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short notice Who are the Judaizers? The Apostle Paul warns his readers about the Judaizers who oppose the gospel (Phil 3:2–3). Paul’s conflicts with the Judaizers can be seen in greater detail in Acts and Galatians (e.g., Acts 15:1–19; Gal. 2:15–21; 3:6–4:31), as well as in the rest of his letters. Paul rejected their teaching that Gentiles must first become Jews and obey all the OT laws in order to be saved. In contrast, Paul has given up his spiritual and ethnic privileges for the sake of knowing Christ (Phil. 3:4–11). His righteousness comes through Christ, not the law (Phil 3:12–16). The justified /righteous person in the New Testament “Justified” means “counted righteous” or “declared righteous” by God (acc. to ESV footnote). If people obeyed all of God’s perfect moral standards, they could be justified by their own merits. But Paul says that this is impossible for anyone to do (see Romans 1–2). "Works of the law" means any human effort to be justified by ...

“A Szellem gyümölcse szeretet, öröm, békesség, türelem, kedvesség, jóság, hűség, szelídség, önuralom; ezek ellen nincs Törvény.” Gal 5:22-23 Ragadd meg ezt az állítást világosan és örökre, hogy a test soha nem teremheti meg ezeket a gyümölcsöket, hogy ezeket a dolgokat soha nem érheted el saját erőfeszítéseddel. Hogy ezek "a Szent Szellem (Lélek) gyümölcse". Manapság sokat hallunk az "erkölcsi kultúráról", ami általában a test művelését jelenti, "amíg az nem hozza" a Szent Szellem gyümölcsét. Ez nem megy addig, amíg a tövisek nem teremnek fügét, a szederbokor pedig szőlőt. ( Lukács 6:44 ; Máté 12:33 ). Sokat hallunk a "jellemformálásról" is. Ez mind szép és jó, ha hagyjuk, hogy a Szent Szellem végezze az építkezést, és akkor nem is annyira építkezésről, mint inkább gyümölcstermésről van szó. (Lásd azonban a 2Péter 1:5-7 -et.) Hallunk a "jellembeli kegyelmek ápolásáról" is, de mindig szem...

“the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control; against such things there is no Law.” Gal 5:22-23 Settle it clearly and forever that the flesh can never bear this fruit, that you can never attain these things by your own effort. That they are "the fruit of the Spirit." We hear a good deal in these days about "ethical culture," which usually means a cultivation of the flesh 'until it bears the fruit' of the Spirit. It cannot be done, until thorns can be made to bear figs, and a bramble-bush, grapes. (Luke 6:44; Matt. 12:33) We hear also a good deal about "character building." That is all very well, if you let the Holy Spirit do the building, and then it is not so much building as fruit bearing. (See, however, 2 Peter 1:5-7) We hear also about "cultivating graces of character," but we must always bear in mind that the w...

by David Guzik {audio transcript} ... maybe we can talk about some of the things that I can share a little bit of my experience or my knowledge on. If you haven't been introduced or if we haven't been introduced before: Some people know me from an online Bible commentary that I have. We call it the Enduring Word Bible commentary. It's available at the enduringword.com , some people find it helpful, and we have it translated into many languages. And a significant part of our work is continuing that translation work. On these Thursday afternoons { on the YouTube } we invite you to come and offer your questions and I'll respond to them the best I can. ... {Here’s} ... a simple question: Are Christians required to keep the Old Testament Law? And here's what we're starting from Maria{'s question}. Now, it's a little bit of a longer question for Maria, so stick with me as I read my way through her question and where she quot...

study in the chapterhouse Two different Eras: Mosaic Law vs. New Testament At   the coming of Jesus, the Judaism of the age had to decide on his authenticity. Let us not forget that the whole belief system was at stake. We know their decision well, reading the struggles and lives of the apostles, but many times we do not grasp the spiritual connections: what is happening in our daily lives, according to the Law. A XX. century 'gospel movements' - although they unable to efface the horrific memories of the Holocaust - have great, active sympathy for Israel, knowing that "to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all ..." (Rom. 9:4-5) In Matthew 5:17, Jesus / Yeshua also emphasized the role of the Mosaic Law and the Prophetic writings: Do not think that I have come to invalidate th...

tanulmány két különböző korszak: Mózes törvénye vs. Új Szövetség J  ézus eljövetelekor a kor judaizmusának dönteni kellett róla, a hitelessége felől. Ne feledjük. Az egész hit rendszer volt a tét. A döntést jól ismerjük, az apostolok harcait és életét olvassuk, sokszor azonban nem fogjuk fel a szellemi összefüggést a mi mindennapjaink történéseivel.  A XX. századi 'evangéliumi mozgalmak' - bár nem tudják feledtetni a holocaust borzalmas emlékét - nagy szimpátiával és aktivitással viseltetnek Izraellel kapcsolatban, tudván hogy "övék az ősatyák, fiúság és a dicsőség, a szövetségek és a törvényadás..." ( Rm. 9:4-5 ) Mt 5:17-ben Jézus /Jeshua is hangsúlyozta: Ne gondoljátok, hogy azért jöttem, hogy érvénytelenné tegyem a törvényt vagy a próféták tanítását. Nem azért jöttem, hogy érvénytelenné tegyem, hanem hogy betöltsem azokat. Ennek ellenére tény, hogy a modern judaizmus másként látja ezt a "betöltést", vagyis másként látja a messiási személy...