Please note, the title of this article is a direct and exact quote made by a commentator on the Before It’s News web page where I occasionally contribute material.
Please allow me to make this point very clear from the start, for, gladly, I would never write such an erroneous remark today even though, at one stage in my earlier wretched RELIGIOUS life, I believed the same deceptive evil satanic nonsense.
OK, so what’s wrong with this remark? EVERYTHING, is the plain and simple answer to that.
His opening statement is a sort of mealy mouthed confession, and I don’t say that disparagingly, because I was once as mealy mouthed as he is and it makes me cringe just to think of it. However, notice where he admits that none of us could ever keep ALL Yashua Messiah’s Laws, but the real meaning of his own ALL ENCOMPASSING statement of admission, that he cannot keep them, has not registered in his mind nor, more importantly, in his heart. Maybe he is still somewhat Scripturally ignorant and has not been taught properly, because James makes it all very clear here:
James 2:10 (KJV) For whosoever shall keep The Whole Law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. (Emphasis mine)
This verse is poorly translated, because it does not transfer James’ sarcasm and he is often sarcastic in style of delivery in his letter. Here is another example:
James 1:27 (KJV) Pure religion (ritual) and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (Brackets mine)
Notice how he mocks religion or ritual by calling it pure and likening ‘pure religion’ to something that is NOT religious or ritualistic at all i.e. looking after orphans and widows in their bereavement and suffering – this is agape Godly love in action, NOT religion – pure or otherwise.
Therefore, if we apply the same appropriate sarcasm to James 2:10 what we really find is James mocking the idea of us keeping The Whole Law without any slips or trip ups – ludicrous, so he mocks the whole idea of us being able to keep The Whole Law.
He then adds the more serious remark to bring us all back to earth: “and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”
Now this is what my commentator ‘friend’ has missed completely and he has not grasped the seriousness of his blasphemous error, because he says: “he does the best he can” thinking that this is acceptable to The Father and Yashua Messiah. He thinks that offending points of The Law or failure in keeping some points of The Law, as long as HE is doing the best HE can, is all very fine and dandy with The Father and Yashua Messiah. Laughable or what? And never mind that HE is GUILTY OF BREAKING ALL THE LAW in doing the best he can and has still failed because he has offended in one or three points!!! As we do!!!
Whatever way we cut this, folks, OUR doing the best we can and it being acceptable to The Father and The Son means we are 1) erroneously thinking that anything less than perfection under His Grace is acceptable to The Father and The Son and 2) we are attempting to save ourselves through obedience to The Whole Law. OUR doing the best we can means we think our efforts at improving ourselves by obedience to The WHOLE Law are good enough for The Father and The Son.
Let’s also be clear, for Grace does NOT fit into this evil arrangement at all for, either we are under The WHOLE Law and attempting to keep it, or we’re completely under His Glorious Grace. There is no mix and match here and Grace is not a packet of Grace sticking plasters that we can pull out and cover over our failings at keeping The Whole Law. If you live by The Law then you will be judged by it and condemned by it – no messing and no Grace.
Here, though, is where we get into the real farcical stuff, because these “doing the best we can” types are, whether they like it or not, automatically failing to keep over 50% of The WHOLE Law, never mind one point of it, and James does say The WHOLE Law. Nowhere does he make mention of the imaginary ‘Ceremonial Law’ that these Judaising dog blasphemers frequently make use of to try and prove their satanic commandment keeping doctrine. Again, let’s be clear on this: THE HOLY SCRIPTURES MAKE NO MENTION OF A CEREMONIAL LAW, it’s not there folks, and it’s a lying construct of Judaising blasphemers within the Cainite-Judeo-Christian Religion – a complete fabrication – and a lie.
So what does this mean? It means they fail in making their animal sacrifices on the Old Covenant Festival Feast Days. They most likely will be wearing mixed cloths and eating unclean foods and no doubt, most of them, will be uncircumcised. Many will be keeping Sunday non-Sabbaths, although some will be keeping the seventh day Sabbath delusionally thinking it makes a difference. LOL. None, however, will have entered into His Eternal Sabbath Rest because of their Law keeping unbelief.
