Not By Works

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Lol, gotta hand it to ya. I was not expecting that. So your rules apply to anyone not confined to a state of partial or full paralysis?
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It's not my rules.

God judges based on what you have been given. So unless you're nailed to a cross and can't move and will die within minutes of receiving Christ in salvation, God is expecting way more from your salvation than the thief on the cross. You'll be in trouble on the Day of Judgment if you're relying on the thief on the cross's experience to get you through the Judgement with no works to validate you having been born again.
 
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BillG said:
Father forvgive them for they don't know what they are doing.

The very people who nailed him to the cross and those who cried out "Crucify him, Crucify him"

Father forgive them for they don't know what they are doing.

His very enemies.

It blows my mind as well
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AMEN Bill....exactly why ALL glory goes to God.......
 
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PHart said:
It's not my rules.

God judges based on what you have been given. So unless you're nailed to a cross and can't move and will die within minutes of receiving Christ in salvation, God is expecting way more from your salvation than the thief on the cross. You'll be in trouble on the Day of Judgment if you're relying on the thief on the cross's experience to get you through the Judgement with no works to validate you having been born again.
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I would rather face the Lord in belief instead of facing him trusting into a gospel of a different kind-->faith plus works for!
 
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dcontroversal said:
I would rather face the Lord in belief instead of facing him trusting into a gospel of a different kind-->faith plus works for!
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big amen! Plus trusting in His work and not ours takes away all fear and insecurity. Who could ever match Jesus in works?
 
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ah, so define righteousness. How does one obtain it?
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Righteousness is right standing with God. And one gets that declaration of right standing (aka, justification) solely by faith in God's forgiveness to wipe away your unrighteousness and replace it with Christ's righteousness, apart from any merit of your own works of righteousness to earn that declaration of righteousness whatsoever.

And we know who has that declaration of righteousness given by faith apart from works by the change of life it produces. If you can't see your profession of your faith in Christ in who you are you don't have the faith in Christ you think you have. You will be burned up at the Judgment. That's how and why works are required to be a part of a genuine 'justification by grace through faith alone' salvation. That's not a works gospel. Paul defined the works gospel as earning a declaration of right standing with God by doing right things. No one here is teaching that gospel.
 
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Grace does not follow the person who willfully returns to his old life of unbelief.

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(I don't know why I can't remove the italics. Sometimes this site doesn't run very well.)​
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The Prodigal Son would disagree with your above statement.
 
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Some getting works confused. you have physical works, which the world already do. trying to earn brownie points with God and still living in darkness. That's called the works of the flesh. And you have the one that counts ,The works of the spirit,which the world cannot do because they know him not.,but we do know him and his spirit dwells in us and is working righteousness in us.
 
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PHart said:
It's not my rules.

God judges based on what you have been given. So unless you're nailed to a cross and can't move and will die within minutes of receiving Christ in salvation, God is expecting way more from your salvation than the thief on the cross. You'll be in trouble on the Day of Judgment if you're relying on the thief on the cross's experience to get you through the Judgement with no works to validate you having been born again.
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I get impatient and sometimes forget that there are lessons only time and experience can teach. We'll talk again in about 20 years PHart. Cheers.
 
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The Prodigal Son would disagree with your above statement.
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While Esau proves it.

When God turns the ex-believer over to his unbelief, it's done. There's no coming back. But the Lord is merciful and patient. I believe he gives room for the ex-believer to come back. He is long suffering, but long suffering is not always suffering. He does not endure unbelief forever. He knows when to shut the door on the ex-believer, just as he knows when to shut the door on the one who never believed the gospel but who continually resists the gospel.
 
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While Esau proves it.

When God turns the ex-believer over to his unbelief, it's done. There's no coming back. But the Lord is merciful and patient. I believe he gives room for the ex-believer to come back. He is long suffering, but long suffering is not always suffering. He does not endure unbelief forever. He knows when to shut the door on the ex-believer, just as he knows when to shut the door on the one who never believed the gospel but who continually resists the gospel.
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Esau devalued his birthright and sold it for the proverbial bowl of beans.....he is no example of New Covenant faith that saves.....!
 
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oh he had works alright, his faith to believe that Jesus was the Son of God., and that he could give him eternal life. spiritual works. There is no works without the word of God in your heart, which is lead by the Holy Spirit.
 
