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	HIDDEN LDS/JEWISH INSIGHTS #38 New Testament Gospel Doctrine Supplement by Daniel Rona Weekly E-mail Reminder << THOU HAST TESTIFIED OF ME >> Acts 21–28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1.) TEMPLE SQUARE WITH A DEATH PENALTY: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The outer courtyard of the three courtyard temple included approximately the area of four square Salt Lake City blocks. Signs carved in stone and written in four languages warned of a death penalty for anyone going into the priestly compounds without express permission. It would have been by stoning. (See Lesson 10: "Take My Yoke upon You and Learn of Me") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2.) PAUL "SAW THE LIGHT," VIOLATED PRIEST’S COMPOUND: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- He escaped Jewish stoning and escaped Roman scourging because he invoked his Roman citizenship. Awaiting transport from Caesarea to Rome to appeal his Roman arrest (thus saving him from murderous plans that Jewish priests had for him), Paul was invited to speak to Herod Agrippa II and other Roman dignitaries, telling his conversion story, giving powerful doctrinal guidelines. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3.) THE GOSPEL IN A SENTENCE: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ". . . saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: (A.) That Christ should suffer . . . (B.) be the first that should rise from the dead . . . (C.) shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles." (Acts 26:22-23) In order for Paul to open his inner eyes," Paul had to be blinded first. "Saul of Tarsus saw Jehovah . . . A priesthood miracle restored sight to Paul after three days of total darkness." (Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, p.90) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4.) PAUL COUNTERED JEWISH THOUGHT: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (A.) ". . . The coming of the Messiah therefore has come to mean the redemption of the Jewish people and an end to its suffering and tribulations." (Encyclopedia Judaica Jr.) (B.) The Pharisees believed in life after death whereas the Sadducees did not. (C.) Judaism seems to differentiate between the laws for Israel and the laws for others. "Noachide Laws (are) seven laws which were supposed by the rabbis to have been binding on all mankind even before the revelation at Sinai. They are referred to as ‘Noachide’ because of their universality, since the whole human race was supposed to be descended from the three sons of Noah, who alone survived the flood. Exegetically derived from statements made by God to Adam and to Noah, six of them are negative: not to, 1) worship idols; 2) blaspheme the name of God; 3) kill; 4) commit adultery; 5) rob; 6) eat flesh that had been cut from a living animal. One is positive: 7) to establish courts of justice. These seven laws are binding on all non-Jews even today. Whoever observes them is considered to be among the ‘Righteous Gentiles.’" "A convert must observe all the precepts that bind Jews. The sages interpret the statement ‘There shall be one law for the citizen and one for the stranger (ger) that dwelleth amongst you’ (Exodus 12:49) to mean that converts have the same rights and obligations concerning Torah precepts as Jews by birth." (Encyclopedia Judaica Jr.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5.) "ALMOST THOU PERSUADEST ME: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Agrippa must have studied the Law and the Prophets as well as the language of his subjects. He may have been a "believer," but without commitment. "King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest." ". . . Almost thou persuadest me . . ." Agrippa answered Paul. (Acts 26:27-28) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (6.) "PERSONAL INTEGRITY IS VITAL IN THE LIVING CHURCH: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . Korihor actually believed but was possessed of a lying spirit. (Alma 30:42.) Agrippa believed . . . but . . . he lacked the courage to say so. (Acts 26:27) . . . How lamentable that when all tongues will confess that Jesus is the Christ . . . there will be so many . . . undeclared believers, who were actually persuaded and "almost" so acknowledged openly." (Neal A. Maxwell, Things As They Really Are, p.62) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (7.) ALMOST OR ALTOGETHER SUCH AS I AM? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Almost" may work in horseshoe pitching, yet in an eternal scope we must be fully committed, or as Paul said, "altogether. In his statement, Paul teaches a powerful doctrine of following the Lord’s anointed. "Be like I am," means be like me and be like "I AM."
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