Thursday, October 1, 2009
lowering the standards...
"For those who want to place the moral standards of the Mosaic Law on the Christian in this age, is to insist upon a purely human standard of life for one who has become a part of the new creation in Christ Jesus. All who are in Christ belong to the new divine order for which there is divine rule of life according to divine love. And when you insist upon the law as a guide to godliness and spirituality under grace, you are actually lowering the concept of godliness and spirituality. In essence you are actually lowering the standards."
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Craig Glenn
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Hi, this is a totally different Anon, so you can catch your breath again. I have not been able to reply to many of the recent comments over this past week, but have agonizingly been able to read them.
Just a few comments:
1 - "Jesus is democratic" (someone wrote this) - interesting. Although man's free will deceivingly indicates that they have many options, Jesus is very clear that there is ONLY 1, and He is it, or the consequences are eternally damning. And Paul unapoligetically declares this in his ministry aswell.
2 - Someone also brought an accusation against Craig for wielding his "sword to kill" due to the nature of many of these comments. I tell you, the apostle Paul (since he brought the gospel of grace to the gentiles) would not have been that soft on many of these comments - in fact, he clearly and quite publically calls the galatian church fools for considering any other way but what he was teaching.
3 - This time-wasting "tennis game" of your-opinion-my-opinion has to end! If scripture is not brought into this disagreement and teachably chewed upon, then i too would delete many of these comments previously made - there's nothing healthy coming out of them!
So, good call craig on leaving that door open to Anon's' comments, but lets hope they become more productive from now.
(Someone also accused you of being unteachable, but since i actually know you, you have made decisions in your life - dramatic one's - due to your recent revelations on God's grace, which you never had before...I wonder how many adjustments these Anon's have actually made to their opinions????)
The problem people have with grace, is that they only know enough to theoretically define it, but i strongly urge and encourage these Anons to read there bible through the lenses of God's goodness (i.e. His grace) to see for themselves how God's grace is infact the common denominator throughout scripture. And if you still disagree, bring the scriptures and lets grow together, or at least seperate with an agreement to disagree.
Jesus is our grace it's surley not that hard to understand he sacrificed himself so that we may all be saved ,Grace is not about Law where one has to make a sacrifice to gain forgivness for your sins.People should MOVE OUT OF TRADITION as they have become to religious . Open your heart's and mind's remember when you first got saved the excitment you felt...that was grace but many have exchanged that for religious ways.....
My name is Richard Gamel and I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for "It" (the gospel) "Is" the power of God. That is such a radical comment on "Lowering the standards." My wife once said, I am above the law in Christ Jesus and I dared her to say it sometime in a church, as we preach/teach the gospel of grace in different churches unashamedly! My wifes comment about being 'above the law' is true for all of us 'In Christ' because when God told Moses, "I will commune with you from the Mercy Seat," He then instructed Moses to put the law in the ark, beneath the Mercy seat. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ, therefore we are 'seated above the law' on the Mercy seat. People have to 'reach downward,' and 'lower the level of their righteousness in Christ' if they want to apply the law to their life, but you fall from grace if you do.Love you all, family!
That is absolutely brilliant Rich!
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