What Kind Of An Ambassador Are You?
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I guess I do have at least one pet peeve... and it's this: Jesus did not say "the truth will set you free"
Here's what Jesus actually said:John 8:31,32
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
It's good teachable moment when some says 'the truth shall set you free' (which the world quotes all the time in error) and I say, "That's not what Jesus said"... and after they get all bent out of shape, I quote what Jesus actually said.
Then, they get mad and say I'm splitting hairs... and I get happy and tell them "no, you just hearing part of what Jesus said as though it's no biggie to not pay close attention to what Jesus says!"
Nothing personal towards Stephen63 due man... just wanted to point out the whole thing Jesus was saying
If we do not continue in His Word... the truth will at some point quit making us free cause, we would have quit continuing in His Word. OSAS people hate that part but they continue to argue with Jesus over it
Here's what Jesus actually said:John 8:31,32
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
It's good teachable moment when some says 'the truth shall set you free' (which the world quotes all the time in error) and I say, "That's not what Jesus said"... and after they get all bent out of shape, I quote what Jesus actually said.
Then, they get mad and say I'm splitting hairs... and I get happy and tell them "no, you just hearing part of what Jesus said as though it's no biggie to not pay close attention to what Jesus says!"
Nothing personal towards Stephen63 due man... just wanted to point out the whole thing Jesus was saying
If we do not continue in His Word... the truth will at some point quit making us free cause, we would have quit continuing in His Word. OSAS people hate that part but they continue to argue with Jesus over it
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. is the actual verse.
And, you didn't say it that way. Do you need some time to go and "repent" for that error?
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Now that we have determined you are just as flawed as anyone else, how about knocking that foolishness off?
Not true... it's only applicable to those that "continue in His Word"
Just cause someone knows what the truth is does not automatically mean the truth will set them free.
James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Most criminals knew it was wrong to do crime but they did the crime anyway.
Since they did the crime... they be doing the time!
Just cause someone knows what the truth is does not automatically mean the truth will set them free.
James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Most criminals knew it was wrong to do crime but they did the crime anyway.
Since they did the crime... they be doing the time!
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That's very true. The way we act can effect other people. However the Bible says to owe no man nothing but to love him.
My duty as a Christian is to tell everyone I know about Jesus. If they reject what I say they're not rejecting me but rejecting
God. It's time for Christians to stop playing church! If you claim to be a Christian its time to start acting like one. Stop trying to be like the world. I can tell you from personal experience. I've seen everything the devil has to offer and I'm not interested.
I rather ride with God than roll with the devil. God=good order and direction. Devil= pure chaos evil and destruction.
John 1:12 And we beheld his glory, the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth.
Whoever is born of God overcomes the world 1John5:4-5
Only Christ can forgive sin 1John1:9
More than a conquerer thru Jesus Christ Rom8:37
To God be the Glory,
Preacha24-7 Evangelist to the Streets (Street Ministry)
My duty as a Christian is to tell everyone I know about Jesus. If they reject what I say they're not rejecting me but rejecting
God. It's time for Christians to stop playing church! If you claim to be a Christian its time to start acting like one. Stop trying to be like the world. I can tell you from personal experience. I've seen everything the devil has to offer and I'm not interested.
I rather ride with God than roll with the devil. God=good order and direction. Devil= pure chaos evil and destruction.
John 1:12 And we beheld his glory, the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth.
Whoever is born of God overcomes the world 1John5:4-5
Only Christ can forgive sin 1John1:9
More than a conquerer thru Jesus Christ Rom8:37
To God be the Glory,
Preacha24-7 Evangelist to the Streets (Street Ministry)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:1,2).
Everything about the practice of Christian living is within our control. We don’t have to behave like everyone else. We can be transformed and it begins with choosing to behave differently.
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:22-24).
For the most part we think and act the way we do because that’s how we’ve been taught, and it all happened before we got saved. Here we’re told we don’t have to be like that any more. We can learn to think and act in a way that’s pleasing to God.
Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:25-32). As has already been mentioned.
In effect, Paul taught that while we can’t always control the circumstances of our life we can control our response to them. We have such a glorious future awaiting us that we don’t have to worry about gaining the approval of others by acting the way they do. Our primary goal is pleasing the Lord.
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God's Word is the script... act like it!
Feel free to not act like a child of God (walk in the Spirit) and be like the world (walk after the flesh)...
James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
I think you missed the other person's point. Act like a Christian? Why not rather just be one? Its who we are, and God is sanctifying us into the people He created us to be. We don't need to put up an act, we need to be the very people God has made us to be. As scripture says, "Be holy because I am holy."
