16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified . Galatians 2:16
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Current points of clarification
5:44 a.m. June 24th 2022
Number one is we are not under the law. It can be confusing for True Christians the struggle with this. But at the same time it's important that we do not strip Christ of his authority because this does happen . Yes I understand the atonement. If we were under the law we would be in serious trouble. There's more than one faith claiming to be Christianity that has some sort of law keeping system. Christ said if you love me keep my Commandments. If you love me. He's asking kindly. What he's telling you is try not to transgress the law. If you judge your brother you are judging the law and Apostle Paul said that. But we have to take the warning of judgment day very seriously. I do assume that a great majority of these people are professing Christians coming from another sector. But I do suspect that another great number could be true Christians for all the reasons I gave before. (Grace) But don't abuse it.
The other one is the rapture and people make big deals about this which I do acknowledge is important. Christ said you can discern the sky (Natural events weather) ( war s, nations distress , falling away morals , etc ) Conflicts Conflict such as today we know what the weather will be why is it you can't discern the times. When he said this he said it to the audience that was there whoever was that he was preaching to. I believe he was asked the question when is the end and when is coming. So what they say or believe is that there will be two main events and one will be the rapture and people will be taking that are found worthy but this is not the second coming. It could be at his second coming that he comes and he brings his sheep "saints" and they touch down on the Mount of Olives and this is when he would probably establish his kingdom on Earth. But there are Street Preachers that do not want to focus on this mainly but they realize and see the times before us. Go preach the gospel.
Another one is Jesus said those who are his brothers, sisters, mother (brethren) are those who do the will of God.
When I was younger I was like into some of these things youngsters are. ( Worldly and not holy ) had a friend once compared us and he said that he is truly wicked and I was not. This bothered him and he's deceased now. You have to be in right standing with Jesus Christ of Nazareth. (GOD) Your relationship has to be in right standing. The wages of sin is death and it's not easy for anyone. The truth is Christ said there's not even one. Now I acknowledge that they call born again Christian saints. You see the difference between the evil one and us is we have to be humble. We have a chance offered to us to be children of GOD. The evil one was already an angelical being who was cast out of heaven unto the earth with his angels. His eternal home is HELL but what about yours? 5:44 a.m.
Adding
A couple of more to cover I just thought about
Is pleading the blood of Christ biblical? What we know about the atonement. Without the shedding of blood there would be no forgiveness of sins. But I do not feel that pleading the blood is biblical. " When people speak of “pleading the blood of Jesus in prayer,” they are referring to the practice of claiming the power of Christ over any and every problem by using the phrase “I plead the blood of Jesus over _______. ” No biblical basis and false teaching. Credit: GQ
The other one is pray without ceasing. Clearly Christ showed when you pray go somewhere private and don't do it to see of men. If people want to pray in the open together as a group I'm not coming against that. That's their prerogative and they're right. Taking prayers out of school is not wise. To relinquish/dis-acknowledge God is foolishness and not wise. I think what was meant was don't pray in huge chunks of time lapse. Although there's a slight chance there could be a translation misunderstanding from the Hebrew Jewish language to what we have today. What I think was meant that pray a few times a day and continuously but not pray for hours without ceasing. That just doesn't make sense and it goes completely against what Christ said this is what the Pharisees were doing. You won't be heard for you many words.
What is the difference between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven? Both are referring to the same place.
Can seem like Kingdom of heaven is his earthy body of believers and their belonging too and having brothers and sisters in Christ and Kingdom of God is his Kingdom not of this world but they feel these are essentially the same thing. 11.44 am / noon same day 6.24.22
"Heaven. The two phrases are simply two different ways to indicate the same thing:"
Updates June 25 2020 2:13
So the Jews didn't like to pronounce Gods name because they thought it was too holy and Christ was mainly speaking to a Jewish audience. So there are reasons why the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven was used.
"Kingdom of God, also called Kingdom Of Heaven, in Christianity, the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king, or the fulfillment on Earth of God's will. The phrase occurs frequently in the New Testament, primarily used by Jesus Christ in the first three Gospels."
In the gospels of Mark, Luke, and even John, we hear more about the kingdom of God and in speaking to Nicodemus, Jesus said “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3) and that “unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5) so the kingdom of God refers to those in the "kingdom that must be born into it. The Greek wording for “born again” means “born from above” and just like we had nothing to do with our choosing when and where to be born of our mother, so too does God cause those of His own children to be born into this kingdom and be adopted by Him (Eph 1). That doesn’t mean that we don’t have responsibility because we must repent and believe, as Jesus said (Mark 1:15)."
"Matthew uses the phrase “the kingdom of heaven” because it is a decidedly Jewish gospel and it’s not written to the Greeks (or Gentiles) but to the children of Abraham."
"Jesus frequently used “the kingdom of heaven” in His many parables describing what the kingdom would be like, what was involved in entering that kingdom, Who the Master of that kingdom was, and how many of those who were born of Abraham’s seed and expected to be entering that kingdom by birthright would be shut out of that kingdom."
"There is no confusion there but there may be differences in the way or in the place where these kingdoms are referred to. Jesus seems to refer to the kingdom of heaven as an inauguration of a new covenantal kingdom and the kingdom of God as the invisible theocracy under the sovereignty of God which entails both the Old and the New Testament eras."
Conclusion
" Both the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven are not separate entities or places even though they are about specific applications to each kingdom as to the when and the where of each. In the end, the authors of the gospels are more concerned with referring to different audiences but it is one and the same kingdom."
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PS I am not a Pharisee and I like sports as well as music but I do think some things are of the world and not of God. We can talk about worldliness and holiness and then throw it all out the window and be lukewarm. We either walk his way or we don't. That doesn't mean we are to be Pharisees.
https://www.gotquestions.org/kingdom-heaven-God.html
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