[mr.fundamental]

Hi there tvtimeout, how's life in the shadowy recesses of self delusion? I can't say I know for sure the exact origin of your reference. Likely though, you are confusing the account of the early Church having 'all things common,' which doesn't mean they gave those things held in common to people solely because they were poor. It means they shared those things with each other, that is other believers.

Jubilee applies or more aptly applied to the Jew only, never the Gentile. When the horn of Jubile sounded Jewish prisoners went free, slaves went free and mortgaged land returned to the original owner or to their descendants. We don't live under the law as did those Old Testament people, nor do their ordinances apply to us who live in the age of grace. Colossians 2:14 (KJV)
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

We Christians are saved by grace and are not freed by the sounding of the Trumpet of Jubilee. We are freed by the shedding of Christ's own blood on the cross. The Jew on the other hand still faces along with the unsaved, a final 7 year stint known as the Great Tribulation or the time of Jacob's trouble, in which he will finally repent of his err which was the sin of idolatry. But since you believe you must sell all that you have to give to the poor, have you done so?

So you would agree that the nation is not a christian nation and then the idea of God knowing us before we are born can not apply, and you would agree that you would not want to work towards that... interesting TRT

Everyone for themselves how does that respond to your I guess "christian faith"

Just out of curiosity because I am christian that I should not worry about the old testament? Buddy, keep digging! If that is the case I do not need the 10 commandments up anywhere, right?

As far as me giving everything up...no, but I am working on it. That flesh is hard battle.