Fw: Yet Another Bible contradiction

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BRIDEAN
Let's see.  According to the Bible do we gain eternal life by following 
the law? Galatians 2:16 ",, no man is justified by doing what the law demands 
...for by such deeds SCRIPTURE says, 'No man shall be justified'"

Since NT scripture hadn't been written yet, Paul must be refering to OT 
scripture. Let's see what the OT scripture says

Leviticus 18:5 "I am the Lord your God.  You shall observe my 
institutions and my laws: the man who keeps them shall have LIFE through them. 
I am the Lord"

Doesn't sound like the OT says that to me.  What do you think?

RON
  First of all you are mixing up your metaphors. You ask about "eternal 
life", then you quote Galatians about "justification", finally you refer 
to a quote about "life" (not eternal life) from Leviticus.
 Obviously "keeping the law" would not be sufficient as, except in rare 
cases, no one under the old covenant was able to enter into Heaven. 
That's why Christ's atonement was necessary. The book of Deuteronomy, 
27:26 (as you would have read if you had gone farther in Galations 
instead of taking a verse out of context) says there is to be a curse on 
anyone who does not observe the law, keeping and "observing all those 
commandments and statutes" (28:15). The penalties are not simply of a 
spiritual nature as you will discover by reading further in Deuteronomy. 
So "life" can mean simply "life", although I would not suggest we limit 
it to that.
  Paul's point is that NO ONE was able to observe all of these anyway, 
so if they relied on the Law they would be under a curse. He then 
pointed out that faith in Christ is the only way to achieve salvation 
for those who have heard the Gospel. See Romans 2:12-29 and James 
2:18-26.
  Don't mix different words and read everything in its context. Don't 
you think Paul was familiar with Deuteronomy? 

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