Studyman, you are desperately trying to mix OT with the NT revelation of pure grace ~ not that there was no grace in the OT, it was indeed, but it was not the system they lived under and fully understood, that revelation came with Christ, and his gospel. Christ is the END OF THE LAW for righteousness.
Romans 10:4,5
“For Christ
is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them."
Remember who Paul is talking about here. This is shown when a person includes more than ONE verse in a conversation Paul was having. Here, let me show you how it works when a man considers all of Paul's words in this discussion,
Rom. 10:
1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, (They are sincere) but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant "of God's righteousness", and going about "to establish their own righteousness", have not "submitted themselves" unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
I believe these words 100%.
John 10:
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: "that ye may know", and believe, that "the Father is in me", and I in him.
I need look no further that the Lord's Christ, for righteousness and therefore forgiveness, as HE is The New High Priest "Of God". There are no more taking a goat to the Levite, no more sacrificial "works of the Law" for the remission of sins, as provided for in the Levitical Priesthood. The Sinner is not made righteous, or is not forgiven, or Sins are not atoned for, "By the Law". As it is written. "
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Lev. 4:
27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
This was the Law ADDED 340 years after Abraham "Yielded himself" a servant to obey God. This was the Law that was to lead them to God's True High Priest, as it did Zacharias. This is the "Righteousness, which is of the Law" that Moses described.
Jesus was "born under this law". But as you can see, HE forgave Sins and healed Lepers "Apart" from the Levitical Priesthood "works of the law".
True believers trust in Christ alone for their righteousness in order to enter into eternal life in the world to come, we dare not trust in works of the law, many of which you are trusting in, in order to please God and to be accpeted before him.
There was never a "LAW" that could take away sin Red. Only a Temporary Priesthood with carnal, sacrificial "works of the Law" put in place "Till the SEED should come".
9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, "as pertaining to the conscience;"
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
You, like the Pharisees before you, refuse to accept the truth that the Levitical Priesthood was temporary in it's conception, while the commandments, Statutes and Judgments of God that you and they rejected, will not pass before Jesus returns.
I can't stop you from preaching your gospel, but I can warn others to take heed of it, and post what is actually written, when more than one verse is considered.
Just as Moses said: the righteousness that comes from the law can only come to a man, who lives according to each one of them perfectly, in thought, word, and deed ~ from conception until death, it shows NO MERCY in breaking one of them, a man must keep all of them perfectly.
Wow, so let me get this straight. In your religion, the God of Abraham is not a Merciful God, who Commanded perfect obedience to His Laws, like Jesus did, or be destroyed? Did signs and wonders in Egypt to convince men that HE is the God of Abraham so they would trust and Love Him, then when they did trust Him, He Placed impossible to obey Laws on their necks, like David, and showed "NO MERCY" to a any man that didn't keep them all perfectly.
I don't know whose god you are talking about Red. But it isn't the God and Father of the Lord's Christ.
God has given Red over this foolishness, but for you guys reading along, is this really the God and Father of the Lord's Christ as defined by Him and the Prophets?
It takes pretty big stones to Judge the God defined in the Bible, in such a false and evil way.
Sin in point point, that man is guilty of all of them and must die. Thereby, as I said: "True believers trust in Christ alone for their righteousness in order to enter into eternal life in the world to come, we dare not trust in works of the law" ~works can be defined as any commandment a man has an active part in, that would be considered as a work of the LAW..."This DO and live, sin, and die" is the language of Moses' law.
Who would not know these things, you are saying these things to hide your true purpose of clinging to Moses instead of 100% following the NT.
You make these outlandish statements that NO ONE is accusing you of...but, this is your MO in all of your post. You are either unable to debate properly, or, you are practicing deceit, which is very unchristian. The gentleman asked:
He never said that you refusing to kill goats for your sins is you going against God's commandments, that's you adding to his word to make you seem to be right in your overall teachings ~ he simple asked questions to help you see that Moses law had many commandments that are NOT enforce on us anymore, and that if you seek to keep some of them, then are you keeping all of them? if not, then you truly are not obeying Moses' law, it is just that simple. A wise man once said: Inconsistency is the hallmark of error being present!
It's fascinating and quite scary really, how the prince of this world can convince so many people, "Who call Jesus Lord, Lord", that to "Obey God", they must murder other men, stone other people to death, and if I don't, then I am a hypocrite and I am not obeying God, who they preach places unjust, impossible to obey Laws, on the necks of men who Love Him. And because I believe the Bible that God and His Word is Spiritual, and I know God didn't write the Scriptures for my admonition, so that I would murder other people, I am accused of "Spiritualizing" God's Laws, that Paul called Spiritual.
You guys can't even see the utter wickedness and hypocrisy vomiting out of your own heart, as Both of you guys promote up and down, and preach to the world that you saved "Saved by the Blood of Jesus", and that you have eaten the Flesh of Christ, and Drank the blood of Christ and therefore you have His Life in you.
But will mock me if I ask where you found the Flesh of Jesus to eat, and the Blood of Jesus to drink, as if I should know His Words are Spiritual.
Surely there is someone on this forum reading this, that are pricked in their hearts a little, and might start actually reading what is actually written in the Scriptures, as opposed to blindly following these men who have "Transformed themselves" as apostles of Christ.