We’ve been lead to believe thanks to modern misinterpretation of the scriptures that we can have some sort of lawless behavior and get into the Kingdom of Heaven.  Sadly 99% of this belief system is from taking verses out of context and not connecting them to verses surrounding them in either previous chapters, passages, or even books of the Bible.  For instance in Romans chapter 3 he builds up a case for not needing the Torah it seems like but ends that thought in verse 31 by stating your faith should establish the Torah which ties into chapter 2 verse 13.  We must remember these letters weren’t written with verse and chapter, they were written in a free flowing message from beginning to end in reference to letters written to Paul that he had to answer.  We must also tie history and culture of the areas written to in to the context of the letter; for instance Galatia, Ephesus, and Colossae all had rampant pagan temple worship hence the Acts 15 council being held.  In fact believers converting from pagan practices and Jews were the minority in those areas so them not doing what everyone else was doing such as not participating in Saturnalia or Ishtar festivals, celebrating new moons, and seventh day Sabbath keeping was weird and questionable to the majority much like it is in today’s culture.  We also forget ALL men will be judged by the same measuring stick at the end and we have multiple witnesses to this throughout the Bible and this doesn’t even include the Apocrypha.

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