Personal emails to charlesfinney_99, preacher in the Puritan Church groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:31:36 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: your beliefs All headers What you are teaching about Christianity is wrong. A person goes to heaven by accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and then follows the 10 commandments in order to grow spiritually. You are stating that you only get to heaven by following the commandments. The Bible states: John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." Does is say "no one comes to the Father except through the commandments"? no it doesn't. Exodus 20:4 "...but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments." Keeping the commandments brings blessings from God and strengthens your relationship with him. Acts 16:31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved..." Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. What you are teaching is wrong. You are misinterpreting the Bible and must understand it to the fullest extent. Don't mislead others. Don't deceive others based on your misinterpretations. In Christ, Ryan Thoryk ryan@tliquest.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:46:03 -0800 (PST) From: kim kim To: Ryan Thoryk Subject: Re: your beliefs All headers Brother,Rev 22:14,,,Matthew 19:16,,,Rev 14:12..1 John 5:3,,,,you cant deny the BIBLE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:07:03 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: kim kim Subject: Re: your beliefs All headers I have information for you. Read this carefully: REV 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Study Bible excerpt: <22:14 Blessed. The last of the seven beatitudes> The 'washing their robes' part describes a person who as become purified by Christ, through their belief and faith in him. Don't believe me? Read this verse: JN 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Does it reference the ten commandments? no. It says WHOEVER BELIEVES IN CHRIST will eternal life. You stated that you get to heaven by obeying the 10 commandments. Those are good works. You also said that you DON'T go to heaven by good works. You're contradicting yourself. This clears up what you're saying: MT 19:17 "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments." Read the phrase "There is only One who is good" very carefully. What Jesus is trying to say is that nobody can obey the 10 commandments completely, since they are sinners. In other words he is saying "You think you're perfect?! Ok. If you think that, they obey all of the commandments. I bet you won't be able to." Read even further: MT 19:20 "All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?" MT 19:21 Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Another phrase to read, the last sentance. "Then come, follow me." Jesus states that once you have purified yourself (confessed your sins) then come and believe in him. By believing in him you will get eternal life in Heaven. This describes what you are teaching. You are basing your beliefs on good works. Obeying the commandments is the act of doing good works. This describes you: MT 23:27 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. You must not simply do good works, or just obey the commandments. The 10 commandments outline how a person is supposed to live their life. If you read the verses surrounding Matthew 19:16, you'll notice that Jesus is giving examples to the disciples that there are lots of things they can do to please God, one of those being the obedience of the commandments. Now read Rev. 14:12 and the verses before it: Rev. 14:11 And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus. Notice that in verse 12 that it is referring to the people who are living AFTER the rapture, and during the tribulation, during the time when the One World Government and the Anti-Christ are in power. It states that God will protect the people who are faithful to him during the times of the tribulation. And finally, in 1 John 5:3 there's something I don't think you noticed: 1 John 5:3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. It states that obeying the commandments pleases God and brings blessings to the people who do so. Now read the last verse (5) in that. Who overcomes the world? Who goes to Heaven? Only HE WHO BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD. Brother, you can't deny the Bible. You said I'm denying it, but think again. What does the Bible say? I don't think you can truthfully answer that question. Don't say that I'm wrong about what I said above. It is clearly stated in every verse. Read the Bible. I'll pray for you Brother, since you are digging yourself into a hole of deception and lies. Unless you believe that the blood of Christ saved you from sin, and that you let Christ cleanse you, you will surely go to Hell. Ryan Thoryk ryan@tliquest.net ------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 02:18:59 EST From: Charlesfinney99@aol.com To: ryan@tliquest.net Subject: Your post All headers Welcome to Puritan! We have another club where we debate and discuss fully. I prefer you use that forum to do so,brother. At Puritan,we can easily get into prolonged -dispute, and disrupt the Board and take away the focus on Christian walk . Thanks for understanding. Charles http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/churchofsalvationonline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:55:27 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com CC: Charlesfinney99@aol.com Subject: Information All headers Could you please answer my question? Here it is: Since the old testament contains the ten commandments, and you believe that that is the only way to heaven, then WHO IS JESUS CHRIST???!! PS - and don't say he was a teacher ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:55:52 EST From: Charlesfinney99@aol.com To: ryan@tliquest.net Subject: Re: Information All headers Jesus came to die to honour ten commandment. Because ten commandments is condition of salvation and damnation,he had to die to become atonement for breaking ten commandments. Belief in Jeuss is not mere intellectual belief. It is believing ALL His words,including ten commandments. Jesus has said,,if we love him,keep my commandments. Belief in Jesus must include obediance to His Words ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 00:52:34 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: Charlesfinney99@aol.com Subject: Re: Information All headers Give me a verse that says Christ came to die in order to honor the ten commandments. All the other verses you are taking out of context. Otherwise, you can't deny God's own words: Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How about this verse: Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. Don't believe that we were born with sin? Here's proof: Romans 5:14- Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. > Jesus came to die to honour ten commandment. > > Because ten commandments is condition of salvation and damnation, > he had to die to become atonement for breaking ten commandments. > > Belief in Jeuss is not mere intellectual belief. It is believing > ALL His words,including ten commandments. > > Jesus has said,,if we love him,keep my commandments. Belief > in Jesus must include obediance to His Words --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:46:04 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: Important Comment All headers Please read the comment I made in the Puritan Church group called "God's Wrath" and tell me what it means to you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:12:04 -0800 (PST) From: kim kim To: Ryan Thoryk Subject: Re: Important Comment All headers I read it,,mostly I agree,but disagree with your view on FINNEY being"medium" sincerely charles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:19:05 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: kim kim Subject: Re: Important Comment All headers That makes sense. I kind of thought you'd probably disagree with the "medium" part. All I want to do is show you what the Bible says. Basically I posted it because each one of these verses goes against your beliefs one way or another. Notice that these verses are not my own opinions, but are the actual words of God. Tell me why you think that Jesus Christ cannot be the only true way to salvation even if all of these verses except the last two say that he is the only true way: Romans 10:9-13 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. Romans 8:2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit. 1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 Thess. 1:16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life John 6:40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." John 5:39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life. John 5:24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Luke 18:19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone. Exodus 20:6 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:33:24 EST From: Charlesfinney99@aol.com To: ryan@tliquest.net Subject: your post All headers I had to delete because it may offend godly ladies,,please understand charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:56:20 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: Charlesfinney99@aol.com Subject: Re: your post All headers It shouldn't really be offensive since it is described throughout the Bible. It's because it is one of the best examples of how crazy evolution is, and directly proves how sin (unholiness) has been passed down from generation to generation since the fall of Adam and Eve. I'll try to rewrite it to make it sound less offensive. > I had to delete because it may offend godly ladies,,please > understand > > charles Ryan Thoryk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:27:12 EST From: Charlesfinney99@aol.com To: ryan@tliquest.net Subject: your additional posts All headers I will always to try to let you post,but you know there are differences in our views. When you post thoughtful and salient post,I will allow it,but if it gets too confusing and too theologically argumentative,please post it in COS Board. You know i am trying to make all members to repent and keep GOD's commandments to have eternal life as befitting christian walk,and Hope you also repent all sins and walk with us Sincerely charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:35:30 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: Charlesfinney99@aol.com Subject: Re: your additional posts All headers Fine. I won't post it anymore, even though it is not vulgar or offensive, unless you're saying that the Bible itself is offensive. But tell me what you think about those 10 verses I sent you. Do you think that they are correct? They're verses directly from the Bible, so they should be very hard to deny. Are those direct quotes wrong? I'm just trying to show everyone the truth. Preaching false teachings is not leading the people in the right direction. Ryan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:43:50 EST From: Charlesfinney99@aol.com To: ryan@tliquest.net Subject: Re: your additional posts All headers most of your verses and explanation are good. But,please think about this. If your salvation is guaranteed as you believe,why are you even bothering with those commandments? It is senseless for you to dwell on ANY commandments if they wont send u to hell. That is why I must pity you going to hell. And this is not from sarcastic heart. I hope you repent truly and become true christian. ANd only way for you to repent,is to believe breaking ten commandment will send u to hell. I am sure you already have been convicted of this. But anyone can resist and harden. That will decide your eternal fate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:58:08 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: Charlesfinney99@aol.com Subject: Re: your additional posts All headers Show me an exact verse that says that the ONLY way to heaven is through the commandments. Otherwise, I believe the last verse: Exodus 20:6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. Keeping the commandments makes a person more pure at heart. A Christian recieves rewards in Heaven for trying to be spiritually pure. Don't believe me? Read this verse: Matthew 5:19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:48:13 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: Denial All headers Why have you denied the words of God? I gave you 11 direct quotes from the Bible and you denied each one. How can you call yourself a Christian if you don't even believe in the Bible? I am giving you verses, while you are giving me "interpretations". If you say that I'm wrong, then you're saying that God is wrong, since I am a follower and a child of God. The ENTIRE Bible is 100% correct, not parts of it