That's the point... if one is a Christian, the result is acting like a Christian.
That's why God says in James that salvation is not by faith alone, but by faith and works because... if one is truly in faith the result is always good works which is the fruit that demonstrates one is actually walking with the Lord being led by the Spirit.
One cannot claim to be a Christians and then walk after the flesh (not act like a Christian who would be walking after the Spirit)
One who claims to be a Christian with no fruit is a hypocrite putting up that facade you were speaking of. Yeah, maybe we should play like James 1:22-25 doesn't really mean what it says... be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves
That's why God says in James that salvation is not by faith alone, but by faith and works because... if one is truly in faith the result is always good works which is the fruit that demonstrates one is actually walking with the Lord being led by the Spirit.
One cannot claim to be a Christians and then walk after the flesh (not act like a Christian who would be walking after the Spirit)
One who claims to be a Christian with no fruit is a hypocrite putting up that facade you were speaking of. Yeah, maybe we should play like James 1:22-25 doesn't really mean what it says... be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves
If we claim that the act of God thru Jesus on a Cross was real and made us innocent, which I agree, because Scripture and experience tells us so.
Why is it a mask to finish God's will in that miracle of our innocence toward doing His will He set out before you were born to do? If you are innocent from within why wouldn't it be unnatural or a mask not to do His will? Otherwise what happened within wasn't something you received, hence, not real for you as He goes to finish His work in you. Life is a process of maturing, we are shown this in Scripture, as we remain in Him while He is finishing His Workmanship. But even that statement secures His will in us doing it based on His Fathers will owning our will, for if He is in charge by way of His Spirit, enveloping ours, who can stop Him from doing His will except us, by way of our will?
The Charade is only when we say we love God but don't remain in His all-encompassing grace and promises serving His own will out in us. For if we love God we will obey His commandments. This is diametrically opposed to your argument of being like a Pharisee if we apply to a script of the Holy Spirit... for it is by God we have been saved, and it is by God we become Holy as we realize we have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live, and move on to His purposes and intentions in our life acting on behave of His Spirit and not on our own desires, wants and perspectives . This is as real and unmasked as it gets BenFTW, something the Pharisees wanted but could not achieve on their own, leading to the fruit of satan, the unwillingness to die to the right to themselves.
Why would you say acting according to the Bible is a mask? Simply due to the term Script? Everything you say and do from now on is according to a voice directing you: His Spirit. Many times you may not yet agree, but as you sit in Christ long enough He will give you His peace over it. That is a completely detailed script you must yet experience before it has been made real in you. Things that influence from without to within, not things that work from within to without; that being your heart of the Lord in the inner most regime of your slavery to Righteousness thru your spirit, are the things to warn people about. Our inner control of the Lord working from within to without is our sacrificial reasonable duty which He Himself empowers being well pleased with us. God doesn't just need your honor, He requires your loyalty, to Him being your first-fruit in all that you are. He requires full dependency on Him, and not simply honor.
Humility is not in accepting what God did for you so you can remain your own god, cloaking your sins as a means of His grace and faithfulness to you. God is faithful to all, but He is the Father to those who "Come to Me..." Come to Jesus and let Him do His biding in your behaviors. No illusion of righteousness? Righteousness simply means a right relationship with God properly aligned with Him. You will not enter Heavens gates from giving from a position of your godliness honoring His glory, misleading people to suggest it is he who obeys God in complete dependency and claimed faithfulness who is the 'prig' (a self-righteous person who believes he is superior to others).
How is Rockrz comment not in keeping with Scripture, ill-regardless of the tone (Smile)? To be dead to the right to ourselves, and to be completely dependent on Jesus to the end, leading to His behaviors becoming our own and not simply to gain our godship thru His doctrines is the point of being His. I then also say in this we honor God by showing His due glory in a completely changed human being whom started out dead, ended up dead, and became alive and active in His righteousness leading to holiness. AMEN! (My allegiance to His Script thru His Spirit is not masking Him, it is highlighting Him over myself). My I ask you a question BENFTW?
"Do you believe it is needed for a person to go from the revelation of God that we also were buried with Jesus Christ on that Cross with Christ; to where we must experience for ourselves a laying down of our right to ourselves to the Cross, in yielding my behaviors by choice day by day?"
Why is it a mask to finish God's will in that miracle of our innocence toward doing His will He set out before you were born to do? If you are innocent from within why wouldn't it be unnatural or a mask not to do His will? Otherwise what happened within wasn't something you received, hence, not real for you as He goes to finish His work in you. Life is a process of maturing, we are shown this in Scripture, as we remain in Him while He is finishing His Workmanship. But even that statement secures His will in us doing it based on His Fathers will owning our will, for if He is in charge by way of His Spirit, enveloping ours, who can stop Him from doing His will except us, by way of our will?
