SA>  GP> Everybody else who understands the passage knows that these verses
SA>  GP> state EXACTLY that!
SA>
SA> Perhaps they do, but they aren't posting in here.
SA>
SA>  GP> So why don't YOU agree?
SA>
SA> I don't agree (or disagree) simply because of statements to the effect
SA> that "everybody" does this or that, & I am somehow
different or an
SA> exception. "Top breeders" recommend Pal, but I don't care,
as I don't
SA> have a dog. More dentists use Brand X toothbrush, but I'm not a dentist.

I'm not asking you to agree/disagree based on what others do -- It's just that
I(& apparently others) see it as self-evident, so I am asking why you don't.

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))




SA>
SA> If it was possible for sinful man to attain righteousness by keeping
SA> all the laws of God, then it would not be necessary for Jesus Christ
SA> to die for our sins. 
SA> 
SA> [...]
SA> 
SA> 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:
SA> for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all
SA> things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
SA> 
SA> 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it
SA> is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
SA> 
SA> 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall
SA> live in them.
SA> 
SA> 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
SA> curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
SA> tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
SA> through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
SA> through faith.
SA> 
SA> [...]
SA> 
SA> http://www.online-literature.com/bible/Galatians/
SA> 
SA> SA> Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 10 Oct 2005
SA> SA> 
SA> SA>  GP> On (09 Oct 05) George Pope wrote to Steve Asher...
SA> SA>  GP> SA> SA>  GP> So why did God give the Mosaic
laws and at that
SA> SA>  GP> time say
SA> SA>  GP> they were SA> SA>  GP> NOT too difficult to
keep in their entirety
SA> SA>  GP> SA> SA> Where did God say that?
SA> SA> 
SA> SA>  GP> Found it!  You didn't look too hard, did you?
SA> SA> 
SA> SA> I was looking for verses that stated or implied that God said the
SA> SA> Mosaic laws were not too difficult to keep in their entirety. The
SA> SA> verses you quote below don't state or imply that.
SA> SA> 
SA> SA>  GP> from KJV(cuz that's all I have of text on disk for the Bible): 
SA> SA> 
SA> SA>  GP> CHAPTER 30
SA> SA>  GP> 11 For this commandment which I command thee this
day, it is not
SA> SA>  GP> hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
SA> SA>  GP> 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who
shall go up
SA> SA>  GP> for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may
hear it, and d
SA> SA>  GP> it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou
shouldest say, Who
SA> SA>  GP> shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may
SA> SA>  GP> hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto
thee, in thy
SA> SA>  GP> mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
SA> 
SA> Cheers, Steve..
SA> 
SA> --- 
SA>                                       

... nfx v3.1 A text taken out of context is a pretext -- Mitch Bond 
--- Fringe BBS