tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442903.post7574884818568570945..comments2023-02-20T02:03:44.375+13:00Comments on Notions Incognito: Paul's view of graceNotions Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03563317972349417700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442903.post-9909457770848202342008-06-23T18:14:00.000+12:002008-06-23T18:14:00.000+12:00Thanks for your comment Rik. I think I agree large...Thanks for your comment Rik. I think I agree largely with what you've said. It's left me wondering, though - what is your view of grace? And how do you see your comments relating to it?Notions Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03563317972349417700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442903.post-47744622409050350612008-06-23T11:59:00.000+12:002008-06-23T11:59:00.000+12:00The context of Romans and Galatians is the issue o...The context of Romans and Galatians is the issue of the Jerusalem Council, that there were Pharisees who had become Christians who insisted that Gentiles become Jews first and receive circumcision in order to be saved. (Acts 15:1) This is why Paul confronted Peter for insisting that the Gentiles act like Jews. (Gal. 2:14)<BR/><BR/>So what did Jesus do? He chose an ex-Pharisee with all the credentials to confront the Pharisees in the church! Who else would know their theology and lifestyle better than Paul? But he looks at such a resume and calls it all crap! (Phil. 3:2-6) <BR/><BR/>So then Paul in defense of the gospel that saves both Jews and Gentile by faith in Christ (Rom. 1:17-17) does a "thou art the man" on the Pharisees (like Nathan did with David in 2 Sam. 12:7) as he names all the wicked things that "they" do (Gentile pagans) in Romans 1:18-32 but then he says to the Pharisees, "Therefore YOU are without excuse because you PRACTICE the EXACT same thing and yet you pass judgment." (Rom. 2:1-2) Then he goes on to say that the Gentiles who are not mere hearers of the law but doers of the the law will be justified (Rom. 2:14-15; cf. James 1:22) for they prove that they have the law written on their heart as part of the new covenant promise of Jeremiah 31:33.<BR/><BR/>True believers in Christ are those who seek to obey God's moral law, not those who follow the old types and shadows of the Old Covenant. (Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618960202550806181noreply@blogger.com