The World Been A Sweety Before So Why Christianity ? (tradition, Leviticus, Deuteronomy)

[tonytonytony]

Christianity is for you if you can handle 1 Peter 2:17.

Christianity is for you if you can handle Romans 12:17.

Christianity is for you if you can mess with 2 Timothy 3:16.

Christianity is for you if you can mess with 2 Peter 1:20-21.

Christianity is for you if you okay with 1 Peter 3:3.

Christianity is for you if you okay with 1 Cor. 11.

Christianity is for you if you ready for Romans 6:1.

Christianity is for you if you ready for all of 1 Cor. 7.

Christianity is for you if you have no issues with Romans 7:2-3.

Christianity is for you if you have no issues with James 5:20.

Christianity is your cup of tea if you can take on 1 Timothy 5:9.

Christianity is your cup of tea if you can take on Ephesians 5:22-23.

Christianity is your goal if you got the heart for Matthew 5:17-20.

Christianity is your goal if you got the heart for Proverbs 20:1.

Christianity is your lifestyle if you cool with 1 Peter 4:1-4.

Christianity is your lifestyle if you cool with 2 Cor. 6.

Christianity is in your future if you can deal with Titus 3:10.

Christianity is in your future if you can deal with Matthew 7:6.

Christianity is your passion if you can weather the storm with Matthew 10:34-37.

Christianity is your passion if you can weather the storm with 1 Timothy 2:9-14.

Christianity is meant for you if you can live out John 8:31.

Christianity is meant for you if you can live out all of 1 Cor. 14.

Christianity is your intregrity if you really believe Jeremiah 17:9.

Christianity is your integrity if you really believe Jeremiah 10:23.

Christianity is really your calling if you value Amos 3:3.

Christianity is really your calling if you value Psalms 133:1.

Christianity is really for you if you esteem 2 Thess. 3:10.

Christianity is really for you if you esteem 1 Thess. 5:12.

Christianity directs your life if you believe Matthew 4:4.

Christianity directs your life if you believe Hebrews 4.

Christianity is your zeal for life if you can make out with 1 John 2:27.

Christianity is your real for life if you can make out with 2 Cor. 4:3.


HOW WE FIT IN Is The Heart Of The Matter-----1 Thess. 5:12 and Psalms 133:1 and Amos 3:3 ?

[chuckmann]

Geez, so you think one cant be a Christian until passing some kind of bizarre psychological profile? Or a senior research project?

I suppose Jesus didnt know what He was talking about when he pointed us to the two greatest commandments, neither of which appear in the OT?

[Michael Way]

Originally Posted by chuckmann

Geez, so you think one cant be a Christian until passing some kind of bizarre psychological profile? Or a senior research project?

I suppose Jesus didnt know what He was talking about when he pointed us to the two greatest commandments, neither of which appear in the OT?

Actually, both commandments are stated in the OT.

Deuteronomy 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Leviticus 19:18 'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

Gal. 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Mike555

Actually, both commandments are stated in the OT.

Deuteronomy 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Leviticus 19:18 'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

Gal. 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

OK. Mike, I will buy your take on this. Shows me one more reason to believe Jesus was an expert in the written tradition AND that He was an expert in the oral tradition, and therefore had much in common with the Pharisees, remains speculative, I suppose.

However, I will continue to challenge the OP and his criterion for being a real Christian. The willingness and sincere effort to be right with God and be right with your neighbor, and to practice the basic works requirement as described in Matthew is more than enough to qualify as leading a Christian life. That is whqat the people who knew Jesus or who knew those who knew Jesus required, according to the practices of the very early Christians.