Re: [TruthTalk] Republican or Democrat

[Jeff Powers]

Jeff in red: ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Clifton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 15:42 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Republican or Democrat Jeff Powers wrote: It confirms Torah to me! Explain Acts 15:21 and then tell me how this passage rejects Torah. Jeff ================================================== My friend, you started too late and finished too early.  This subject is not dealt with in only one verse.  In verses 1 & 2, Paul disagrees with those who say you must keep the law. Terry, the question(subject here) is circumcision for Gentile converts.The circumcision that God wants is of our hearts. See Deut.30:6, Jer. 4:4, Romans 2:28-29.   In verse ten, Peter says, "No Jew was ever able to keep  the law.Peter is talking about the "hedge" around Torah created by men, Pharisees, etc.(but don't take this as a condemnation of the Pharisees, as Slade recently said [and I agree], the Pharisees get a bum rap from the church, they were they good guys!),not Torah itself!   Why would you expect a Gentile to keep it?" Verse 24 tops it off nicely with no question as to whether or not the keeping of the law is required.  It is not. One cannot keep the law,Torah, without first learning Torah! The four things that were requested by the council hardly equal the six hundred plus commands in the law, and were almost certainly recommended so that the Gentile believers would not offend the sensibilities of their Jewish brethren.100% correct!  I say this last because no Gentile was ever under the law unless he became a Jewish proselyte. ?At the time in question, "christianity" was in fact Jewish! You can see this if you are open to it.My point exactly! We will have to work on you some more! Terry       P.S.  I hardly ever strangle my food any more and drinking blood is out of the question.  I don't even like rare meat. Brother, you are on the right track! Now if only you could see what the man-made doctrines have done to truth, you would become like myself and Slade in short order! Jeff