Pocket Evangelist

[Beetow]

I myself have yet to meet someone able to produce sinless perfection, but some
folks in the Bible have been very commendable. For example: Josiah (2Kgs 23:25)
Zacharias & Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-6) and Paul the apostle. (Phil 3:6)

However: their level of success has been possible only because Moses' law provides
them with a safety net in the form of a reconciliation system. It appears to me from
Ps 40:6, Jer 7:22-23, & Hos 6:6 that God would rather the quality of His people's
conduct be such that they can get by without having to constantly resort over and
over again to a reconciliation system, i.e. a quality that is just as flawless as His
son's.

"I always do what pleases Him." (John 8:29)

Moses' covenant contains no provisions for reconstructing the core of one's being
whereas the new covenant per Jer 31:31-34 & Ezekiel 36:24-27 promises that very
thing by replacing human nature with a heavenly nature so that its beneficiaries
may always and forever do what pleases Him.

FAQ: The promises per Jer 31:31-34 & Ezekiel 36:24-27 pertain to Moses' people.
Aren't Gentiles claiming something that doesn't belong to them, i.e. stealing?

REPLY: God wants them in on the benefit too.

● Isa 49:6 . . Jehovah my God says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also
make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of
the earth.

In a nutshell:

"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and piety through our
knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He
has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may
participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by
evil desires." (2Pet 1:3-4)

The divine nature is much superior to the human nature with which Adam was
created. He failed to always please God even in ideal conditions; whereas Christ
never failed to please God even in less than ideal conditions (John 8:29, 2Cor 5:21,
Heb 4:15, 1Pet 2:22) Like they say: the proof is in the pudding.
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[Beetow]

● Gen 14:18 . . Melchizedek was a priest of God Most High.

Mel was active in Palestine something like +/- 400 years prior to the covenant that
Moses' people entered into with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy; and as the covenant isn't retroactive (Deut 5:2-4 & Gal 3:17) then
none of the covenant's curses for non compliance applied to him. (Rom 4:15 & Rom
5:12-13)

Now if none of the covenant's curses for non compliance applied to Mel, then
neither did they apply to the folks for whom his priesthood ministered; which at the
time included Abraham (a.k.a. Abram)

Seeing as how Jesus' priesthood is patterned after Mel's (Ps 110:4 & Heb 5:1-10)
then as it was for Mel and Abraham, so it is for Jesus and the folks for whom he
ministers.

The measure of immunity available to folks via the priesthood order of Melchizedek
is quite an advantage-- it's practically a license to steal, so to speak --and I could
only wish everybody knew about it because there are folks out there whose
slipshod compliance with the Ten Commandments has them on a direct path toward
a terrifying destination.
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