tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post5434375336191971313..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: Rightly dividingJoel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-74593777006544050062007-09-21T07:11:00.000-05:002007-09-21T07:11:00.000-05:00Judah,"I through the law died to the law so that I...Judah,<BR/><BR/>"I through the law died to the law so that I could be married to another." I'm not so sure that if you died to something you should still be hanging around it, like the Galatians had been doing, especially if the reason you died to it is because you wanted to marry Someone else.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-75877573876745542872007-09-19T21:53:00.000-05:002007-09-19T21:53:00.000-05:00Hey Joel, I followed you here from Gary Kirkham's ...Hey Joel, I followed you here from Gary Kirkham's blog.<BR/><BR/>Regarding Steve's post about keeping Scripture in context, that's good. I'd love to see more of this from Christians.<BR/><BR/>There is a danger, however, and that is to "rightly divide" only the parts we don't like, based on our current theology for this snapshot in time. (e.g. Don't like what Jesus/Paul/Moses said? Explain it away via saying he was speaking to a particular group of people.)<BR/><BR/>For example, Steve mentioned some passages about the Law, and how Jesus wasn't saying it was a way to salvation. That's a good point he makes there.<BR/><BR/>However, for a Jewish person such as myself, I'd like to "rightly divide" Paul's words as well. For example, his letter to Galatia is not slamming the Law or saying it's abolished, but rather, he was speaking to a particular group of people who believed the Law (in particular, circumcision) could save you. <BR/><BR/>Yet, Christians will often tell me to look at Galatians and they'll say, <I>"See? The Law has passed away, it's gone! What are you doing trying to follow it still?! Judaizer!"</I><BR/><BR/>I suspect Steve would not rightly divide the pieces of theology he disagrees with. Of course, I don't know Steve, so I can only guess at this based on experiences with others. <BR/><BR/>What do you think, Joel?Judah Gabriel Himangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277699587853707632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-83441072457613764662007-09-18T10:13:00.000-05:002007-09-18T10:13:00.000-05:00YES! It's a great desire of mine to point out to p...YES! It's a great desire of mine to point out to people the context of the words of Jesus that you put in bold. Not that they can't be applied in other situations in life (as long as it remains in line with the word of God), but indeed this answer of Jesus was a direct response to a question about salvation (!) and it was directly after confronting the self-righteous rich young ruler with the law!Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-65930589268731098662007-09-18T06:59:00.000-05:002007-09-18T06:59:00.000-05:00I loved Steve's post. It's a wonderful example - a...I loved Steve's post. It's a wonderful example - about the rich ruler.<BR/>I went to that chapter (Luke 18) and read it again and it's clear like crystal. From his frustration the rich man asks Jesus, if this is the case who in the world can be saved? What blew me away was Jesus's response:<BR/><B>What is impossible with men is possible with God.</B> (verse 27)<BR/>Wow! That one verse tells us we just can't make it. God's required righteousness is unachievable by human efforts. And He indirectly tells us - So He is going to go to the cross to make it possible. Isn't that incredible? How important it is to see this incident from the right context!Bino M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02303467552834533436noreply@blogger.com