Comments on: Old Testament vs New Testament https://christopherenoch.org/old-testament-vs-new-testament/ First Century Christianity in Every Church in the World Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:09:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Enoch » New Covenant is NOT New Law https://christopherenoch.org/old-testament-vs-new-testament/#comment-852 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:09:42 +0000 http://christopherenoch.org/?p=280#comment-852 […] See Old Testament vs New Testament […]

]]> By: Christopher Enoch https://christopherenoch.org/old-testament-vs-new-testament/#comment-21 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:20:12 +0000 http://christopherenoch.org/?p=280#comment-21 I agree that we are saved by grace. In fact, the giving of the law was in itself an act of God’s grace. Don’t confuse the two.
Don’t forget that according to the book of Titus, the grace of God teaches us to DENY ungodliness.
The grace of God DOES NOT teach us that we can still live in a sinful lifestyle and somehow God will deny His own personal attributes of holiness and righteousness and somehow overlook sin. That is a lie.
The problem with you and many other professing Christians is that you read Paul’s letters from a Gentile perspective. Remember, Paul was a Jew, raised a Jew, and passionately pursued the God of his ancestors. Whereas Gentiles come from a non-Jewish perspective, and most Gentiles do not know the scriptures as well as Paul did, nor his audience.
Paul didn’t have the “New Testament” to base his teachings on. He based ALL of his teachings on Old Testament, not New Testament. You are overlooking this fact. The New Testament as we know it didn’t exist. When the men of Berea tested Paul’s teachings with scripture in Acts, chapter 17, what scriptures do you think they used? Obviously not New Testament, as it was not written, compiled, and accepted into Biblical canon at that time.
We also have to keep in mind that Paul’s letters were not written to us. We are reading someone else’s mail. Don’t misunderstand me. I am not saying that what Paul says does not apply to us, although some of it doesn’t. What I am saying is that in order to understand Paul’s “grace” teachings properly, you must fully understand where he is coming from, and where he audience is coming from. And that, you don’t.
We know that Jesus’ first and primary message was that of repentance. And we know that Jesus said plainly that He didn’t come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners to repentance.
That statement proves that there were “the righteous” that Jesus admittedly didn’t need repentance because they had no sin to repent of. That is not to say that they have not sinned. Rather, that means that they ARE not sinning. Therefore, they have no need of repentance.
And yes, I agree, those who are truly born again, made a new creature, the old (sinful) life is gone, and the new is come, will not continue in sin. John made that clear in His letters.

But I warn you, DO NOT take Paul’s words as the final authority over Jesus’ words. You must not accept once passage, and reject another.
Jesus said plainly that MANY will come to Him in the last day confessing Him as Lord, yet He will REJECT them because of their sins.
Therefore, according to Jesus’ own words, you CAN confess Him as Lord, and still be a lawbreaker.
That is a fact. I come from the streets. I can testify that there are many drug dealers, pimps, thieves and murderers who confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior. And yet, they continue to live in their sinful lifestyles. They are without a doubt NOT a new creation, not born again, not changed, and not set free from sin. Without a doubt they will face the judgement of almighty God. They are not saved.

Furthermore, Matthew 25 records Jesus words saying that on judgement day we will be saved or condemned based upon what we did or did not DO.

Don’t believe the “counterfeit grace” message which says that all you have to do is confess Jesus as Savior and Lord in order to be saved. That teaching is a damnable heresy straight from the mouth of Satan. It is not in accordance with the scriptures. Too many naive and gullible people believed that lie all the way to hell – just because some high profile preachers preach that.

]]> By: dougmohr https://christopherenoch.org/old-testament-vs-new-testament/#comment-19 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:39:39 +0000 http://christopherenoch.org/?p=280#comment-19 Paul says that you are saved by Grace lets anyone boast. He said that he consider all his teaching under Gamiel as dung to know Christ. The law doesn’t save us and it shows us our sinfullness which cause us to confess our sins and repent. The law is for law breakers. A law breaker is someone who hasn’t confessed Christ as their Lord and Savior. Paul made it perfectly clear that you wouldn’t continue willfully in sin because You are a new creature in
Christ Jessus.

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