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XVII. THE MOSAIC LAW THE FOUNTAIN OF ALL ETHICS, AND THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE GREEKS DREW THEIRS.

We see here Clement describing the law and explaining the attributes of the law compared to the human character and the character we are supposed to adopt being believers of the divine God Yahweh. We see a clear distinction of the love and how we are to love one another and how important the commandments are to help us birth the Virtues of Christ.

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XII. IT CLEARLY APPEARS THAT THERE WAS BUT ONE AUTHOR OF BOTH THE OLD AND NEW LAW.

To “fulfill the law” is widely misunderstood among most modern believers. However, the fulfillment of the law is love, and love is the obedience to the commandments. The Pharisees added their own traditions and doctrines. When Yahushua rebuked the Pharisees for following the doctrines of man, He was not referring to Moses. The precepts and commandments are the same in the Old and New Testament. Examples of Yahushua and Paul establishing them is proof.

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XIV. IF GOD DEMANDS OBEDIENCE FROM MAN, IT WAS MERELY FOR MAN’S WELFARE.

God’s provision has continued through all the ages for man through everything spoken to mankind which has always been Torah that would form us into His image. God doesn’t need anyone to serve him, but he grants eternal life who does so out of their free will. God doesn’t need anything from us, He has communion with humans for their benefit, not his. He gave the Torah to teach us who are prone to idol worship to serve God. The idols are the things of the letter, the carnal, the temporal, however we are to serve Him by making our focus on the eternal and spirit realm that is in His Word.

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XIII. CHRIST DID NOT ABROGATE THE NATURAL PRECEPTS OF THE LAW, BUT RATHER FULFILLED AND EXTENDED THEM.

The meaning to “fulfill the law” is thus explained as not doing away with it but exceeding its very nature to a higher level than what the Pharisees were walking out. The Heretic Marcion taught that Yahushua came to do away with the law, which was a grievous error that robs saints of immortality. The natural law (or the letter) were for the slaves, but out of our own free will we become friends of Yahweh by wanting to walk what Yahushua taught, which was to walk out a higher level of obedience out of our love for Yahweh of his commandments.

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The Soul Is The Temple

Having indescribable depth, the soul was one of the most examined topics amongst the early church fathers. It is so significant that the mighty men and women, who have gone before us, strived in a continuous pursuit to understand the power of the soul and how to strengthen it. The word power in Greek is […]

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XL. LET US PRESERVE IN THE CHURCH THE ORDER APPOINTED BY GOD.

Here is a history of how the apostles carried out the order in the church the way Christ had given the order to the Apostles and the Apostles passed it down to the next line of Apostles. The apostles foreknew that there would be a contention for the priesthood (episcopate) and had given specific instructions on how to prevent that from happening in the Church.

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Healing the Soul Heals the Body

…healing the soul.  The pathophysiology of the “fall” was not among the electives.  Having a desire to be in good health and to see the physical health of others restored were among the reasons I pursued medicine.  There were negative motivators as well.  For example, fear of failure.  Trying to please authority figures in my […]

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Restoration of the Soul

It went something along the lines of “… that’s why the letter kills; because it doesn’t point out what we need to die to and tells us we’re fine where we’re at.“ In the following passage, Paul confirms that the letter (literal interpretation) of the law brings death, but the spirit (revelation) of the law brings life: […]

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II. Extra Writings From Book I.

In this writing they expose a false prophetic move that worked its way into the church. This person was “carried away in the spirit” and flying in the heavens and had been worked up into an ecstasy and started to prophesy things that were contrary to the Word of Yah and the way the Church operated. There were some people in the church who had discernment, by knowing the Word, rebuked them and knew they were operating under the power of demons. Others who were not rooted in the Word, tried to approach this person to correct them, but because they were not rooted in the Word, were overcome by that false prophet.