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...trusting in His work and not ours takes away all fear and insecurity. Who could ever match Jesus in works?
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That's right. That's called 'having faith'. And as long as you have this faith you are secure in God's salvation, no one can take it away from you.

And we know that we truly have this faith and the security of salvation it produces by how we live. If we live characteristically unrighteous lives then we do not have the right standing with God we think we have. We will be burned up at the Judgment, not saved. That's why works must be a part of salvation. Not to earn salvation, but because faith in God's forgiveness changes a person more and more into a person who acts like Jesus. If you can not prove this change of nature at the Judgment where the unrighteous and the righteous are separated as goats are from sheep you will be judged as not having the faith that justifies all by itself apart from works. You will be sent away to everlasting fire.
 
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PHart said:
Righteousness is right standing with God. And one gets that declaration of right standing (aka, justification) solely by faith in God's forgiveness to wipe away your unrighteousness and replace it with Christ's righteousness, apart from any merit of your own works of righteousness to earn that declaration of righteousness whatsoever.

And we know who has that declaration of righteousness given by faith apart from works by the change of life it produces. If you can't see your profession of your faith in Christ in who you are you don't have the faith in Christ you think you have. You will be burned up at the Judgment. That's how and why works are required to be a part of a genuine 'justification by grace through faith alone' salvation. That's not a works gospel. Paul defined the works gospel as earning a declaration of right standing with God by doing right things. No one here is teaching that gospel.
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Do you have software that you could do topic searches with? I ask because I think if you searched "in Him" in the NT, you might change your belief.
 
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I get impatient and sometimes forget that there are lessons only time and experience can teach. We'll talk again in about 20 years PHart. Cheers.
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At the current rate which the world is circling down the proverbial toilet bowl....we probably do not have 20 years........just saying and not predicting any dates etc......
 
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Esau devalued his birthright and sold it for the proverbial bowl of beans.....he is no example of New Covenant faith that saves.....!
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That's right, he is an example of treating the promised inheritance with contempt in favor of the appetites of the flesh. Saved or unsaved, if you treat the blood of Christ with contempt you too will have no inheritance in Christ. You will not inherit the promise of salvation. No prior lip service confession of Christ can save you. You have treated the blood of Christ as an unholy thing. You lose the sacrifice of Christ for the forgiveness of sin. You will be burned up at the Judgement, not saved. Even your tears will bring no change of mind of God at the Judgment. God has warned us, folks. Stop trusting in this popular works-less salvation being pushed in our churches today.
 
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Here's a take away point -there will be people in heaven you thought would never be there and there will be people in heaven you thought would be there for sure but they are not - my fear is that the Church is raising up a generation of self-righteous fools who are walking northbound on a southbound sheet of ice - the sign post read, "Your Going the Wrong Way."
 
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Do you have software that you could do topic searches with? I ask because I think if you searched "in Him" in the NT, you might change your belief.
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For the sake of honest truth seekers lurking among the ranks of those not logged in but viewing this thread, what is it exactly that you do not agree with in my summary of the gospel in post #20465?
 
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That's right, he is an example of treating the promised inheritance with contempt in favor of the appetites of the flesh. Saved or unsaved, if you treat the blood of Christ with contempt you too will have no inheritance in Christ. You will not inherit the promise of salvation. No prior lip service confession of Christ can save you. You have treated the blood of Christ as an unholy thing. You lose the sacrifice of Christ for the forgiveness of sin. You will be burned up at the Judgement, not saved. Even your tears will bring no change of mind of God at the Judgment. God has warned us, folks. Stop trusting in this popular works-less salvation being pushed in our churches today.
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Nice twist on Hebrews......no thanks.....I will not take your working for dogma....

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty where with Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Gal. 5-1.

He that believes on the son IS having everlasting life.....NO works mentioned here.....!
 
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Here's a take away point -there will be people in heaven you thought would never be there and there will be people in heaven you thought would be there for sure but they are not - my fear is that the Church is raising up a generation of self-righteous fools who are walking northbound on a southbound sheet of ice - the sign post read, "Your Going the Wrong Way."
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AMEN....PAUL was clear....faith PLUS works to finish off salvation = false gospel, no power, double cursed and only fools and bewitched believe such foolishness.....
 
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