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If Western Christians ever woke up to God's provisions & promises, we'd be a real threat to the gates of hell. We've settled for institutional church instead 😴

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

Someone asks, “Who's your pastor?”

And we answer with the name of the man who gives the sermon every Sunday.

But that raises questions:

Does he actually pastor you?

Does he know you?

Do you know him?

Has he observed your life?

Has he corrected you?

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

Someone asks, “Who's your pastor?”

And we answer with the name of the man who gives the sermon every Sunday.

But that raises questions:

Does he actually pastor you?

Does he know you?

Do you know him?

Has he observed your life?

Has he corrected you?

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

The "serious questions" 🤣 posed on "Christian" Twitter by @ShaneSchaetzel and many others are beyond absurd, and likely cause skeptics and atheists to smile and be affirmed in their positions.

🙄🙄🙄 [my patented triple eye-roll]

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Western Christendom has redefined biblical faith.

Faith has become agreeing with propositions about Jesus, then being told we're saved and to never question "our salvation."

In the New Testament & the historical "Way," though...

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@YahwehGraced Romans 2 says Gentiles who do NOT have the Law are still judged for sin (vs 12–16). So how can 1 John 3:4-the passage used to argue that sin is violation of the Mosaic Torah-fit with Paul's argument?

He says they're accountable even though they do not have the Law.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

We believers, especially in the West, have been FREELY given [past tense] incredibly awesome promises & provisions... an unimaginable treasure IN CHRIST, but...

We live as beggars, satisfied with the pottage of bland Christian activities & occasional, fleshly religious efforts.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@YahwehGraced Romans 2 says Gentiles who do NOT have the Law are still judged for sin (vs 12–16). So how can 1 John 3:4-the passage used to argue that sin is violation of the Mosaic Torah-fit with Paul's argument?

He says they're accountable even though they do not have the Law.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

Western Christendom has redefined biblical faith.

Faith has become agreeing with propositions about Jesus, then being told we're saved and to never question "our salvation."

In the New Testament & the historical "Way," though...

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@Be_Like_JChrist @moody64556609 Those who are cemented into the kind of thinking you're exposing are not going to give even one inch apart from God moving upon their heart, mind, & will.

So, trying to have rational, reasonable dialogue with them is almost guaranteed to be a fruitless waste of time & energy.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@MrMrsTrumpet your meme doesn't define Christianity. It takes God's indictment of Old Covenant Israel & uses it to condemn the vast majority of New Covenant believers since Pentecost.

Such claims require clear NT support.

Publicly pronouncing God's judgment is a fearful thing.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@TheOvercomerMag @MrMrsTrumpet

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@MrMrsTrumpet your meme doesn't define Christianity. It takes God's indictment of Old Covenant Israel & uses it to condemn the vast majority of New Covenant believers since Pentecost.

Such claims require clear NT support.

Publicly pronouncing God's judgment is a fearful thing.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

In the church you attend...

Do you KNOW the "head pastor"? Does he KNOW you?

Are a plurality of God-equipped under-shepherds raising the flock up into the fullness of the stature of Christ?

Is there one-to-another ministry?

Do all members have a role, function, & voice?

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In the church you attend...

Do you KNOW the "head pastor"? Does he KNOW you?

Are a plurality of God-equipped under-shepherds raising the flock up into the fullness of the stature of Christ?

Is there one-to-another ministry?

Do all members have a role, function, & voice?

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@Cmin7sus4 Torah Observers Focus mainly on 7th-day Sabbath, dietary restrictions, & Hebrew feasts.

Do the book of Acts & the Epistles show a pattern of expectation or requirement for believers in Christ to observe these things?

They clearly do not, & that is extremely telling.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

I've repeatedly asked Torah observant believers to demonstrate from scripture that Torah observance is taught & expected in the New Testament for New Covenant believers... especially in the book of Acts & the epistles... where we would EXPECT to see such unambiguous teaching.

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Memes like this reveal where insistence on Torah observance can ultimately lead

It implies that generations of faithful disciples, including many of history's greatest missionaries & teachers, stood under God's condemnation for not observing the Mosaic Torah

🤔 Think about that

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Observance of the Mosaic Torah is perfectly fine if people choose to do so.

A serious problem arises, however, when believers insist... whether subtly or directly... that other New Covenant believers are obligated to observe the Mosaic Torah.

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Torah observant believers frequently appeal to Jesus' words, "teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you," in the Great Commission to support the obligation of New Covenant believers to observe the Mosaic Torah, BUT...

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I've repeatedly asked Torah observant believers to demonstrate from scripture that Torah observance is taught & expected in the New Testament for New Covenant believers... especially in the book of Acts & the epistles... where we would EXPECT to see such unambiguous teaching.

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Justification & reconciliation with God are the starting points of things that are light-years more glorious & profound than the forgiveness of sins with a ticket to heaven that Western, institutional Church has shrunk the gospel down to.

[𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢 𝗔 @RisingDisciples]

@Cmin7sus4 The question posed in my original post is simple. It's the same with other posts I've made regarding Torah observance.

I constantly get diversions, distractions, supposed proof texts, opinions, & questions, but never a straightforward answer.

This is why I ignore most replies.