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To: marshmallow
If we're under no obligation, then by definition, they're not Commandments.

I posted the simple scripture for you...Ignore it at your own peril...

53 posted on 01/07/2015 3:43:54 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool
I posted the simple scripture for you...Ignore it at your own peril...

The Scripture which you posted had absolutely nothing to do with the Ten Commandments. As usual.

There is a false premise which underlies everything which you (and your fellow travelers) post from the letters of St. Paul. Namely, that he was speaking directly to a group of naysayers who had issues with the Catholic Church and who would not appear for another millenium and a half.

He absolutely was not. Paul was simply trying to explain to new Christian converts the necessity of faith in Christ in contrast to the old Jewish law based on works alone. He was not fulminating against the Catholic Church nor negating the 10 Commandments. These were not even issues.

Salvation comes through faith in Christ, the Messiah. That's it.

And faith in Christ most definitely does not negate the Commandments.

Read the Gospels. Read Matthew's account of the last Judgement. Read the parable of the Good Samaritan. Read all of what Paul wrote, especially his treatise on love. Read the letter of James. They all point to the same thing; faith in Christ begets love which begets good works, which are a visible sign of our faith, hope and love. "For I was hungry and and you gave me food....". It is on our love as evidenced by our works on which we will be judged.

Our entry into heaven is dependent on much more than a gut feeling that we're "saved". The bar is set much higher than that.

"You then are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"

56 posted on 01/07/2015 6:41:45 AM PST by marshmallow
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