Again you demonstrate that you have no idea what you're talking about. JGIG is not an organization, it is not
"a way of life dedicated to learning about God being stopped"
, but to build believers up in who they are in Christ. It has a focus on examining the beliefs found in the Hebrew Roots Movement and related Law-keeping sects
As far as I know, JGIG is not in 'major theological colleges', though it is read throughout the world.
I the goal at JGIG to
"stop professors of ancient Hebrew culture"? Seriously, RedTent. You really should just spend some time reading at JGIG before making such a ridiculous assertion.
Sigh. Actually, RedTent,
many in the Hebrew Roots Movement deny the Tri-unity of God and make Christ to be less than God.
No, they don't! In fact, they bring many man-made traditions into the mix - from Judaism, and much of that is from Jewish mysticism. Several of us have attempted to show this to you before, in your thread,
http://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/88768-new-look-galatians.html a few weeks ago.
Another false accusation. Even a cursory look at JGIG will prove your assertion to be false
and mean-spirited.
Madam, cite your source. Another false accusation. If you indeed have read such a thing, you should be able to produce it.
Do so.
We'll wait.
Not up front, but here's how it goes in Law-keeping sects:
The Law ‘keeper’ will swear up and down that they believe in Jesus/Yeshua for their salvation, and that there is nothing that they can do to earn that salvation. They will tell you that salvation is by faith, and that the
Law (Torah) cannot save.
However, those same people will also say that while they cannot earn their salvation, that once they believe, there are certain things they
must do as
proof of that salvation. For them that proof becomes the keeping of Old Covenant Law.
That is a ‘Jesus +’ equation.
I think it’s important to note here that Torah folk are not focused on passing on the Life of Christ to the Lost; they are
primarily focused on teaching Christians to become Torah observant.
You will not hear them tell of spreading the
Gospel to the nations, but of spreading
Torah to the nations.
The spreading of the Gospel, the message of the forgiveness of sins and the free gift of eternal life that the Apostles constantly risked and nearly all of them eventually lost their lives for, is not the Law keepers’ priority.
For the Law keeper,
there is a symbiotic relationship between the Cross and the Law. But not in the sense that the Law leads one
to Christ; no, in the Law keeping paradigm, if you come to the Cross,
then you must obey Old Covenant Law. In the Law keeping paradigm, if you don’t obey Old Covenant Law
, then the Cross means nothing - they proclaim this while trying to hold onto some version of the Gospel, which is really no Gospel at all.
So a Law keeper may tell you with a straight face that they rely on the Cross for salvation, but they only tell you half of the story, for they also believe that without the keeping of the Law there is no salvation.
In reality they do believe in salvation by works in a round-about-way, for while the keeping of the Law for them does not
EARN them their salvation, the keeping of the Law, in their world, undeniably
MAINTAINS their salvation and according to their belief garners them position/reward in the kingdom.
No, RedTent, enough with the drama.
It's simply laying what Law-keeping sects believe alongside the Truths of the Gospel and seeing how they measure up - with the Gospel being the Standard.
-JGIG