paul teaching on justification?
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As I understand it, Paul taught justification by faith.  In the OT people were justified by faith in God (which manifested itself in obedience to God's law) and after Christ people are justified by faith in the blood of Christ (which empowers the believer to live in accordance to the spirit of the law).  Justification is taking someone unholy and permitting them the rights of being holy (communion with God).  God's grace does this.
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http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html
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Paul SAYS Jesus said this, but it isn't anywhere to be found in the Gospels.  Possibly Jesus never said it, or maybe Paul made it up; Or, possibly, one of the hundreds of "editors" of the bible thought it was a nice sentiment and added it.
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Is there a question anywhere in that sermon?
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I would be curious to see what your friend thinks of this scripture from 1 Corinthians 5:12-14...\n\nFor what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”\n\nShe is wrong. Yes. But you are also wrong for basing your salvation on what other people say or do. This will be no excuse in the last day. We must base our self examination with CHRIST as our standard. And without God's grace and mercy, we would all lose, wouldn't we?\n\nYoda Green - I suppose you are an example of the non-judgmental?
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You are correct doctrine = teaching.\n\nG1322\nδιδαχή\ndidachē\ndid-akh-ay'\nFrom G1321; instruction (the act or the matter): - doctrine, hath been taught.\n\nYes baptism is a teaching, not a doctrine necessarily.\n\nBut don't miss what Paul (God) is telling us.\n\nMove on, get into the meat of the Word. There are 80 year Christian babies, still sucking milk.
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"rightly dividing" must be defined in the context of this chapter, an extended call from Paul to Timothy, reminding him of how he is to faithfully preach the word of truth --the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ-- and to avoid errors of FALSE teaching (both factual error and people stumbling into living in error).\n\nThe 'roote meaning' of the word in question --orthotomein--  is 'cut straight'.    The only other biblical use of the term is in Proverbs 3:6, 11:5 whre the Greek version of the OT translates a Hebrew expression referring to  'making (or keeping) straight' someone's paths (KJV,  'direct' ), that is, to lead people in the right and true way.\n\nTimothy is here being told to 'make straight' with or 'rightly handle  "the word of TRUTH", that is the GOSPEL  (as Paul elsewhere uses the term, see Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:5).   In the context of 2 Timothy 2 --where Paul instructs Timothy about how to faithfully proclaim and teach the message, and to AVOID error and foolish arguments--the charge to handle the word of truth first of all focuses on the truth of the gospel message of JESUS (v.8), the message Paul himself had repeatedly taught (v.2).\n\nThis call espeically stands in sharp contrast to the warnings in the surrounding verses about falling from truth into ERROR, into  'quarrels' (v.14) and 'wicked and empty babble' (v.16) that is, fromthe failure of other teachers who, rather than steering a straight course, have "swerved" from the TRUTH (v.18), and from the GOSPEL (same language in 1 Tim 1:6, 6:21 )    \n\nAgain, as Paul is reminding Timothy of how he is teach the people, the straight 'handling' or 'directing' is very much concerned with the practical consequences for the hearers.   He is especially concerned with how false teaching or deviating from the clear message of truth (the gospel) can ruin the hearers (v.14), upsetting their faith (v.17) and leading them into ungodliness (v.16)).   Perhaps it is this image of DIRECTING the steps of others into the truth of the gospel (both knowing it and living by it) that leads Paul to adopt the language of the Proverbs with their concern about people learning to walk in straight paths.\n\nIn light of this larger context and parallels, the verse is NOT (as some have sugested) about Timothy figuring out certain  'keys' of how to properly 'break up' Scripture (law and gospel, or whatever)or 'get it in the right order'.  The point is to steer the straight path and not deviate from the truth of the GOSPEL, the truth of Jesus, and so 'directing' his hearers to both believe and live by the truth of the gospel.    \n\nIn chapter 3 and 4 Paul will continue this charge to Timothy to properly teach and preach the word which centers in the message of salvation in Jesus Christ, and to properly apply it to the lives of his hearers (teaching, correcting, encouraging, rebuking, training) --3:15 -4:2.\n\nNow there may indeed be Scripture passages that speak about how to understand and properly 'order' the teachings of the Word... this just isn't one of them.  Except prehaps for Paul's repeated point that the WHOLE message finds its CENTER in the gospel of Jesus.
