The teachings of Christ

[enoob57]

19 hours ago, unworthyservant said:

I agree it's a conundrum and didn't mean to imply that we can "justify ourselves by works as to being worthy to receive salvation" but rather that Christ taught that the world could know our faith by our works as noted in Matthew 7:16-20, Matthew 12:33-37 and Luke 6:43-45.

 

Yes, a real indwelt person of God will do real indwelt things -unless- he chooses to walk in flesh and not in s/Spirit. And this is the war that is in every Christian still here... Romans 7 

 

19 hours ago, unworthyservant said:

I am curious. I see you quote the KJV version of Paul's list of "works of the flesh". I'm curious as to what you think of the idea that witchcraft is listed.

quoted from Strong's concordance

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Satan's use of his created self to endorse lie 'as he could be god' was the beginning of rebellion- that all that would follow him would be of that craft...

[unworthyservant]

5 hours ago, enoob57 said:

quoted from Strong's concordance

You quote the Strong's summary for the Hebrew word Kashaph. It meant to practice sorcery, divination or necromancy. I was curious as to your take on how the Greek word Paul used "Pharmakeia" became witchcraft in 16th and 17th century English Bible translations.

[timf]

I believe that the mountain moving was meant for every follower of Christ.

If you are going to move mountains, be careful where you put them.

[Your closest friendnt]

On 4/2/2025 at 5:49 PM, unworthyservant said:

He told some who were healed to show themselves to the priest at the temple because Christ adhered to Old Testament Law, and I believe that we too should follow His example.

 

  Luke 17:11-19 

11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[a] met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

 

.....At that time they were in the Sinai Covenant and in the book of Leviticus it was written the quidlines how to deal with leprosy a contagious decease. And when a leper claimed to be well he had to go to the Priest to do the tests according to the book of Leviticus and the Priest will declare them clean and they can re-enter their comunity. If not the comunity will stone them to drive them out.

This is why Jesus send them to the Priest to declare them clean by the Priest and safely re-enter the comunity by the witness of the Priest. 

One of them who was a Samaritan could not have this benefit the other lepers had. The Priests were only for the Jews and the Galileans. And when he returned to Jesus to thank him it was also to show him that he was healed. This is the first time Jesus showed him clean and he declare him clean so he can tell the people that Jesus showed him clean and declare him clean. 

At the beginning of the story they asked mercy from Jesus Christ from a distance and when Jesus told them to go and showed themselves to the priest were still lepers. Jesus did not healed them on the spot.

On the way they were healed. 

In this example Jesus did the work of the Priest. 

This is telling us something about Jesus Christ. Jesus gave a message about himself that He was a Priest unto God. That the Messiah is a Priest unto God. But not from the Levitical order. And he minister about the people unto God outside the Temple. 

A Priest in the order of Melchizedek. The profile of the Messiah is to be a Priest unto God from a different order, from outside the Levitical priesthood because the Priest of the Levitical order cannot be a king at the same time.  

Later God exalted him and made him a king and a ruler in his Kingdom. 

Jesus foretold that in the parable of the younger Son. When he welcomed him back and dressed him with the Robe of a Ruler and gave him the Ring of the king who stubs the order the King makes. He set him up as the king and Lawmaker while he was still alive he gave the rulership to the younger Son. 

A king could never be a Priest but a Priest can be a King but not from the Levitical order but from the order of Melchizedek. 

Edited April 10 by Your closest friendnt

[Marilyn C]

On 8/13/2019 at 2:17 AM, unworthyservant said:

I am new to this chat thing but I am here to discuss the teachings of Christ and how they apply to the present day and age. Personally I believe that the teachings of Christ should be taken literally and I find that every where I turn everyone is teaching everything but the teachings of Christ. 

Hi unworthyservant,

Good topic, and of course we must not leave out what Jesus continued to teach when He ascended to the father. Those teachings are from Acts to revelation. 

[Your closest friendnt]

@unworthyservant

According to the scriptures and as Jesus foretold the earth and the heavens have pass away. At the time Jesus died on the Cross everything was made New, the old was gone. 

This is what Jesus said: It will happen like when we change a garment. 

The earth and the heavens will put on a New Garment. 

Everything will become New and that's what happened with the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.  

And as was foretold in Jeremiah 31:35-36. 

35 This is what the Lord says,

he who appoints the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
    so that its waves roar—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel ever cease
    being a nation before me.”