"And dthis is eternal life, that they may know [emphasis added] You."
Paul discusses being "in Christ" 77 times. You are either "in Christ" (saved) or you are not: "28 lThere is neither Jew nor Greek, mthere is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all none in Christ Jesus."
Heathens worship God their own way: "You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way...32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; gyou shall not add to it nor take away from it. "
31 "Therefore ythey shall eat the fruit of their own way,
God hates when man does what is right in his own eyes:
6 "iIn those days there was no king in Israel; jeveryone did what was right in his own eyes."(Judges 21:26, Deut 12:8, Prov 12:15, 21:2)
We are saved by grace not of works. The two concepts are mutually exclusive:
"We conclude [emphasis added] fthat a man is 9justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law."
Christ was crucified once not daily. Moses struck the rock (which symbolized Christ) which cost him from entering into the Promised Land. Anyone who tries to crucify Christ again does wrong (Heb 6:6).
"Because pyou did not believe Me.""Whatever is of the law is not of grace (Gal 5:4, 2:21; Rom. 4:4; 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:9), for the "law is not of faith" (Gal. 3:12). Following rules today will not lead a believer to holiness (Enyart, The Plot)."
For as Jesus quoted Isaiah:
"'And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." (Mat. 15:9 based on Isa. 29:13)." (Enyart, The Plot).
Rules will not lead to holiness. The law leads to death. The law separated men from God and men from one another (Enyart, pg. 69 The Plot).: "15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one vnew man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might wreconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby xputting to death the enmity."
The law was our great teacher--a tutor--to be justified by faith: "gthe law was our 7tutor to bring us to Christ, hthat we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor."
Grace was the ministry given to Paul: "24 zI now rejoice in my sufferings afor you, and fill up in my flesh bwhat is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for cthe sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to dthe 7stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 ethe 8mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, fbut now has been revealed to His saints."
Believers live under the dispensation of grace not law: "25 7Now ato Him who is able to establish you baccording to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, caccording to the revelation of the mystery dkept secret since the world began."
Doctrinal disputes arise out of not rightly dividing the Word of truth: "15 uBe diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
Paul preached to the body of Christ. Jesus' other disciples preached to the kingdom of the circumcision.: "9 and when James, 3Cephas, and John, who seemed to be ppillars, perceived qthe grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, rthat we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised."
Paul needed to rebuke Peter (Gal. 2:11-12). (Enyart, The Plot pg. 75): "16 as also in all his zepistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the arest of the Scriptures."
"Once God brings Paul onto the scene, Peter's recorded activities quickly disappear[.]" (Enyart, The Plot, pg. 75).
"The Lord will forever identify Simon with Israel (Rev. 21:14). As a result, Peter's ministry suffered a loss of opportunity when God "cast away" Israel. Jesus forever identifies Paul with the body of Christ where there is not circumcision, and thus no distinction between Jew or Gentile (Gal. 3:28; Col. 3:11; 1 Cor. 12:13). Moreover, often unnoticed, the Gentiles were "grafted in" when (Rom. 11:15) Israel was "cast away." Hence the role of the Body, and Paul's ministry, were as the dawn of a new day and they eclipsed the Kingdom of Israel, at least temporarily (Enyart, pg. 76, The Plot).
"Millions, however, do not consider the full implication of God "casting away," and then "grafting in," going from a Kingdom to a Body, from law to grace, and the corresponding rule changes (Enyart, pg. 78, The Plot)."