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Niether Jesus nor Paul (Saul) teach the Trinity.  On the contrary, they both taught the Gospel of the Kingdom as the central message -- that those who obey God may become sons of God, as Jesus is.  The Bible is consistant throughout, both Old and New Testaments teach of God's plan to create man in his image and likeness, as Jesus is the very image of God's character (Colossians 1:15).\n\nTrinitarian teachings did not come from the Bible; they did not develope until centuries after the Bible was completed.
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Justification means Just-as-if-you'd-never-sinned.\n\nIn Christ we are justified. God accepts as without spot or wrinkle, because we are in Christ. That's why we can pray in His name, because we are without sin in Christ snf I do mean only in Christ and by His blood atonement!!!!!!!!!
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The evidence is found in the failure of the Jews to keep the Mosaic law perfectly.  Had the Jews been able to keep the Mosaic law perfectly, they would have been justified – they would have earned life.  But they could not keep the law perfectly because they themselves were imperfect and in need of a ransom.  Paul is explaining that no one can be justified by the Mosaic law.  He then quotes Habakkuk 2:4 which shows that the righeous one lives by means of faith.  What makes it evident that they could not be justified in God’s eyes by law is the fact that no matter how hard they tried, the Jews could not keep the law.
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Read Romans Chapter 4 and follow Paul's argument about Abraham being counted righteous/justified by believing God/faith BEFORE he did anything good.  Good works are a RESULT of salvation, not a prerequisite.\n\nAlso, check out some good Reformed commentaries and websites (www.desiringGod.org, www.ligonier.org, www.aomin.org are all excellent)
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paul when he had that vision was being shown by God about cornelius. it wasnt about food. jews treated gentiles(non jews) very unclean much like pigs and dogs. cornelius was a believer ofGod and God tried sending paul to him, but paul being a jew wasnt about to defile himself. God showed him through the animals that only God can say what is clean and unclean
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Paul often took it on himself to interpted and make rules for the Church in the day. these scriptures come from Paul not God. Seems to me Paul, not Jesus is quoted in the Christian religions all to often. How can we be certain that Paul was not a deciever, one Jesus warned of when He said \n"Take heed lest any man deceive you" Matt. 13:5. Most Christians will not question what in in the "Holy Bible" but have you noticed there is more of Paul than Jesus in the New Testament. Many ancient text are left out of the Bible, but Paul certainly has his say. I serve God not Paul
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You are correct.  That is part of where Paul was going in the Romans quotes you cited.
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As opposed to truth wise?  LOL!\nIt's generally accepted that it was Paul.
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Get a lexicon and read in context.  Here is what Peter says about Paul, his writings, and people who twist them:\n\n"...even as our BELOVED brother Paul also according to the WISDOM GIVEN UNTO HIM hath written unto you;\n\nAs also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which THEY THAT ARE UNLEARNED AND UNSTABLE TWIST, AS THEY DO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES, unto their own destruction.\n\nYe therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the WICKED, fall from your own steadfastness."\n\nII Peter 3:15-17
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I think John MacArthur is an excellent teacher of the Word. I own one of his study Bibles and I've heard his program Grace to You on quite a few occasions.\n\nWhen I was new in my walk with Christ I fell under conviction while listening to him talk about sexual sin because he talked about young people coming up to him and asking "how far they could go before it became a sin?"\n\nHe said they were asking the wrong question because they had the wrong motive. He said that a believer should be asking what can I do to stay as far away from the slippery slope that leads to falling into sin. Not how close can I get to the edge of the pit so that I can enjoy myself.\n\nIf I had any criticisms of his teaching I would point out that he takes a hard line stand on some debatable doctrines like sign gifts. I admire the way he lays out the case for his beliefs from Scripture, however I think that by taking the stand he does he runs the risk of dividing the body of Christ over non-essentials and also cuts himself off from further revelation on these subjects.\n\nI know several other excellent teachers in the body of Christ who have just as convincing arguments from Scripture on the other side of the "sign gifts" debate who always stress that this issue should not be used by the enemy to cause division.