tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post1216326206752116283..comments2023-11-03T08:28:04.408-04:00Comments on Voice of Vision: No Way To Work ItEven So...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-81026028955759552352007-05-25T15:35:00.000-04:002007-05-25T15:35:00.000-04:00Paul, indeed, as per our previous post from yester...Paul, indeed, as per our previous post from yesterday...Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-54470995711684442942007-05-25T10:49:00.000-04:002007-05-25T10:49:00.000-04:00Galations 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. ...Galations 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.<BR/>What more is there to say?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-90085076534250106182007-05-25T03:27:00.000-04:002007-05-25T03:27:00.000-04:00Good stuff Steve...Good stuff Steve...Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-39176495482960497582007-05-25T00:44:00.000-04:002007-05-25T00:44:00.000-04:00"The Jews tried to keep it but they couldn’t and s...<I>"The Jews tried to keep it but they couldn’t and so they tried to reinterpret the standard so that it could be met."</I><BR/><BR/>The post-Biblical collection of rabbinical instruction known as the Talmud extensively corroborates this statement; for example a contemporary of Jesus- Rabbi Akiva makes the following statement: <BR/><BR/><I>“God considers the observance of even one commandment a fulfillment of the Covenant between Himself & Israel.” </I><BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, within the same era, Jesus taught (Matt 5) that nothing less than perfect (Christ’s own) righteousness could pass muster in God’s sight.<BR/><BR/>In later times, the greatly esteemed (in Jewish circles) Moses Maimonides declares: <BR/><BR/><I>“If a person observes one of the 613 commandments properly, with love, he merits thereby life in the world-to-come.”</I><BR/><BR/>The Talmud does not stop at stating this concept explicitly, but widely applies it in specific instruction such as Rabbi Ela’i the Elder’s directive:<BR/><BR/><I>“If a man sees that he is being overwhelmed by sexual desire, he should go somewhere where he will not be recognized, and there should dress himself in black garments, and do what his heart desires, but let him not defame God by conducting himself in that manner publicly”</I><BR/><BR/>Rabbi Ela’i may not have <I>the</I> anti-Christ, but his teachings were as anti-Christological as any could ever be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com