God made covenant with Abram the Hebrew and extended this covenant to Abram's Hebrew seed.
Anyone that is born is Abram's house, bought with money, are instructed by God to be circumcised but this does not mean they are also in covenant for nowhere does God say anyone born in his house or is bought with money is included in God's covenant with Abram. Otherwise, God would make clear by saying so, but He didn't. Ishmael was circumcised but not in the Abraham Covenant. Same with Esau. He too was circumcised but was not in covenant with God but by being seed of Abram the Hebrew received the blessings of Abraham.
Your examples make my point, and expose your own preaching that God is a Respecter of persons as false. God judges men
by their works,
not their DNA. You just exposed your own deception. Esau was not "Circumcised of the heart", he didn't "Join himself to the Lord", he didn't "Do the Works of Abraham". Therefore, he was not considered "As one born among Israel". He was "Cut off from Israel, and the blessings of Abraham"
Abraham's SEED, are those who "Do the works of Abraham", like Isaac and Jacob and Joseph and Moses and the midwives in Egypt, and Caleb and Joshua.
There was nothing wrong with the Pharisees. Their doctrine and what Jesus taught the people was similar.
Clearly your father is the Pharisees, and I am glad that this thread has exposed your heart to others reading along. You are convinced, and are working so hard to convince everyone else that there was "nothing wrong with the Pharisees". But here is what Jesus actually said about them.
John 8:
39 They (Pharisee) answered and said unto him,
Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them,
If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they (Pharisees) to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
"There was nothing wrong with the Pharisees. Their doctrine and what Jesus taught the people was similar."
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Both believed in angels, marriage, resurrection, etc., except the issue between the Pharisees and Jesus was the Pharisees taught the letter of the Law and Jesus taught the spirit of the Law. The Pharisees could only understand the letter of the Law since the Holy Spirit had not yet come. But in Acts 6:7 it says "a great company of priests were obedient to the Word" which implies a majority of 70-72 priests were converted and was born-again. The chastisement of Jesus was that the Pharisees elevated their traditions above the Scripture. Otherwise, Jesus being a rabbi just may have been a Pharisee Himself. Their doctrines are remarkably similar.
The serpents words to Eve were also similar to God's. The serpent even quoted some of God's Word to convince Eve of lies about God.
Can you show me one place where the Jesus "of the Bible" said that the Pharisees were obeying the "Letter of the Law"? How about Isaiah, and Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, and Stephen and John the Baptist. Just show me one sentence from any of these Children of Abraham that says the Pharisees, the direct descendants of Abraham and Sara, were "Thrust out" of the Kingdom of God because "they obeyed the letter of God's Law".
You really should be ashamed of yourself.
See below for Scripture proof that God is a respecter of persons.
God is a respecter of persons.
PROOF:
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel [THE PERSON] and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain [THE PERSON] and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Genesis 4:4–5.
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. Exodus 2:25.
Now, that you have been corrected.....
LOL. you must be a Troll, there is no way you can't see the hypocrisy in your preaching.
Abel and Cain were biological brothers, both the seed of Adam. Their DNA was the same. But God didn't judge them according to their DNA, as you are preaching on this forum. He had respect unto Abel, because Abel was faithful. He rejected Cain, because Cain was unfaithful. God treats all men the same as Paul teaches
and you completely rejected.
Rom. 2:
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon "every" soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to "every" man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 "For there is no respect of persons" with God.
The Story of Cain and Abel is
"PROOF" that God is NOT a respecter of persons.
I ask this of others reading along, because you are not interested in what the Scriptures actually teach.
Why were the Children of Israel in Egypt that God had respect unto? The midwives that feared God? Moses? Or the two men who chided Moses for helping his brother who was being beaten by an Egyptian?
600,000 men, and a "mixed multitude" came out of Egypt. But who were the true Israelites that made it to the promised land?
The difference between you and I is that I take out doctrine what is written, and you add to God's Word things not there. I am exegetical and you are eisegesis.
But you also preach to the world that the Pharisees and Jesus' teaching were similar. And you preach God is a Respecter of Persons, judging people by their DNA, not their works. So I won't be adopting your judgements against me, as long as you insist on promoting falsehoods about Jesus and His Son.