Finally he says he loves Him, but if he is not fully trusting in Him by NOT fully living under His Glorious Grace and pathetically trying to keep The Whole Law and failing at every turn, having NOT entered into His Sabbath rest, what kind of love is that? His life is a living insult to Yashua Messiah and yet in the next breath he says he loves Him. How does that work when daily he tramples all over Yashua Messiah’s sacrifice by invoking The Law as still binding upon him and making the lame duck excuse that he’s doing his best? This means he renders Yashua Messiah’s Grace useless because he has not accepted His Grace as being all powerful and all encompassing when dealing with us as new Spiritual men and women – new creations.
That is how serious his statement is in terms of its wickedness and yet as we read it we could be excused for falling for its benign sounding phraseology and that, my friends, is what we call demonic deception.
I might have to question this entry somewhat. How do you know James is being “sarcastic”? He remained VERY Judaic as the Head of the Jerusalem Church still following the law to the letter so much so that he was allowed into the Holy of Holies where only the most pious and ‘law-abiding’ priests of the Temple were allowed. He was part Levite and still served in the Temple after the death of Jesus. The phrase regarding “widows and orphans” is found in the OT … as well as Masonic literature. In fact, it is also a computer term. When you are typing into a Word document at the bottom of the page and it automatically adjusts the sentence so that it stays together instead of breaking apart onto the following page, that is called “keeping widows and orphans together” So I’m just politely asking how you ascertained a ‘sarcastic’ tone to James?
Question away, but it won’t change what I have said.
When Yashua Messiah died the veil in The Temple was rent in two. This event symbolised and signified that only through belief and faith in Yashua Messiah could a man or woman now approach The Father in heaven (The Holy of Holies) and there was now no further need to go to the Temple at all. Only blasphemous Judaisers, (dogs) the men of religion, (The Pharisees) continued to attend the Temple, not Christians
I therefore question your ideas that James served in the Temple when there was now no longer any need to do so.
Looking after widows and orphans would have been plagiarised by the satanic Judaising Freemasons. In those days there was no welfare state or charities and it became the responsibilty of Christians to look after their brothers and sisters when in need and none were more in need than widows and orphans.
James is sarcastic because there was no way he could have been sending up religion. All religion is of the Devil.
I trust I have made these points clear.
Thank you for your contribution.
You are so much deceived how can you call Peter and John Judaising dogs as they went to the temple daily
Acts 3
1¶Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
Also the 3000 believers in Acts 2 you say we’re Judaising dogs
41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46¶And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
You need to repent of your evil works in Jesus name Amen.
“You are so much deceived how can you call Peter and John Judaising dogs as they went to the temple daily.”
Old Covenant habits die hard. Peter definitely struggled with the end of The Law re unclean foods.
Oh and what did they do after 70 AC when The Romans destroyed The Temple and razed it to the ground leaving not one stone standing upon another – as prophesied to the UNBELIEVING Pharisee Jew Judasing dogs, by Yashua Messiah?
There is only one that is deceived here – YOU!!! Now go and repent of your blasphemous evil sins.
So if w are truly “in” Christ, there is no sin; keeping Old Commandments is no longer relevant.
The church set up a priesthood system clearly in breach of what Christ said: “Nobody comes to the father but by me.” = you Pharisees are out of a job/ you no longer have a reason to exist. They rebranded the structure.
It would seem 20th century Bolshevism proposed a Godless priesthood – and apparently many want to believe! They stripped the priesthood system of its spiritual nomenclature and re-branded!
And equally as important if Christ is in us through the indwelling of The Holy Spirit.
The Pharisees were never in a job in the first place – always counterfeiters as are the Jews generally when claiming to be the chosen race.
The Pharisees could never be a priesthood either because they were never Levite Israelites and that’s their problem today with the new temple they’re planning – no genuine Levitical priesthood.
