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Daniel554

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I am a new believer, someone ask me this question, but I have no idea in bible too much. Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?

I just read this paragraph before:
"“… without the guidance of God, no matter how much rulers and sociologists wrack their brains to preserve human civilization, it is to no avail. No one can fill the emptiness in man’s heart, for no one can be the life of man, and no social theory can free man from the emptiness with which he is afflicted. Science, knowledge, freedom, democracy, leisure, comfort, these are but a temporary respite. Even with these things, man will inevitably sin and bemoan the injustices of society. These things cannot allay man’s craving and desire to explore. Because man was made by God and the senseless sacrifices and explorations of man can only lead to more distress. Man will exist in a constant state of fear, will not know how to face the future of mankind, or how to face the path that lies ahead. Man will even come to fear science and knowledge, and fear even more the feeling of emptiness within him. … Man, after all, is man. The position and life of God cannot be replaced by any man. Mankind does not just require a fair society in which everyone is well-fed and is equal and free, but the salvation of God and His provision of life to them. Only when man receives the salvation of God and His provision of life to them can the needs, yearning to explore, and spiritual emptiness of man be resolved. If the people of a country or a nation are unable to receive the salvation and care of God, then such a country or nation will tread the road to ruin, toward darkness, and shall be annihilated by God.”

Could you tell me your answer?/?

 

Locutus

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Yessssssss....




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No...there are none good no not one.

There is not a just man upon the earth that does good and sins not
All have sinned and come short of the glory of God

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy has he saved us.

It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Except a man be born again he cannot see, perceive or enter the kingdom of God.

In the grace you are, having been saved out of faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God and not of works lest any man should boast.
 

CherieR

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To me it is sin to not believe in God for your whole life, so I would say no.
 
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I would say, "Yes." But, at the same time, if a bull frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his butt. (Meaning: "It ain't gonna happen.")
 

Locutus

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As a new Christian I would recommended you for now just stick to reading the gospels and the letters till you are familiar with them - stay away from this kind of stuff on the web or book form.
 

Dino246

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Someone came up to Jesus and said, "Good teacher..."

Jesus responded, "Why do you call me good? No-one is good but God alone."

So the answer is, No. You see, man's standard of "good" is subjective; God's is objective.
 

Desertsrose

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Hi Daniel,

Welcome to the family of God! We rejoice with you!!!

And welcome to CC! :)

No, one must have faith.

We are saved by the grace of God through faith in the blood of Jesus shed on the cross so that whosoever will believe will not perish and have eternal life.

As you begin to read the word of God you'll begin to see the answers for yourself. I would encourage you to get into a good bible study that will help you rightly divide God's word.

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
 

Hizikyah

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Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Yah has to believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him.”

Hebrews 5:9, “And having been perfected, He became the Causer of everlasting salvation to all those obeying Him.”

James 2:14-26, “14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him. 15, "And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food, 16, "but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it? 17, "So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. 18, "But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works. 19, "You believe that Yah is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder! 20, "But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? 21, "Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the slaughter-place? 22, "Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? 23, "And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Yah, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And He called him, “he who loves Yah. 24, "You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone. 25, "In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works.”

Rom 3:28, "For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the Law.

Rom 331, "Are we then doing away with the Law through the faith? By no means! Rather, we establish the Law!"

John/Yahanan 12:48, "He who rejects Me, and does not follow My words has One Who judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same will be used to judge him in the last day."

John/Yahanan 5:24, "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."

*John/Yahanan 5:46-47, "For had you believed Mosheh, you would have believed Me, for he wrote about Me*. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

*Mosheh wrote:

Deuteronomy 18:18-19, "I (YHWH) will raise up for them a Prophet (Yahshua/Jesus) like you from among their brothers, and I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. Whoever will not listen to My words, which He speaks in My Name, I will judge him for it"

"listen" is word #8085 -
שָׁמַע - shama` {shaw-mah'}

Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.)

Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar) - 1) to hear, listen to, obey

Faith without obedience is no faith at all according to the first and original definition and meaning of the Hebrew word faith…


Hebrews11:6, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Yah has to believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him."
 
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But, if a man believed what the Bible says about Jesus and why He could be our sacrifice...... and this man also, just like Jesus, did not sin (Not sinning is what qualified Jesus to die for us us), then would that man not HAVE faith that since he was sinless, he would be raised? After all, Jesus did not raise Himself, because He was human (thus being able to be killed by us), He depended upon God to do that for Him because He lived a sinless life.
 
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mcubed

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What is evil? Is it an act or is is not an act and not doing anything to stop it? What is evil?
 

MarcR

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What is evil? Is it an act or is is not an act and not doing anything to stop it? What is evil?

Evil is the result of rejecting Jesus' rightful claims on your life.
 

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Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?

NO.

as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
(Rom 3:10)

How can good and righteous deeds come from an unrighteous being?

It takes the PERFECT Righteousness of Jesus given freely to us through faith to be saved.. and His working in us by His Spirit
to produce just some bits of righteous actions.
 
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Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?

NO.

as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
(Rom 3:10)

How can good and righteous deeds come from an unrighteous being?

It takes the PERFECT Righteousness of Jesus given freely to us through faith to be saved.. and His working in us by His Spirit
to produce just some bits of righteous actions
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AMEN...agree...bump and really like the wording that has been bolded.......
 

Nehemiah6

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I am a new believer, someone ask me this question, but I have no idea in bible too much. Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?
The short answer is "No". A sinner must believe in God, on God, in Christ, and on Christ. That is the condition for salvation. Good deeds count for nothing, and there is not a single person who is "good" by God's standard of righteousness.
 
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I am a new believer, someone ask me this question, but I have no idea in bible too much. Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?



Could you tell me your answer?/?

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The answer would be no.
GOD will only accept perfection.Man can't be perfect In thoughts.
 
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OneFaith

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Even one sin that is not covered by Christ’s blood will keep you out of heaven, and everyone sins. Also... “Without faith it is impossible to please God.”
 

Jackson123

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No, no body can do good without the help of the Holy Spirit

Good in God standard is doing something base on agape. John 15 say, only branch that abide to the vine will produce the fruit


abide in vine mean have a faith to Jesus

fruit of the Spirit is agape/pure love.
 

Hizikyah

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No, no body can do good without the help of the Holy Spirit

Good in God standard is doing something base on agape. John 15 say, only branch that abide to the vine will produce the fruit


abide in vine mean have a faith to Jesus

fruit of the Spirit is agape/pure love.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]John/Yahanan 15:5-16, "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, produces much fruit; but without Me, you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away like a branch, and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and letting My words; abide in you, you will ask what you will, and it will be done for you. In this is My Father glorified: when you produce much fruit; and in this way you become My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you; continue in My love. If you keep My Commands, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's Commands, and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be complete. This is My Command: Love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: that one would lay down his life on behalf of his brothers. You are My brothers, if you do whatever I command you."[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Galatians 5:22-25, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, righteousness, Faith, Meekness, temperance, such things are not against any Law. And those who are the Messiah's have sacrificed the flesh, with its passions and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”[/FONT]
 

Johnny_B

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I am a new believer, someone ask me this question, but I have no idea in bible too much. Can one be saved if he only accumulates good deeds without doing evil but does not believe in God?
Anyone that is not born again is living in the flesh and this is what Romans 8:3-8 says about those in the flesh and those in the Spirit.

"For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."