once again who gets the credit for our salvation.
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How much work is required to get up to the level of working God's righteousness?
Is once a week on Sunday morning enough?
Can I just wear a patch of wool inside my shirt against my skin,
or do I have to wear the whole wool shirt itchy side in?
Is tithing enough, or do I have to sell all my goods, give them to the poor, and live under a bridge?
Is once a week on Sunday morning enough?
Can I just wear a patch of wool inside my shirt against my skin,
or do I have to wear the whole wool shirt itchy side in?
Is tithing enough, or do I have to sell all my goods, give them to the poor, and live under a bridge?
Last I knew there was only 1 Savior. The universe doesn't have room for more than one.
If you are going to be saved, you will be saved by the Savior, the Lord Jesus, who will save the sinner's wretched hide from his miserable condition.
It is not rocket science.
The Lord Jesus is the Savior.
I am the saved, the savee.
Thou shalt call His name Jesus,
for He shall save His people from their sins.
O ye who wish the Lord Jesus to be a mere chance giver,
repent, and trust Him as your only & sufficient Savior.
If you are going to be saved, you will be saved by the Savior, the Lord Jesus, who will save the sinner's wretched hide from his miserable condition.
It is not rocket science.
The Lord Jesus is the Savior.
I am the saved, the savee.
Thou shalt call His name Jesus,
for He shall save His people from their sins.
O ye who wish the Lord Jesus to be a mere chance giver,
repent, and trust Him as your only & sufficient Savior.
Of course Jesus gets all the credit/glory for our salvation, the Bible says if you love Me keep My commandments.
The thing is once we have repented and given our hearts to God and Jesus righteousness covers us we have a change of heart and attitude. We become more and more like Jesus we will hate sin as He hates sin and we will turn away from it not in our own power but in Jesus power this is because of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who gives us the ability to overcome the sins that beset us.
A true Christian is never standing still he is always keeping his focus on Jesus and moving upward - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Will we want to obey the commandments of course not because they save us but because we love God and want to do what is pleasing to Him and what will bring glory and honor to our Father in Heaven.
This is where the verse Faith without Works is dead. Not because we can earn our way to heaven but because we are so grateful for the free gift of salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit we want to obey God out of our love for Him.
The thing is once we have repented and given our hearts to God and Jesus righteousness covers us we have a change of heart and attitude. We become more and more like Jesus we will hate sin as He hates sin and we will turn away from it not in our own power but in Jesus power this is because of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who gives us the ability to overcome the sins that beset us.
A true Christian is never standing still he is always keeping his focus on Jesus and moving upward - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Will we want to obey the commandments of course not because they save us but because we love God and want to do what is pleasing to Him and what will bring glory and honor to our Father in Heaven.
This is where the verse Faith without Works is dead. Not because we can earn our way to heaven but because we are so grateful for the free gift of salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit we want to obey God out of our love for Him.
Straw man for no one has argued doing good works save. Doing God's righteousness is what saves. Christ's righteousness is not transferred to anyone. The sinner who obeys the gospel is placed in Christ were he is covered by Christ's perfect righteousness. And it takes obedience/doing God's righteousness to be in Christ. NO ONE is righteous outside of Christ.
One is either obedient to God's will or disobedient. Doing righteousness makes one righteousness, disobedience will never make one righteous.
God meets/entreats/helps those that work righteousness, Isa 64:5 Peter said God accepts those that worketh righteousness. Those that do nothing/unrighteousness are rejected by God.
Isa 64:6,7 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Those whose righteousness were as filthy rags were those in iniquity. Israel had turned their back on God and were living in iniquity.
They had an obedient belief. Abel was righteous, Heb 11:4 because his works were righteous, 1 Jn 3:12.
Heb 11:4 By faith Noah moved with fear preparing an ark to the saving of his house...and became heir of righteousness which is by fith
Noah had an obedient faith. moved with fear preparing an ark and became heir of righteousness
Not possible in any way for one to be made righteous while doing nothing.
One is either doing unrighteousness or righteousness, no inbetween. One living in unrighteousness can never be made righteous while he continues doing unrighteousness. There is not one example in all the bible of one being made righteous while continuing to live in and do unrighteousness.
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