Likewise, too, with Rome and its religious system of the Nicolaitans (hierarchies) which Yashua Messiah HATES!
Indeed. Interesting! So, when did the imposters (Pharisees) originate? I’m only up to middle Judges and so far the crux of the issue seems the inability of Israelites to stay with God; they keep lapsing! Did the Pharisees concoct themselves through this period gradually mixing ideas and building their strength? How did they come to supplant the Levites?
They appeared or came on the scene after the Babylonian captivity with the return to Jerusalem along with a minority of Israelites (Levites, Judahites and Benjaminites).
I believe there is more info about them in the books of the Maccabees who were also rebellious Jews and they took control of Judea. The Pharisees may have been a sect that sprung from the Maccabees – it’s not a subject I have researched in detail.
They didn’t supplant the Levites they just dominated them and used them. By the time of the Roman sacking of Jerusalem (70 AD) they had fled and joined the diaspora many having been called and were then Christians.
So the Assyrians came and took the bulk of 10 Israelite tribes and then the Baby lions came and took the remainder?
When would actual term Jew have ever been used?
Yes, from 740 -725 BC. The Babylonians took the Southern Kingdom of Judah circa 585 BC and destroyed Jerusalem.
Yes, but it would have been spelt and pronounced differently. Here are some earlier examples of spellings and pronunciations:
From The Bible Believer’s web page we get this:
“The available original manuscripts from the 4th century to the 18th century accurately trace the origin and give the complete history of the word “Jew” in the English language. In these manuscripts are to be found all the many earlier English equivalents extending through the 14 centuries from the 4th to the 18th century. From the Latin “Iudaeus” to the English “Jew” these English forms included successively: “Gyu,” “Giu,” “Iu,” “Iuu,” “Iuw,” “Ieuu,” “Ieuy,” “Iwe,” “Iow,” “Iewe,” “Ieue,” “Iue,” “Ive,” “Iew,” and then finally the 18th century, “Jew.” The many earlier English equivalents for “Jews” through the 14 centuries are “Giwis,” “Giws,” “Gyues,” “Gywes,” “Giwes,” “Geus,” “Iuys,” “Iows,” “Iouis,” “Iews,” and then also finally in the 18th century, “Jews.””
I’m confused here. Are you saying it’s wrong to try not to sin and live a holy lifestyle to the best of your ability? Because my understanding is, James is simply saying, salvation through grace, and grace through faith, but true salvation will produce good works. So unless you’re condemning people for trying to achieve salvation through good works, I’m not following your point.
“I’m confused here. Are you saying it’s wrong to try not to sin and live a holy lifestyle to the best of your ability?”
No need for confusion and not at all, carry on trying not to sin as much as you like, as long as you realise all that boot strap ‘trying’ is worthless and will not save you. I think it’s called menstrual rags somewhere in Scripture:
Isaiah 64:6 (KJV) But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
I never condemn anyone, because I live FULLY under Yashua Messiah’s Glorious Saving Grace, so for me to condemn anyone would be the ultimate hypocrisy. However, what I generally find is that Judaisers and Grace killers always condemn themselves, so certainly need no help from me.
Oh and as a final point only God can make us Holy = set apart.
That’s not what I’m saying. Doing good works does not automatically equal trying to obtain salvation through them. If you start believing good works will save you then you’re in trouble. But what is wrong with striving to be more like Yeshua?
“But what is wrong with striving to be more like Yeshua?”
Because it’s of YOU, it’s still works, so it’s not enough and it ain’t good enough.
Read this and LEARN:
John 15:9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.”
Yashua Messiah was UNDER THE LAW when He walked on this earth. The LAW and OBEDIENCE to THE LAW were nailed to His stake.
Thereafter EVERYTHING was VOLUNTARY and WILLINGLY done by His Baptised and Holy Spirit gifted followers. Example: Mary who CHOSE to sit at Yashua Messiah’s feet to hear Him – No COMMAND or obedience involved at all.