This came from Pete Krostag. He gave me permission to forward it to the list.
David Miller. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Your thoughts Hey David. I see that the people on Truthtalk still seem to devour each other. Maybe I am wrong, but I do not see how you or anybody gets anything from this forum except maybe heartburn. Maybe you can explain it better. :-( The dialogue turns sour so quickly. I might unsubscribe after a couple more days, but I'll wait until maybe you can explain. However, I would like to address some issues concerning Galatians which I have observed. The book of Galatians shows me what Jesus did on the cross and how we are to live through Him. This in itself is more than the law could ever do. The law being our tutor has taught us how sin brought death. This great schoolmaster brought to our attention the result of Adam's sin and the destruction it brought to God's creation. When Jesus came and brought the new covenant to man, the law became unnecessary. The Galatians were foolish to believe that salvation could be brought about or was even perfected by the law. Paul explained that our liberty does not allow us to indulge in things which brings death, namely sin which is brought about by our sinful fleshly desires. (those desires that the law so eloquently describes). We are now to be led by the Spirit. Our spirit mingled with the triune God in order to restore fellowship! Paul's revelation of Jesus seemed to be MORE than any of the other apostles revelation ... even Peter! Peter walked with Him for a few years! Isn't that interesting! Peter's ONE revelation of Jesus during his ministry while Jesus was on earth was followed by a revelation by the devil! Were the disciples not ready for the revelation or was it just not the right time? (I wonder...hmmmmm) Peter even had problems understanding some of the revelation that Paul had which further illustrates to me that our knowledge is a revelation by the Spirit and not through our own reasoning. We are redeemed from the curse OF THE law and not the law itself. The law was not a curse, but it is Spiritual. A Spiritual tutor to describe the condition of man. The law actually showed man what death was. Keeping the law did not make him righteous, it showed him how he would walk if he were not dead (spiritually). When we are walking in the Spirit, the fruits we would produce are love, joy, peace, etc. The works would be through faith because we would be walking in the Spirit. This is a learning process. We have to desire the sincere Word of God and grow into the Spiritual man God desires us to be in order for Him to fellowship with us in. As a full grown man, He can speak to us plainly about anything and enjoy the creation of His hand to the fullest. Pete ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
