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"Jesus and Antinomianism"
Posted by Christian on April 21, 2009 at 4:57pm in Torah Studies
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism#Jesus_and_antinomianism
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is sometimes portrayed as referring to people he sees as wicked with the term ergazomenoi tēn anomian (ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομἰαν) - e.g. Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 13:40-43. Due to this negative context the term has almost always been translated as evildoers, though it literally means workers of lawlessness. Lawlessness, in Hebrew, would directly imply TORAHLESSNESS. [21] In other words, Matthew appears to present Jesus as equating wickedness with encouraging antinomianism. Scholars view Matthew as having been written by or for a Jewish audience, the so-called Jewish Christians. Several scholars argue that Matthew artificially lessened a claimed rejection of Jewish law so as not to alienate Matthew's intended audience. However, Jesus called for full adherence to the commandments (Matthew 5:19-21) He declared: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:17). A parallel verse to Matthew 7:21 is James 1:22.
See also Expounding of the Law, Great Commission, Hyperdispensationalism
1 John 3:4 states: "Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness."
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