In the OT, righteousness is
through faith as it is written; "The Just shall live by Faith". It's in your own bible, in the Gospel of Christ that "Many" in Israel rejected when it was shown to them.
Perhaps you just don't know what the issue was with Paul and the Pharisees religion he renounced. I challenge you to read my actual post, then show me where I am biblically in error.
All men have transgressed God's commandments and are in need of Repentance first, (
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:) but then justification/forgiveness to erase the unrighteousness sin caused in us. This has always been the case. After the golden calf, instead of wiping out Israel as they deserved, God had mercy on them and added a temporary Priesthood Law which foreshadowed the Sacrifice HE Himself would make for them, to provide for this forgiveness after repentance..
The Jews corrupted this Priesthood Covenant, you can read about it in Mal. 2:4-9, if you wanted to see the source of my belief.
Isaiah chapter 1, if you could bring yourself to read it, explains this perfectly. These religious men polluted God's Sabbaths, created their own high days, rejected God's Judgments and created their own righteousness and
full well rejected the Commandments of God that they might live by their own religious traditions, which is clearly sinful and unfaithful. And yet each week they would gather together and offer the blood of an unblemished innocent being, as per the Law, to justify their rejection of God's Commandments.
They were promoting justification of willful sin, "By works of the Law". Not by belief/faith in God, as He pleaded with them.
Ez. 18:
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
The deceiver would have us believe that the Pharisees were trying to "earn" salvation by "Yielding themselves" a servant to obey God's Commandments. This is one of the most insidious lies ever promoted by this world's religions and has snared many a soul. The Pharisees rejected God, rejected God's Righteousness, and rejected God Sabbaths and created their own religion with their own judgments, their own righteousness, high days and commandments. To find out where I learned this Truth, please refer to EVERY Word the Jesus of the Bible spoke, and the Prophets, when they defined the "Jews religion" for us.
This is not living "by Faith" as Moses pointed out in the Gospel of Christ.
Duet. 32:
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, "children in whom is no faith".
And yet each week, they would gather together on their own sabbaths, and offer the Blood of a unblemished, innocent being,
as per the law, to justify their willful rejection of God's Commandment.
That was the LAW of the Pharisee that Paul was Zealous for, "
Wherein in time past he walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience".
It's important in my view, to listen to and understand Paul's teaching. "Many", who come in Christ's Name, twist this one sentence in Phil. 3:9 to support a popular religious philosophy that exists in this world that God placed you and I in, that Paul is teaching us that after repentance, "Yielding oneself" a servant to obey God's Law, is not Righteousness.
That isn't Paul's teaching at all. It's a false teaching, here is Paul's teaching.
Rom. 6:
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
This is Faith, and is clearly shown in EVERY example of Faith shown to us in the Holy Scriptures.
I don't like these new age bibles, their language is so deceiving. I looked at dozens of translations and literally couldn't find one that reads like this. Please show me where this translation is found.
Why does a man need justification? It is because he didn't observe God's Law, Yes? So how can a man be forgiven/justified of his transgression? Is there a LAW he can do to justify him? Or is he required to repent and of course, as any child can understand, repentance means "I'm sorry and I won't do it again". And of course, by a persons works it is clearly shown if a persons repentance is from the heart, or just the lips. Isn't this the Gospel of Christ that Paul taught both Jew and Gentile?
Acts 26:
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
In your understanding, would these be works of men
"according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:"
Or shall we
"gird up the loins of our mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto us at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy."
Shall men of God not freely discuss these things? I know I am free and eager to talk about anything in scripture as they are trustworthy "
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
But sadly, not everyone who calls Jesus Lord, Lord is free to have these discussions. I'm hoping maybe you might be an exception.
