Looking for Jesus according to Mark

[JohnR7]

20 hours ago, com7fy8 said:

"Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation" > in Philippians 2:13-16.

I thought the law was given through Moses. 

[JohnR7]

20 hours ago, JLG said:

- Think about Matthew 5 !

 

- Think about Matthew 6 !

 

- Think about Matthew 7 !

I agree with that. Just about all we need to know is in the Sermon on the Mount. 

 

[JLG]

On 11/25/2022 at 7:16 PM, com7fy8 said:

Jesus is so more and better than we are; yet, Jesus is not conceited.

There are ones not religious leaders who also can pick and choose who is good enough for them to love.

"if you love those who love you, what reward have you?" (in Matthew 5:46)

Good!

[JLG]

15) Jesus vs the religious leaders

 

Mark 7:

 

- The Pharisees and scribes accuse Jesus’

disciples to eat their meal with defiled hands

and thus not observing the tradition of the

men of former times!

 

- Jesus tells them that Isaiah prophesied

about them, calling them hypocrites, as it

is written, “This people honor me with their

lips, but their hearts are far removed from me.

It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, for

they teach commands of men as doctrines.”

You let go of the commandment of God and

cling to the tradition of men.”

 

- How powerful!

 

- How accusing!

 

- How striking!

 

- How real unfortunately!

 

- How sad!

 

- May people remember these words of Jesus!

 

[farouk]

On 11/25/2022 at 10:14 AM, kwikphilly said:

We'll John- for starters 613 Laws ,need I go through them all- surely you can read God's Written Word,read the "Law" and see how many you think man could keep?

We are Made Righteous,Holy & Sanctified only by the Previous Blood of the Perfect Lamb of God- there is no other Way except in Christ Jesus- the Way,the Truth ,& the Life

With love in Christ, Kwik

Hi @kwikphilly The Gospel accounts are in harmony one with another; and when the believer follows the Lord Jesus it is indeed not according to his or her own merit, but by grace, with 'God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure' (Philippians 2).

[kwikphilly]

18 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @kwikphilly The Gospel accounts are in harmony one with another; and when the believer follows the Lord Jesus it is indeed not according to his or her own merit, but by grace, with 'God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure' (Philippians 2).

Blessings king Farouk!lol

  I love when a Brother or Sister replies with Scripture quote - on my phone I can't copy/paste so I hardly post Scripture verses lately and I actually pray someone else does it for me❤️ God is Awesome!

That is the whole thing in a nutshell- Oh but for the GRACE of GGod

With love in Christ, Kwik

[kwikphilly]

On 11/26/2022 at 9:35 AM, JohnR7 said:

Maybe you should because as far as I know Jesus tells us there is only One Law, to Love God and to love our neighbor as ourself. Perhaps you want to say there are there are three laws to love God, love our neighbor and to love ourself. 

We read in Galatians 3:24 "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith."

God is all about Justice but we are "justified by faith". The law is just our teacher to show us how to be good or righteous before God. 

David said: "Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation". Psalms 119:97. David talks about his love for the law of God many times in the Psalms. The law shows us how to be the person God wants us to be. 

The grace of God does a work in us to transform us. The law helps us to know what the HOLY Spirit of God is doing in our life. 

Ephesians 2:8 "8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast." 

Clearly we are saved by the Grace of God, not our works. Although if we are saved we will show good works as evidence that God has saved us. 

You are completely confusing to me.... First you asked which Laws were men not able to keep,sounding like someone under the Law..... Unless I.just cannot make heads or tails about what you write it sounds like you jump from one side of the fence to the other...

Now the tide has changed again" Clearly we are Saved by God's Grace,not works"- that is 100percent accurate

I do believe I simply cannot follow your writing.... I hope that's the case

Be Blessed!

 

[Alive]

Here is a complete thought expressed by Paul that deals with the 'principle' of Law as that which shines a light on sin and a new law (principle) under which we live and function.

Two principles, both of which have a dynamic that yields a result.

Rom. 7:7 (NAS20S)    What shall we say then? Is the Law sin?   Far from it! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “ YOU SHALL NOT COVET.” ⁸ But sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. ⁹ I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died; ¹⁰ and this commandment, which was   to result in life, proved to result in death for me; ¹¹ for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it, killed me.

Rom. 7:25 (NAS20S) Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

Rom. 8:1 (NAS20S)   Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. ³ For what the Law could not do,   weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

[JohnR7]

2 hours ago, kwikphilly said:

I just cannot make heads or tails about what you write it sounds like you jump from one side of the fence to the other...

Yes, that is true. After I had congestive heart failure, I was in a coma for a week. The doctors said I jump from subject to subect. My brother said I have always been that way so they decided not to give me any treatment for it. That was actually in 2005 that they put the Medtronic fibulator in me. That is why I figure God has a plan and a reason for keeping me alive. Even if it is difficult to communicate with people in a way that they can understand. 

I usually do not talk about this, but you did ask me a direct question about it. I think to talk about stuff like this is kind of a negative confession of faith. God always has a plan and He tells us: Proverbs 3:5 "lean not on your own understanding".

[JohnR7]

On 11/28/2022 at 10:24 AM, kwikphilly said:

I can't copy/paste so I hardly post Scripture verses

You can give the referance to make it easier for people to look it up if they want.