I was asked to show this movie at our County GOP headquarters. I did NOT want to watch it again - I was raised in North Minneapolis. It hit close to home for me. I showed it tonight and was shocked at the number of people that showed up and had never seen it. This is a great movie to get into everyone’s mind before November 5. The Harris/Walz ticket can NOT be allowed! It is free online at thefallofminneaplis.com - it is also free on YouTube.
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New Testament values are grace and love.
Judaic values rest on legalism.
The whole New Testament is about the antidote to legalism, found in Jesus.
You are correct, Legalism does not lead to salvation.
Refusing to accept or receive a bribe does not get you into Heaven, that IS grace.
HOWEVER if you are accepting or receiving bribes, you ARE NOT following Jesus.
“We should not be legalistic” means that salvation does not come through following the Teachings (or “the Law” as it is often translated), but it also does not mean that the Law is done away with, and should not be followed,
John 2:22 - When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Matthew 5:17–18 - 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
“The Scripture” is the Torah (Genesis-Deuteronomy) and Tanakh (“Old Testament”). If “the Scripture” is referring to the New Testament, how is the Gospel testifying to itself, and what, in the second chapter is it advocating believing in?
John 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Tanakh. There were no prophecies presented in the New Testament by which he was identified.
2 Timothy 3:16 - All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for *reproof^, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Obey and study the Old Testament. The commandments are in the Torah, the prophecies and the histories and some examples of walking out scripture and why Israel was destroyed and how it will be restored are covered in the other books.
Hebrews 8:13 says “ By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.”
The Law is Love. This is how Jesus recast things when asked what is the greatest command.
Exhortations are not the same as Laws.
It did decay and become obsolete!
The word “covenant” does not exist in the Greek texts. It was only inserted into English translations, outright.
What appears to be being referenced as decaying and passing away is the Levitical priesthood, which did decay and pass away in obsolescence, to be replaced by our new and perfect High Priest, Yeshua! A mediator was always needed, but the time for the ultimate mediator had not come, so a temporary mediation system was provided.
“The Law is Love”
“Love God”
-> Have no other gods before Me, do not make for yourself an idol, do not misuse My Name, remember the Sabbath
-> more
“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”
-> Honor your father and mother, do not murder/commit adultery/steal/bear false witness/covet
-> more
The “more”s are detailed in the rest of the Torah. Not everything is covered in the Torah! The new covenant actually demands more of us than the old covenant did, not less. It requires us to listen for guidance on things that were not detailed in the Torah. Yet, precept is built on precept, and the Mosaic Covenant did not pass away, lest God change.
The Bible is incrementally revealing His nature to us, not meandering about trying to figure out what is righteous.
God does not change. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The limitations are on our side, not His.
The OT prescribed external cleansing by Law.
The NT requires us to be clean on the inside by Grace.
These are two different religions, but Christ was born through the lineage and history of the OT.
The god of the OT loves the smell of burning flesh and the shedding of blood — the OT god requires sacrifice, as debt is always the result of legalism. The OT god only accepts blood and death. The OT god tried to make a deal with Jesus by offering him the kingdoms (legalist institutions) of earth.
Humanity was held in bondage by legalism (this is what we chose and the deal we made in the Garden at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, law)— we were held ransom by the god of this world. Hostages. The only hope for redemption was a sufficient payment. This is why Christ came, to pay the ransom. Not to His Father, but to the counterfeit “god of light.”
Our Father is Love and Grace. This has always been His character. He never delighted in the spilling of innocent blood or burning flesh. The evil done to His son on the cross did not satisfy His anger or make Him happy.