Agreed. But he had just come face-to-face with the risen Christ. How could he not believe?
Saved by faith alone?
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what about judas who lived with christ and performed miracles?
Do you understand the difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant?
He certainly went around with Christ. I am not sure that were told that Judas specifically performed miracles. Jesus called him the son of perdition.
Judas was certainly one of the Twelve, and Scripture strongly indicates that he participated in the miracles performed by the disciples. Although the Bible never names a specific miracle and says, “Judas performed this,” the same can be said of other disciples as well they were not necessarily mentionned by name performing miracles, the evidence for this is clear.
Jesus “gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease” (Matthew 10:1, NKJV). Matthew then names the Twelve, including “Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him” (Matthew 10:2-4, NKJV). Jesus then says, “These twelve Jesus sent out” (Matthew 10:5, NKJV), commanding them to “heal the sick... raise the dead, cast out demons” (Matthew 10:8, NKJV).
Mark confirms what happened: “And He called the twelve... and gave them power over unclean spirits” (Mark 6:7, NKJV). Then, “they cast out many demons... and healed them” (Mark 6:12-13, NKJV). Luke says likewise that Jesus gave the Twelve authority over demons and diseases, and “they departed... preaching the gospel and healing everywhere” (Luke 9:1-2, 6, NKJV).
While Scripture does not identify Judas by name in a particular miracle, he was one of the Twelve who received the authority, was sent out, and performed these works. The natural reading is that Judas participated in the miraculous ministry of the Twelve.
This also gives us an important warning. Judas could walk with Jesus, receive His authority, and participate in miraculous works, yet later betray Him. Miracles alone do not prove faithfulness. Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15, NKJV). What matters is not merely what someone does in Christ's name, but whether they remain faithful to Him.
absolutely but you do not, see Jeremiah 31:31-34. note here what changed
""I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.""
God inscribes HIS LAWS of the Covenant ( the ten Commandments ) that Jesus spent most of his ministry teaching and explained how to keep them properly from the heart. the new covenant is not a list of new laws but the same ones inscribed on our hearts.
to prove this Jesus did say clearly to enter into life to keep the Commandments. can you deny this?
With the NC, God's law change - no longer are they the OC laws.
[Heb 7:11-12 KJV]
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
I can deny your interpretation of it. In Mat 19:17, Jesus was responding to his question of "what good thing shall I do that I may
have eternal life" - IOW, what works must he do to be saved- if he wanted to have eternal life based upon what he must do, then he would have to keep the commandment and keep them perfectly. But that is NOT how someone becomes saved. They become saved by being saved by Christ alone as Savior. We can know this because of what Jesus said to His disciples further in the chapter (below).
It seems your understanding of the New Covenant and of Christ as Savior, is somewhat lacking.
[Mat 19:25-26 KJV]
25 When his disciples heard [it], they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
You can't get past the mistranslation of the English translation of pisteuo.
Your the David that is partnered with that guy on another site, that is if you even mention the word Greek goes off into a tirade.
Thats a red flag David, I've done everything I can do to try and persuade you to the truth. For some reason, you just don't want it.
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Amen! In Matthew 10:1, we see that Jesus gave His 12 disciples power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. This would include Judas Iscariot (yet we are not told that Judas himself specifically performed miracles and Christ could grant that power to anyone if He chooses) yet Jesus referred to Judas Iscariot as an unbelieving, unclean devil who would betray Him. (John 6:71; 13:10-11) Apparently, Judas may have believed that Jesus' name has the power to cast out demons but did not truly believe in His name (John 1:12) and become a child of God, but instead was the son of perdition. (John 17:12)
Given only by virtue of the Cross!
The atonement opened the door for such things.
Without the atonement we would not be allowed to have the life God wants us to now have.
Sure. Every good thing for us is from God through Christ. And all of that made possible both by the substitutionary death and the perfect life of Christ; His death making payment for our sin and His life attaining righteousness on our behalf.
Would you be granted access to God if there was no Atonement?
The Atonement has given us permission to approach.
No one has claimed otherwise. This is just you giving a perfectly good answer to questions never asked. Try to stay on point.
Well, we seem not to agree on this. I have said that I know NT Greek, but all the concordances and commentaries that I have access to agree that pisteuo means to believe, put ones trust in, put one's faith in. For example, Strong's Concordance has this:
"G4100
πιστεύω
pisteuō
pist-yoo'-o
From G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), that is, credit; by implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well being to Christ): - believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Total KJV occurrences: 248"
The original Greek text states, "a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law" Luther did not think the verse sufficiently expressed exactly what he believed so he presumed to ADD the word ONLY into his German translation so that it would be understood to mean "justified by faith only" which denied to human will any role in salvation. Although he ostensibly did this to counter any possibility of being saved by WORKS his other reason was to defend Augustine's teaching on Divine Unilateral Predetermination of Individuals' Eternal Destinies which was a form of non-relational determinism unrelated to foreknowledge of human choices.
Augustine, whom Luther and Calvin revered, was very familiar with determinism as it was understood in the many religious systems and philosophies of the day. Augustine began exploring Stocism which was deterministic. Subsequently, he was a member of the Gnostic cult of Manichaism for nine years prior to his conversion to Christianity
yes that is bout the levitical priesthood i know this well. We don't need this anymore since the sacrifices ate no more because Christ paid for us all on the Cross with his Life, but it does not mean the ten commandments are null and void what you refer to is from the Law of Moses. the law of Moses were Kept Outside tha arl of the covenant.
what laws changed then and what are they?