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Yep.Yes, the Sword of the Lord, the Word of God, and the Breastplate of Righteousness. With God's Way, we can endure. With man's way, not so much.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that public prayer has ulterior motives, trying to please men rather than God. Solomon prayed at the dedication of the Temple, and it was answered by God's approval.I agree. I think Jesus hit on this in Matthew 6. If God can hear our prayers in a closet with the door closed, and tells men not to let the left hand see the Alms of the right hand, then who are men trying to impress with manmade shrines of worship, and bells ringing, and TV broadcasts and praying on the street corners? Certainly, God doesn't need Hollywood to call men to Him, nor does HE dwell in manmade temples made of wood and stone. So who really, are this world's religions trying to be seen by?
But generally yes, I agree. Much religion is done to please Man, to benefit from Man. It's an open advertisement that is self-benefitting.
Serving God is done strictly because God is pleased with it, whether Man is pleased or not. We don't go out of our way to insult people by appearing "religious," but we prefer God to Man's advice.
Well said, but again, on the matter of "what days to esteem," I have no sense that God does esteem one day above another? Otherwise, yes--good points!Yes, but it seems prudent point out, that without Love, Respect, Belief in the God and Father of the Lord's Christ, our human fleshy Love for others mean little, in my understanding. My problem in the beginning, more than now, is that I didn't know "HOW" to Love and Honor God, nor did I understand HOW to Love others with a Spiritual Love, and not a fleshy carnal Love. This is where God's instruction in Righteousness is so beneficial to men. He shows me who HE is so I can know Him, as Jesus instructed. What HIS Definition of Holy is. What HIS definition of Clean is, what Days HE Esteems above other days.
Agreed. I think virtue comes from God Himself via His word sent to us. When we respond to that word, we obtain His virtue. So faith in the word is the start of practicing virtue that comes from God and pleases God.In this way I can submit to His Righteousness, and not be like the Pharisees who went about establishing their own righteousness. Jesus was the perfect example of God's Laws in the Inner man. But without Belief in God, submitting to Him is not possible, in my view.
Yes, the Law of Moses was never designed to provide animal sacrifices that could provide final atonement and Eternal Life. Rather, they were designed so that Israel could express faith in God's word that He accepted them by mercy and would ultimately provide His own sacrifice of atonement, namely Christ. We agree on some very important points!I still get goosebumps reading Abraham's Words which shows me that He also understood as I do.
Gen. 22: 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
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