* they zealously COURT you.
so who are these people who ''zealously court'' a person?
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''Almighty God, our true loving Father- has not told you to do this, but MAN."
religious MAN, religious MAN, religious MAN - is THE GOSPEL DESTROYER...
Man comes in to destroy the gospel that abolished death.
now the warning is= THESE PEOPLE ARE ADAMENT as they press you to believe them....
but the person [who like Nicodemus] has received the Lord's teaching on His salvation message, knows immediately SALVATION is theirs. The Lord apprehends them - they know they are His.
Here a believer has a WARNING = not to listen to any man who tells us WE must keep the law moses [or some parts of it].
The believer has divine confidence in their Saviour why?
because they have been made willing [to be transformed/regenerated] in the day of His power [ christ and the power that raises a believer up from the dead.]
so, why would a believer GO BACK TO AN ENEMY [ the tree of the knowledge of good and evil] for their confidence and faith?
they would NOT turn their backs upon the gift of His grace. NEVER.
a bELIEVER will not endue evil men nor their corrupted message.
#1 - certain men.
#2 - troubled you with words.
#3 - subverting
#4 - saying 'keep the law of Moses''
#5 - but we gave NO SUCH COMMENDMENT.
here we have the truth.
subverting used in this verse.
so an enemy tried to dismantle the truth of the grace of the gospel that is the truth that will set men free.
so this enemy will RAVAGE and Plunder the gospel of grace and faith.
so this enemy will try to dismantle the truth.
here is Mathew Henry's comment.
so who are these people who ''zealously court'' a person?
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Acts 15:24-25
"Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, "You must be circumcised and keep the law' -to whom we gave no such commandment."
"Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, "You must be circumcised and keep the law' -to whom we gave no such commandment."
religious MAN, religious MAN, religious MAN - is THE GOSPEL DESTROYER...
Man comes in to destroy the gospel that abolished death.
now the warning is= THESE PEOPLE ARE ADAMENT as they press you to believe them....
but the person [who like Nicodemus] has received the Lord's teaching on His salvation message, knows immediately SALVATION is theirs. The Lord apprehends them - they know they are His.
Here a believer has a WARNING = not to listen to any man who tells us WE must keep the law moses [or some parts of it].
The believer has divine confidence in their Saviour why?
because they have been made willing [to be transformed/regenerated] in the day of His power [ christ and the power that raises a believer up from the dead.]
so, why would a believer GO BACK TO AN ENEMY [ the tree of the knowledge of good and evil] for their confidence and faith?
they would NOT turn their backs upon the gift of His grace. NEVER.
a bELIEVER will not endue evil men nor their corrupted message.
Act 15:24
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such] commandment:
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no [such] commandment:
#1 - certain men.
#2 - troubled you with words.
#3 - subverting
#4 - saying 'keep the law of Moses''
#5 - but we gave NO SUCH COMMENDMENT.
here we have the truth.
subverting used in this verse.
1) to pack up baggage in order to carry it away to another place
a) to move one's furniture (when setting out for some other place)
2) of an enemy
a) dismantling, plundering
3) of a place
a) to overthrow, ravage destroy towns lands etc.
4) to turn away violently from a right state, to unsettle, subvert
a) to move one's furniture (when setting out for some other place)
2) of an enemy
a) dismantling, plundering
3) of a place
a) to overthrow, ravage destroy towns lands etc.
4) to turn away violently from a right state, to unsettle, subvert
so this enemy will RAVAGE and Plunder the gospel of grace and faith.
so this enemy will try to dismantle the truth.
here is Mathew Henry's comment.
They did a great deal of wrong to the Gentile converts, in saying, ''You must be circumcised, and must keep the law.
[1.] It perplexed them:
"They have troubled you with words, have occasioned disturbance and disquietment to you. You depended upon those who told you, If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you shall be saved; and now you are startled by those that tell you you must keep the law of Moses or you cannot be saved, by which you see yourselves drawn into a snare.
They trouble you with words-words, and nothing else-mere words-sound, but no substance."
How has the church been troubled with words, by the pride of men that loved to hear themselves talk!
[2.] It endangered them; they subverted their souls, put them into disorder, and pulled down that which had been built up. They took them off from pursuing pure Christianity, and minding the business of that, by filling their heads with the necessity of circumcision, and the law of Moses, which were nothing to the purpose.
[1.] It perplexed them:
"They have troubled you with words, have occasioned disturbance and disquietment to you. You depended upon those who told you, If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you shall be saved; and now you are startled by those that tell you you must keep the law of Moses or you cannot be saved, by which you see yourselves drawn into a snare.
They trouble you with words-words, and nothing else-mere words-sound, but no substance."
How has the church been troubled with words, by the pride of men that loved to hear themselves talk!
[2.] It endangered them; they subverted their souls, put them into disorder, and pulled down that which had been built up. They took them off from pursuing pure Christianity, and minding the business of that, by filling their heads with the necessity of circumcision, and the law of Moses, which were nothing to the purpose.
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