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Like faith in the anonymous author of Hebrews, you mean?
It's not sarcasm. Faith in man is not the same as faith in deity.
Your response here
Nonsense. You missed the point again. There is a helpful saying that says "To him who has had the experience no explanation is necessary, to him who has not, none is possible.” That is what it is like for someone who knows God and for someone that does not know God. Bigotry is what you are doing by not being open to reason and discussion.
I know you posted this to someone else (@jimb) but I do not see that at all in what you were responding to. The legalistic views of the Scribes and the Pharisees are not someone that is following Gods 10 commandments from the heart which is why Jesus says God desires mercy and not sacrifice and unless our righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees we will in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. If your view of following Gods 10 commandments is following the man-made teachings and traditions of the Scribes and Pharisees by a legalistic outward observance of the law according to the scriptures you are in trouble. (see Matthew 5:17-20; John 12:1-12)
No, unlike you I believe all the old and new testament scriptures and not the interpretations of them in the teachings and traditions of men that crucified Gods promised Messiah that do not follow God and His Word that Jesus talks about in Matthew 23:13-35. So should you.
So that is a no then? You are unable to provide me with any link with me saying as you claim here.....
Where did I say my interpretation is the voice of God? Again, if I did not say any such thing why are you pretending that I did? That is bearing false witness is it not which is sin according to the scriptures (see Exodus 20:16; compare James 2:10-11 and 1 John 3:4). Again, I will leave that between you and God to work through and we will agree to disagree. Lets also put in some context. When I said to you "Your argument is with God not me". What you posted of me above was in context to the scriptures I provided to you that were in disagreement with your words that you provided unsupported by scripture.
No you didn't you were bearing false witness. Pretending I said that my interpretation is the voice of God. Again, I never said this to you so if I never once made those claims why are you pretending that is what I said to you? Is that not sin in Gods eyes? (Exodus 20:16). Anyhow I will leave that between you and God to work through.
Gods 10 commandments are a part of both the old and new covenant. They are Gods eternal laws spoken by God and written with the finger of God on two tables of stone (see Exodus 20:1-17; Exodus 31:18). In the new covenant every one of Gods 10 commandments are repeated as the standard of Christian living and breaking anyone of them according to James in James 2:10-11 and John in 1 John 3:4 is sin.
If you are in Christ you will be obeying Gods law from a new heart that loves. This is Gods new covenant promise from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Hebrews 8:10-12. No one is under the law if they have received Gods forgiveness of sins through repentance and confession of sin and have been born again to obey Gods law (see 1 John 3:4-9; 1 John 2:3-4; 1 John 5:2-4). We only stand under the law when we stand guilty before God of breaking the law which is the very definition of what sin is (see Romans 3:19-20; James 2:10-11 comp. 1 John 3:4).
If sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4) then we will obey what Gods law says. This is what Romans 6:1-23 is talking about in the old man of sin dying with Christ and being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life no longer being a slave to sin (breaking Gods law)
In Romans 7 we are released from the law of sin and death in Christ to walk in newness of life and be married to another which is Christ to be free from sin (Romans 6:1-23). What bound us was sin and death because we have all broken the law while we walked in the old man of sin. The scripture does not say we no longer have to obey Gods law that the writer calls holy, just and good but says we need to be changed to walk in newness of life to obey Gods law from the inside out. (compare Romans 6:1-23 with Romans 7:7-25; Romans 8:1-13; 1 John 2:3-4).
The Scribes and the Pharisees observed Gods law but not from a new heart that loves. They outwardly observed Gods 10 commandments but inwardly (from the heart) were sinning against God. So it is possible to legalistically obey Gods law from the outside but inwardly be breaking them and sinning against God and our fellow man (see Matthew 23:26-28 and Matthew 5:17-20) Gods new covenant promise is to give us a new heart that loves so that we can keep His commandments from the inside out. Salvation therefore is from the inside out. This is Gods new covenant promise (see Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:10-12). So yes Jesus accused the Jews of being legalistic which they were as proven in the scriptures provided in this post and so we all can be legalistic today if we are not born again into Gods new covenant promise by believing and obeying what Gods Word says.
According to the scriptures (Matthew 12:1-12) the disciples were hungry and eating grain directly from the field as a meal. This was not working on the Sabbath. Do you know what the difference is between harvesting grain as business and work and eating some grain directly from plants in the field not taking anything more because you are hungry? This was allowed under Mosaic law. The law of Moses expressly allowed the plucking ears of corn for eating as one passed through a field (see Deuteronomy 23:25) but the legalistic Jews (Scribes and Pharisees) were perverse enough to think this action forbidden on the sabbath. This prohibition was a Pharisaic rule not found in the Mosaic Law. It was a principle with the Pharisees to extend the provisions of the Law and make minute regulations over and beyond what Moses commanded, in order to avoid the possibility of transgression. Jesus responds to His accusers and gives two examples: (1.) a case of David and his companions doing something of which he comments 'which was not lawful' by eating the shew bread in the temple; and (2.) a case of Priests doing what he describes as 'desecrating the sabbath' by doing Gods work ministering to the people on the Sabbath day. His argument teaches us that God regards "mercy not sacrifice" and that He is Lord the Sabbath day and it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. Lets not strain at the gnat to swallow a camel like those legalistic Jews did. Eating a grain of corn in the field because of hunger is not harvesting or working on the Sabbath in Gods eyes. God desires mercy not sacrifice. Your interpretation of the scriptures makes Jesus a sinner and we are all lost because Jesus then could no longer be Gods perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world because in your mind Jesus was a sinner just like you and me? My bible does not teach this. Your Messiah has already come dear friend but sadly you still cannot see this because you do not know God or His Word.
"Faith in the anonymous author of Hebrews" IS sarcasm.
When you said "your argument is with God not me."
Yes if you are provided scripture in disagreement with your words that are not Gods Words your argument is with God not me we they are Gods Words you deny not my words. That is not the same as you claiming I said
That is something I have never said and is you bearing false witness
Hey jimb so you keep the Sabbath according to Exodus 20:8-11?
THAT statement, that "your argument is with God not me" when in fact their argument IS with YOU, conflates your interpretation with the voice of God. So yes. Blasphemous.
Well look at you. You try and make unbiblical claims here that by Jesus disciples eating some food directly from the field for lunch permitable in Mosaic law was full on harvesting and breaking the Sabbath then in the next breath you openly in a public forum bear false witness to things I have never said to you?
I am sorry I do not know how your mind works. You strain at the gnat to swallow a camel following man-made teachings and traditions to make out Jesus was a sinner then when I posted scripture to you that were in disagreement with you and say "Your argument is between you and God" the context being that you were provided scripture which is Gods Words in disagreement with your words that are not Gods Words showing your argument was not with me but with the scriptures shared with you that were in disagreement with what you said you call this blasphemy then go on to say things I have never said to you on a public forum? What you claimed I said above in this post, is something I have never said or believe and it is you bearing false witness which is sin according to the scriptures (1 John 3:4; Exodus 20:13). I have never ones said to you that my interpretation of the scriptures is the voice of God. So please stop this nonsense. I posted earlier I will therefore leave this between you and God to work through. You are better off just owning it and apologizing but only if you want to.
Yet here you are...