomites were only allowed into the congregation after 3 generations as per Deu 23:7. (and actually this verse may actually refer to Arameans rather than Edomites, but that is a topic for another thread...

No, Eisenman was NOT the author of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"? Michael Baigent was the author of that silly book. Eisenman was the scholar who campaigned successfully for the public release of the Dead Sea Scrolls and is a professor of Antiquities at Cal State Long Beach. He wrote "James...

A Herodian Jewess!? That's a contradiction in terms. The Herodians were not Jewish but were Idumeans. I am very pleased to hear you admit Paul's mother was Herodian. But please tell me the name and/or lineage of Paul's Herodian mother and who she was. You may know more details than I do on...

So I guess you are saying that Jesus was preaching Reformed Judaism? And were Matthew, Mark, John, Jude, James and Peter also preaching Reformed Judaism?

Unless you can prove our Bibles were published in Heaven and there is but one untampered original rather than a myriad of variant copies of variant copies, it is only the opinion of mere men that every book in the Bible is the Word of God. Moreover the discovery of forgeries such as the longer...

I have no problem in people accepting God as their first step. But I do have a problem with Paulinists who say that repenting from sin is not the second step. . . and that faith alone leads to salvation without works of repentance "lest anyone should boast" as Paul was fond of saying. (I...

1 What I most dislike about Paul's teachings is the idea that people do not have to repent of their sins to be saved but only have to repent of their unbelief. This has caused sin and crime to abound in the world, and I do not like sin. 2 If you exclude the works of Paul and his disciple...

I think that if you examine the 497 pages written by Douglas Del Tondo in his book "Jesus' Words Only", you will find scholarly criticism of Paul that rivals or exceeds that of Victor's work. And like Victor's book, Del Tondo's book is also available free online. And then some of you will be...

But Paul insists that grace is free and does not require works. Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. It sounds as though God would be upset if His children boasted of their...

Paul said Abram received the promises not because he obeyed God but because he had faith. Gen 26:5 says Abram receives the promises because he obeyed God. Obedience is the intrinsic factor, not faith. The condition of Abram's hearing also contributed to his obeying God, for he had to have...

Act 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Jesus did not die to take away our sins but to pay the penalty for our sins if we agree to repent of them. And yes, God will be the ultimate judge of us all, including Paul, the self-proclaimed apostle. Jesus warned another would come in his own name whom the world would accept in His place...

The point I was making was that Paul's claim to be a Benjamite was false. The Herodians were not a religion, and they were not Jews; they were the ruling family of the Herodian clan that ruled Judaea, named after King Herod. The Herodians were not Benjamites but Edomites, descendants of...

Simply offering a different viewpoint does not necessarily imply a pedantic attitude but rather an opportunity for further discussion. If you feel I have not responded to your points, please specify. But it seems you have been entirely unresponsive to my point in which I showed the blatant...

If you can find a verse to prove that Jesus said we were allowed to pick and choose what laws we would obey, please share it with us. The Talmud had been used by the Jewish Pharisees to find excuses not to obey the Torah, and Jesus was not shy about mentioning it: Mar 7:9 And he said unto...

OK, but does the OT ever say that Abraham was motivated by faith or by fear? Gen 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me. Hebrews chapter 11...