What is Messianic Christianity What is Messianic Christianity? and: Is it Scriptural? In short, according to the Scriptures, anything other than the way of salvation declared by the apostles that is added in as a test of fellowship or as an additional requirement of being saved, whether it is from the Law of Moses or anywhere else, is unscriptural. It is not the purpose of this website to add anything to the way of salvation that was taught by the apostolic Church or to take anything away from the apostolic Church (at least once they admitted Gentiles! For prior to this they must have been requiring the observance of the Law of Moses--see Acts 10-11; see also how the first Christians were continually at the temple (Acts 2:46; 3:1, 2, 3, 8, etc.) See What is the oldest form of Christianity in Questions & Responses!). At the same time, it is strongly believed that the Church has been so zealous to divorce itself from the writings of the Old Covenant (OC; due to things such as the misreading of Pauls writings) that it has in effect thrown out the baby with the bath water when it comes to some very important keys necessary for understanding the New Covenant (NC) and NC Christianity! The NC was not created in a vacuum; in fact much of it consists of teachings and quotations from the OC. What many evidently do not realize is that when Paul was teaching against the Law of Moses being used as a requirement of salvation (cf. Galatians), he was not teaching the extreme position that all of the Law of Moses became illegal to practice (Paul continued to practice parts of the Law of Moses (Acts 18:21; 21:17-26)). Rather, he was teaching that the parts of the Law of Moses which did not conflict with Christianity could very well be practiced so long as they were not made to be requirements for salvation. This can be clearly understood in: his teachings such as Rom. 14 (e.g., what to eat and which day to observe are matters of opinion and not judgment; cf. also 1 Cor. 5:8); his own continued observance of portions of the Law of Moses (Acts 18:21; 21:17-26); his statements such as that his beliefs were in agreement with the Law of Moses and the prophets (Acts 24:14); and that he did nothing against the law of the Jews or against the Temple (Acts 25:8). Paul was clearly teaching that the Law of Moses had become optional (Rom. 14; Col. 2:16) and that this was all well and good (Rom. 3:31; 7:16; 1 Tim. 1:8) so long as it remained optional and was not being used as a test of fellowship or a requirement for salvation (Galatians; Col. 2:14-23). Furthermore, there are some key teachings in the Law of Moses (such as the Greatest Commandments) that are just as applicable for us today as they were under the Law of Moses.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:20:38 +0000
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