"Just pray this prayer after me" this happened 10 years ago in Awana - but my life hasn't changed, I don't bear any fruit of salvation
"I got up and spoke in tongues, baptized in the Holy Ghost" 10 years ago in church - but my life hasn't changed, I don't bear any fruit of salvation
Matthew 7:21-23, 16
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21 [/SUP]“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [SUP]22 [/SUP]On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ [SUP]23 [/SUP]And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
You can say all this "in Jesus Name" or "I will just lay two fingers on you, because that's all it takes for me to lay hands on you and the Holy Spirit will hit you like a freight train" all you want, and not be saved
At what cost? Therefore knowing the terror of the Lord, we convince men in Churches - be reconciled to God
[SUP]16 [/SUP]You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Gifts are nice, but heart change, and Bearing fruit of the Spirit, and being like Jesus Christ is where the Joy is, where the salvation is. Oh to be free from myself, is like a drop of water to a man in the dessert. I watched a video someone posted, and count how many times he boasted in himself.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. [SUP]25 [/SUP]And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. [SUP]26 [/SUP]And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. [SUP]27 [/SUP]And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Both men building, both men going to church, carrying their Bible, but only one has his foundation on Jesus. Those two who were speaking in tongues in church before they were fired from their jobs, one walked away, while the other was found on the foundation of Jesus Christ, the other was not.
Yes there are Gifts of the Spirit, but they are not proofs of salvation, fruit of the Spirit are the proofs of salvation
1 John 5
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
"I got up and spoke in tongues, baptized in the Holy Ghost" 10 years ago in church - but my life hasn't changed, I don't bear any fruit of salvation
Matthew 7:21-23, 16
[SUP]
21 [/SUP]“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [SUP]22 [/SUP]On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ [SUP]23 [/SUP]And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
You can say all this "in Jesus Name" or "I will just lay two fingers on you, because that's all it takes for me to lay hands on you and the Holy Spirit will hit you like a freight train" all you want, and not be saved
At what cost? Therefore knowing the terror of the Lord, we convince men in Churches - be reconciled to God
[SUP]16 [/SUP]You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Gifts are nice, but heart change, and Bearing fruit of the Spirit, and being like Jesus Christ is where the Joy is, where the salvation is. Oh to be free from myself, is like a drop of water to a man in the dessert. I watched a video someone posted, and count how many times he boasted in himself.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. [SUP]25 [/SUP]And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. [SUP]26 [/SUP]And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. [SUP]27 [/SUP]And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Both men building, both men going to church, carrying their Bible, but only one has his foundation on Jesus. Those two who were speaking in tongues in church before they were fired from their jobs, one walked away, while the other was found on the foundation of Jesus Christ, the other was not.
Yes there are Gifts of the Spirit, but they are not proofs of salvation, fruit of the Spirit are the proofs of salvation
1 John 5
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
