DeaconDean
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You're thinking in error. There are many who never had the attitude they did not want to come to God. Don't project your failures on others. In God's providence, He is always working to bring man to Himself; this includes all men everywhere.
That being said, God failed miserably in the Old Testament era.
The whole of the "Torah" was directed solely at the Hebrews. If you were a Gentile, you were excluded from the blessings of God unless you "converted" to becoming a Hebrew.
I do not need to study Romans and Galatians in order to know what Jesus said. I have His own words to follow.
You really should, because had you done so, the standard you hold us to, both Peter and Paul failed at.
If you can't keep His commandments, then are none of His. You have delight in what is your own. Since you can't keep them now, then you are necessarily a liar. You are a false witness. Since you can't love God, why should I think you desire to do what He says?
To the best of my knowledge, Jesus took all the Decalogue and Torah, and boiled them down to two basic "Laws/Commandments". And sadly, nobody, not my friend, not me, not you can even do them.
"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." -Mt. 22:36-40 (KJV)
Listen to people long enough, and their true nature comes to light. They much rather love what is their own, rather than what is God's. Until you take up your own cross, deny yourself, and follow Him, you are not His; you are not worthy of Him.
And your better than any of us? You come in here, make snap judgments and then compare us to your standards.
Up until the day Christ died for us on the cross, all the commandments, all the Torah was in effect. But according to the book of Hebrews, even for Jewish Christians, that time has passed.
Not one single Christian since the cross, or even before was able to perform 100% what God asked. That is why we need Christ. And since the cross, not one single Christian has been able to perform everything God wants from a New Testament perspective.
Peter and Paul demonstrate why we are so in desperate need of God's grace.
God Bless
Till all are one.
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