kceaster
Puritan Board Junior
Pastor Goundry...
Paul didn't seem to have a problem Judaizing the NT church.
Don't get me wrong, there is a difference between men's standards and traditions and the ultimate standard of God. In this way, Paul rightly speaks against any Judaizer because they want to mix their tradition with the truths of the gospel. They speak things against the gospel when they add requirements that are just not there.
But make no mistake, salvation is of the Jews. And, not all who are of Israel are Israel. Further, we are the Israel of God. Paul had no reason to say these things unless there is one continuous thread through all of redemptive history.
Therefore, we should not look for discontinuity between the church of the OT and the church of the NT. God's people have always been blended with those who are truly His elect and those who are not. This is not Judaizing. It is seeing God's people in all times as one and recognizing, just as Paul did, that some are sheep and some are goats.
In Christ,
KC
Paul didn't seem to have a problem Judaizing the NT church.
Don't get me wrong, there is a difference between men's standards and traditions and the ultimate standard of God. In this way, Paul rightly speaks against any Judaizer because they want to mix their tradition with the truths of the gospel. They speak things against the gospel when they add requirements that are just not there.
But make no mistake, salvation is of the Jews. And, not all who are of Israel are Israel. Further, we are the Israel of God. Paul had no reason to say these things unless there is one continuous thread through all of redemptive history.
Therefore, we should not look for discontinuity between the church of the OT and the church of the NT. God's people have always been blended with those who are truly His elect and those who are not. This is not Judaizing. It is seeing God's people in all times as one and recognizing, just as Paul did, that some are sheep and some are goats.
In Christ,
KC