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• Antinomianism - Antinomianism in the Jewish Bible
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In the case of Christianity, the controversy arises out of the doctrine of grace, the forgiveness of sins and atonement by faith in Jesus Christ; Christians being released, in important particulars, from conformity to the Old Testament polity as a whole, a real difficulty attended the settlement of the limits and the immediate authority of the remainder, known vaguely as the moral law, see Cafeteria Christianity. If God forgives sins, what exa ...

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Antinomianism, Antinomianism - Antinomianism in the Jewish Bible, Antinomianism - Antinomianism in the New Testament, Antinomianism - Antinomianism among Christians, Antinomianism - Footnotes

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Paul of Tarsus, in his Letters, mentions several times that we are saved by the unearned grace of God, not by our own good works, "lest anyone should boast." He used the term freedom in Christ, for example, Galatians 2:4, and it is clear that some understood this to mean lawlessness. For example, Acts of the Apostles 21:21 records James the Just explaining his situation to Paul: "They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, and that you tell them not ...

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Antinomianism, Antinomianism - Antinomianism in the Jewish Bible, Antinomianism - Antinomianism in the New Testament, Antinomianism - Antinomianism among Christians, Antinomianism - Footnotes

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