The Charade is only when we say we love God but don't remain in His all-encompassing grace and promises serving His own will out in us. For if we love God we will obey His commandments. This is diametrically opposed to your argument of being like a Pharisee if we apply to a script of the Holy Spirit... for it is by God we have been saved, and it is by God we become Holy as we realize we have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live, and move on to His purposes and intentions in our life acting on behave of His Spirit and not on our own desires, wants and perspectives . This is as real and unmasked as it gets BenFTW, something the Pharisees wanted but could not achieve on their own, leading to the fruit of satan, the unwillingness to die to the right to themselves.
Why would you say acting according to the Bible is a mask? Simply due to the term Script? Everything you say and do from now on is according to a voice directing you: His Spirit. Many times you may not yet agree, but as you sit in Christ long enough He will give you His peace over it. That is a completely detailed script you must yet experience before it has been made real in you. Things that influence from without to within, not things that work from within to without; that being your heart of the Lord in the inner most regime of your slavery to Righteousness thru your spirit, are the things to warn people about. Our inner control of the Lord working from within to without is our sacrificial reasonable duty which He Himself empowers being well pleased with us. God doesn't just need your honor, He requires your loyalty, to Him being your first-fruit in all that you are. He requires full dependency on Him, and not simply honor.
Humility is not in accepting what God did for you so you can remain your own god, cloaking your sins as a means of His grace and faithfulness to you. God is faithful to all, but He is the Father to those who "Come to Me..." Come to Jesus and let Him do His biding in your behaviors. No illusion of righteousness? Righteousness simply means a right relationship with God properly aligned with Him. You will not enter Heavens gates from giving from a position of your godliness honoring His glory, misleading people to suggest it is he who obeys God in complete dependency and claimed faithfulness who is the 'prig' (a self-righteous person who believes he is superior to others).
How is Rockrz comment not in keeping with Scripture, ill-regardless of the tone (Smile)? To be dead to the right to ourselves, and to be completely dependent on Jesus to the end, leading to His behaviors becoming our own and not simply to gain our godship thru His doctrines is the point of being His. I then also say in this we honor God by showing His due glory in a completely changed human being whom started out dead, ended up dead, and became alive and active in His righteousness leading to holiness. AMEN! (My allegiance to His Script thru His Spirit is not masking Him, it is highlighting Him over myself). My I ask you a question BENFTW?
"Do you believe it is needed for a person to go from the revelation of God that we also were buried with Jesus Christ on that Cross with Christ; to where we must experience for ourselves a laying down of our right to ourselves to the Cross, in yielding my behaviors by choice day by day?"
You sound like a politician. Of course 'just' be a christian. How is that not acting like one? 'Just' being one is total death of self, and total allegiance to God's ways over your own, and His wisdom over your own mindset, and all of your strength supporting His will, by doing immediately what He makes clear for you to do thru the Holy Spirits guise, even unto death. You mock God, and my life in Christ when you say "Just." Over "Act." You deceive yourself.
If you were in the Armed Services and were in battle with a comrade and you were getting shot at to a point you were pinned down and would be killed if you got up.How comforting would it be if, as your partner in war, I reached over and yelled over the sound of gunfire, "Don't worry soldier I've got your back, I too am a soldier! And I plan on 'just' being one here too!" as the bullets went flying by your head, How would you respond to that comrade as you get hit by the next 14 non-wandering bullets? With breath beginning to exit your body showing no signs of returning, you whisper out, "What did you mean 'Just being one'?" And he joyfully responds by saying, "I mean, I don't need to do anything specific, I just need to be one.Don't worry God will take care of the rest. I'm praying right now He will send someone to help you!"
If you were in the Armed Services and were in battle with a comrade and you were getting shot at to a point you were pinned down and would be killed if you got up.How comforting would it be if, as your partner in war, I reached over and yelled over the sound of gunfire, "Don't worry soldier I've got your back, I too am a soldier! And I plan on 'just' being one here too!" as the bullets went flying by your head, How would you respond to that comrade as you get hit by the next 14 non-wandering bullets? With breath beginning to exit your body showing no signs of returning, you whisper out, "What did you mean 'Just being one'?" And he joyfully responds by saying, "I mean, I don't need to do anything specific, I just need to be one.Don't worry God will take care of the rest. I'm praying right now He will send someone to help you!"
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