tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post5114483479895568533..comments2023-09-28T08:27:24.369-05:00Comments on The Truth As Best I Know It: Response to Romans QuestionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07725829998119648772noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-24780630497269826052011-07-23T17:28:24.552-05:002011-07-23T17:28:24.552-05:00Well yes, but as far as application today, Paul is...Well yes, but as far as application today, Paul is saying that it's not the letter of following the Word that is the goal, it is remembering Grace. And following Christ because of a flame ignited in our hearts through that rememberance.Misfit.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11352778858740605627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-19145804685444284772011-07-23T16:43:12.358-05:002011-07-23T16:43:12.358-05:00Misfit- that's certainly a contrast Paul draws...Misfit- that's certainly a contrast Paul draws a lot, but it also provides a tension today that was not there in Paul's time. Paul could draw such a contrast and critique the Judaism of his time because that was his tradition and his people. As twenty-first century people, most of whom have no real roots in the Judaism of any century, make sure that we're not being anti-Jewish (which is not the same thing as anitsemitic) when talking about this contrast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725829998119648772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-80849198121385572592011-07-23T13:45:28.924-05:002011-07-23T13:45:28.924-05:00I think the overarching theme in the book of Roman...I think the overarching theme in the book of Romans, is a contrast between the Law and Grace. Paul begins by explaining the Law as our schoolmaster, showing that throught the lens of the Law we are all broken and without excuse. But then He talks about grace, and beginning witht chapter 8 explains how the inseperable love of God in Christ restores our perfection, fixes our brokeness, and brings us into a new kind of relationship with God.Misfit.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11352778858740605627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531477.post-58578184848070227352011-07-23T13:17:28.939-05:002011-07-23T13:17:28.939-05:00It is about *us* and not about *me.*It is about *us* and not about *me.*Llama Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612859572501575490noreply@blogger.com