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1.   Mar 29, 2007 4:59 AM

» paper_turtle - that which was lost

In response to Not avoiding posted by BrianTubbs:


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Brian wrote:
The central point of Jesus' teaching is that HE is the Messiah - that He is the Son of God come to "seek and to save that which is lost."
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Yes, BUT: what was **lost**--at the time of Jesus--was the Jews of his era. The religion from which he had sprung had become completely derailed, mired in hypocrisy and legalism. He came to save his own people from those who were leading them astray.
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle

-- posted by paper_turtle


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