Are you aware of what the women of Midian did to the Israelites? You also have no clue who the nephilim were and why God commanded Hebrews to destroy all of them. You have some studying to do.
Actually God Himself declared numerous men were righteous before Jesus.
BTW. Jesus "did" the Torah…so if we are following Jesus we are keeping the law of Moses.
Nor am I. Its almost as if all of Jesus' teachings and parables are either irrelevant to Christians or watered down to make room for Paul's "mental belief" doctrines. I guess it begs the question…"what does it mean to follow Jesus?". Does it mean to live like him and do what he did or does it...
Actually we are talking about personal beliefs based on the Bible. Not just personal beliefs. I'm not suggesting I personally agree with Paul, actually I detest Paul's doctrines.
Not sure what to make of this post. God's "creative control" and "creative zeal"??? What are you talking about? Also you have a pretty absurd definition of free will it seems.
Belief itself is an interesting word which means different things to different types of Christians. Some believe you have to believe that Jesus is God and this alone is what transfers Jesus' righteousness to the individual. Others believe you also have to "believe" in the virgin birth as well as...
Jesus taught repentance and the return to God's commandments. Every teaching and parable is about doing the will of God and turning away from our evil ways. This is called classic JUDAISM….not Christianity. Paul created Calvanism, law abrogation, replacement theology, original sin, total...