Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 14 Oct 2005

 GP> Everybody else who understands the passage knows that these verses
 GP> state EXACTLY that!  

Perhaps they do, but they aren't posting in here.

 GP> So why don't YOU agree?

I don't agree (or disagree) simply because of statements to the effect
that "everybody" does this or that, & I am somehow different or an
exception. "Top breeders" recommend Pal, but I don't care, as I don't
have a dog. More dentists use Brand X toothbrush, but I'm not a dentist.

If it was possible for sinful man to attain righteousness by keeping
all the laws of God, then it would not be necessary for Jesus Christ
to die for our sins. 

[...]

3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse:
for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all
things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it
is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall
live in them.

3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.

[...]

http://www.online-literature.com/bible/Galatians/

SA> Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 10 Oct 2005
SA> 
SA>  GP> On (09 Oct 05) George Pope wrote to Steve Asher...
SA>  GP> SA> SA>  GP> So why did God give the Mosaic laws and at that
SA>  GP> time say
SA>  GP> they were SA> SA>  GP> NOT too difficult to keep in
their entirety?
SA>  GP> SA> SA> Where did God say that?
SA> 
SA>  GP> Found it!  You didn't look too hard, did you?
SA> 
SA> I was looking for verses that stated or implied that God said the
SA> Mosaic laws were not too difficult to keep in their entirety. The
SA> verses you quote below don't state or imply that.
SA> 
SA>  GP> from KJV(cuz that's all I have of text on disk for the Bible): 
SA> 
SA>  GP> CHAPTER 30
SA>  GP> 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not
SA>  GP> hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
SA>  GP> 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up
SA>  GP> for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do
SA>  GP> it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who
SA>  GP> shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may
SA>  GP> hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy
SA>  GP> mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

Cheers, Steve..

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