finney. You deny entire sections of paragraphs, possibly even entire books. Who gives you the authority to teach these wrongful things to others? John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." You even condemned me to hell, but didn't think if it could actually be you who would be condemned. God is speaking through me, and if you don't believe God, then you are not following God's words; you are following the words of the Devil If this country's government was 100% Christian, they would have already punished you by death because of your falling away from God's word. Repent your sins to Christ and accept His offer. I am saved; I am a teacher of the Bible. I condemn corruption. Ryan Thoryk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:50:39 +0700 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: Verses All headers Also, give me your response on the verses; please give me a yes or a no this time. The question is: are those verses in the Bible correct or not? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:10:06 -0800 (PST) From: kim kim Subject: Re: Posts To: Ryan Thoryk MIME-Version: 1.0 I trust by now,you know my belief and theology. Some members have rebuked me for my sins,which was hurtful but welcoming because we need to exhort and rebuke each other. But if you call me a heretic on theological ground,you are way out of line. You have your own club and entitled to your belief,and I would NOT go to your club and call you heretic or disrupt your club/ Ryan,I think I need to straight-forward. Postings in Puritan should be mainly for christian walk and holiness,,NOT to discuss theology in prolonged manner -whether it is right and wrong-or because my belief is theology alone wont save you,but real christian walk and holiness. I think you are smart and talented,but misguided in theology which I understand. I hope you stay since I firmly believe we have something to offer you. But,please refrain from overly theological posts or blatant calling me heretics,,because at the end,you just cant deny my right to have my own club and express my opinion,and a matter of fact MANY MANY members left who either disagree with my theology or even my personality! What I want from you is,salvation of your soul. For that end,i will continue pray and exhort you,Ryan. Most of your points i read carefully and try to both understand and reason in my heart,but i must admit it is simply not biblical. If you want to make a point or argue,,do it systematically and careful(one point at the time,,not to throw too many around),preferably at COS. And again,,IF you think I am a heretic and serving satan,please leave the club. I have NO hard feeling or animosity but good will toward you,we need bright young leaders. I do even understand your frustration and strong belief,but trust me,it is not new to me,i am facing many opposition daily from many with similar angels. God bless Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:36:43 +0800 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: Group All headers Banning me from the puritanchurch group was not Christian at all. What ever happened to free speech? I'm not the only one who has conflicting points. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:51:00 +0800 From: "Ryan Thoryk" To: charlesfinney_99@yahoo.com Subject: Please answer this All headers Please answer this: Why did you say this: charlesfinney_99: >Quatsch and horizon fatal mistake is,to think "works of Law" includes >ten commandments. > >No. Ephesians 2:15 ...by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations... Hebrews 9:19 When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people... "the law with its commandments" - The law DOES contain the commandments ---------- Where am I getting this "false theology"? From the Bible itself: Read these. Romans 10:5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, `Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or `Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 9:31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone." 33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Romans 10:4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Galations 2:16 know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified. Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. James 2:8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right. HEB 9:16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19 When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20 He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." 21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. HEB 9:23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. HEB 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 If it could, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. HEB 10:5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; HEB 10:6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. HEB 10:7 Then I said, `Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, O God.' " HEB 10:8 First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law required them to be made). 9 Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. HEB 10:11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. 13 Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, 14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. HEB 10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says: HEB 10:16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." HEB 10:17 Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." HEB 10:18 And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. 1 Timothy 1:8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. Philippians 3:7 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Ephesians 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Galations 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Galations 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Galations 3:23 Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. Galations 3:17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. GAL 3:19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator. 20 A mediator, however, does not represent just one party; but God is one. GAL 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Galations 3:10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Galations 2:17 "If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker. 19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"