I am a Colossians Chapter 2 Pentecostal

[noeticknight]

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

It seems to carry over thought for thought.

Indeed. Mfblume reminded me of these verses on this forum last year. The Apostle Paul was, and is the greatest critic of spiritual legalists. Possibly, he had a good understanding of Jesus' words to the religious elite with their books of traditions, "bylaws and affirmation statements" (Matthew 15:3)

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by noeticknight

Indeed. Mfblume reminded me of these verses on this forum last year. The Apostle Paul was, and is the greatest critic of spiritual legalists. Possibly, he had a good understanding of Jesus' words to the religious elite with their books of traditions, "bylaws and affirmation statements" (Matthew 15:3)

Whats really interesting is that when the council in Jerusalem in Acts had to make decisions on what was cool and not cool for the new Gentile believers they simply rehashed the traditional Jewish Noahide Laws for Righteous Gentiles which were simple and to the point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Jerusalem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah

The seven laws listed by the Tosefta and the Talmud are[3]
Prohibition of Idolatry: You shall not have any idols before God.
Prohibition of Murder: You shall not murder. (Genesis 9:6)
Prohibition of Theft: You shall not steal.
Prohibition of Sexual promiscuity: You shall not commit any of a series of sexual prohibitions, which include adultery, incest, bestiality and homosexual acts.
Prohibition of Blasphemy: You shall not blaspheme God's name.
Dietary Law: Do not eat flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive. (Genesis 9:4)
Requirement to have just Laws: Set up a governing body of law (eg Courts)

[deltaguitar]

GREAT THREAD Apocrypha and good thoughts. It is amazing how the word pierces and convicts us deeply.

[deltaguitar]

Originally Posted by BISHOP177

PTL!!!
For the last 9 weeks... we have read a chapter from the book of ROMANS for the sermon!
Time for ??'s... and answers... I'm hooked on this type of "preaching".
Who can complain?
It's pure WORD!!
The catch is..... we use the Message Bible.
(let the war begin)

I love this idea.

[n david]

Originally Posted by BISHOP177

PTL!!!
For the last 9 weeks... we have read a chapter from the book of ROMANS for the sermon!
Time for ??'s... and answers... I'm hooked on this type of "preaching".
Who can complain?
It's pure WORD!!
The catch is..... we use the Message Bible.
(let the war begin)

Oh my! The MOTHER of ALL WARS! [tic]

*sigh*

[Sam]

Speaking of "The Message" Bible, several years ago Sis. Nona Freeman spoke for 2 or 3 days at an ALJC Church in Indiana where my brother-in-law was going at the time. I did not go to any of the meetings but I bought the DVD's from the church later. Sis. Freeman related how she made it a practice to read the Bible through every year and some times she reads different versions. She related how one year she read The Message and there was one particular passage (I don't remember what it was any more) that she had never really understood till she read it in The Message.

I thought, "Well, if that dear old saint can commend The Message and tell how it blessed her and enlightened her, I sure can't say anything against it."

[mental]

Who can forget the Message's beautiful rendering of that verse so loved by Apostolics.
Is 28:9-10
Is that so? And who do you think you are to teach us?
Who are you to lord it over us?
We’re not babies in diapers
to be talked down to by such as you—
‘Da, da, da, da,
blah, blah, blah, blah.
That’s a good little girl,
that’s a good little boy.’

[Michael The Disciple]

Please give a list of man made traditions. We hear a lot about them but in this thread why not be very specific. Should be interesting.

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Please give a list of man made traditions. We hear a lot about them but in this thread why not be very specific. Should be interesting.

Steeples on Churches.