Have you believed the false grace message?

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eternally-gratefull

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I am not saying the cross is not enough. By shedding His blood (the cross) He made payment for my sin.
I am saying the cross does not effect the cutting away of perseverance in faith.

please. tell me who is going to stop having faith in God? Name something that Gd is going to do to lose your trust? Has he ever failed you?
 
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Nope. I am saying my faith is in God and his ability, not my own.



If your not trusitng in his promise and his mercy of saving you, You have nothing left but to trust in yourself.




Do you trust him when he says that the work he began with you on the day he saved you, he will continue to do that work until the day of Jesus?

or only as long as you abide in him (your ability)?
I am saying He will continue that work if I keep trusting Him.
 
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eternally-gratefull

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I'm not attacking anything. I am saying that you cannot say you have eternal life through trust in Christ and then say to continue in that trust is not necessary. It is unbiblical. It is like grabbing a life raft and then letting go of a life raft.
WHO SAID CONTINUING IN TRUST IS NOT NECESSARY??

Please get off this OSAS crap. I am not discussing the doctrine of OSAS

as for the rest.

I can not grab the life raft, I have no power. (there we go again, trying to save yourself?)

God has to grab me, but he wants me to ask first. he will not force me against my will, he wants me to want it

When God grabs me, HE DOES NOT LET GO!
 
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eternally-gratefull

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No. He has never failed me. But to keep trusting is the race. The race is not over.
race? what race?

You race to earn reward. and then you proudly boast of that reward you worked hard to get..

God wants to SAVE YOU, there is no race to salvation,,

how come you keep using terms used to earn reward as a means of salvation?
 
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I like some of what you say, but it is mixed with salt and lies.

God does intervene, even in this conversation. Therefore it is not up to us alone, for those who have Christ can pray and seek His counsel.

Drop your "legalist" diatribe. If you could learn to pray and reread your posts, take out the barbs and arrows, Before posting. There would be less bristling when you speak.

Folks do not offer a hand in friendship to those who in the breathe before have insulted them by implying they are legalist or that they are engaging in a conversation that Christ is not present in.

I know that if two or more are gathered in His name, God is present. Therefore God should be present in this and every conversation between believers. If he is present, then why do you say He will not intervene?
Ok what I mean by intervene, is all guns blazing, this is the way things are guys,
so here is the judgement.

And I am not going to drop "legalist" diatribe as you put it.
People who choose to take a legalistic view of things is actually a type of psychology
or mindset. And am I here to make friends with those who literally disown me from
the faith? Does the Lord say continue in loving kindness towards those who say the
follow Jesus yet issue terrible evil accusations against one in His name?

He says simply, have nothing to do with them.

And the internet plays into the hands of those most strident, because the answer is
be meek and mild, be sympathetic, try and be friendly rather than point out the obvious.

So my friend, tell me my lie?

And when conclusions are drawn which so obviously contradict scripture, are extreme
and general but sound nice to those who do not read scripture much, their fate is in
their own hands. But God bless you, in your efforts.

I just realised it is futile, other than standing as a signpost and refuting obvious points.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Rev 3:20

Whoever has ears, let them hear.
Matt 11:15

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Mark 4:9

As it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
Rom 11:8
 
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eternally-gratefull

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I am saying He will continue that work if I keep trusting Him.
well then you are wrong,

He said he would continue the work no matter what..



"even when we are faithless, he is faithfull, he can not deny himself.
 
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Ariel82

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Here is a nice clear cut description. But Korahs rebellion was from people who thought
they had faith, and could stand for the truth, against the current leadership.

250 people stood with unholy offerings before the Lord and were burnt to death.

Now, if people want to ignore Gods ways and truths that is their affair, but to simply
miss-represent clear scripture will always be refuted.

As a people we are no different than Israel, and pride and our own dispositions will
always drive us in various directions. We do not want to though end up in the place
Korah found himself, before the King, claiming His will, and being totally wrong.
Korah rebelled against God's way of doing things.

It's like saying that you can offer sacrifices to idols and still say you follow Jesus.

Your example does not make sense.
 
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well then you are wrong,

He said he would continue the work no matter what..



"even when we are faithless, he is faithfull, he can not deny himself.
And so we're back again to square one. You have made the trust and the continued trust to not be necessary. To me, this a deal to cheat death.
 
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In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 Tim 3:12-13

Amen
 
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eternally-gratefull

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And so we're back again to square one. You have made the trust and the continued trust to not be necessary. To me, this a deal to cheat death.
No I never said that?

I asked you who would stop trusting Jesus,, i was a prodigal son for 5 years. I never completely lost my faith in Jesus, but I did become faithless.

 
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eternally-gratefull

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Is your question: who is going to stop persevering in trust?

No my question is who is going to stop having faith in God?

I lose faith in human people because they are not trustworthy and fail me, When will God ever fail you to the point you lose complete faith in him?
 
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eternally-gratefull

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In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 Tim 3:12-13

Amen

yep, thats why I am being persecuted.

But we get off the topic.. and need to get back on Christ, and not on what I do.. for that is pride.
 
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race? what race?

You race to earn reward. and then you proudly boast of that reward you worked hard to get..

God wants to SAVE YOU, there is no race to salvation,,

how come you keep using terms used to earn reward as a means of salvation?
To take care that you are not disqualified from the race after you have preached to others does not, in my understanding, mean that you you just don't get the trophy but you still win. It means you have lost and are disqualified. It's a race of trust. You can't throw away the trust that saves you and then say that trust is not necessary. I'm not even sure why you would want to.
 
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No my question is who is going to stop having faith in God?

I lose faith in human people because they are not trustworthy and fail me, When will God ever fail you to the point you lose complete faith in him?
To stop persevering in trust IS to stop trusting God...
Do you think these are two different thing...?
 
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Ariel82

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Ok what I mean by intervene, is all guns blazing, this is the way things are guys,
so here is the judgement.

And I am not going to drop "legalist" diatribe as you put it.
People who choose to take a legalistic view of things is actually a type of psychology
or mindset. And am I here to make friends with those who literally disown me from
the faith? Does the Lord say continue in loving kindness towards those who say the
follow Jesus yet issue terrible evil accusations against one in His name?

He says simply, have nothing to do with them.

And the internet plays into the hands of those most strident, because the answer is
be meek and mild, be sympathetic, try and be friendly rather than point out the obvious.

So my friend, tell me my lie?

And when conclusions are drawn which so obviously contradict scripture, are extreme
and general but sound nice to those who do not read scripture much, their fate is in
their own hands. But God bless you, in your efforts.

I just realised it is futile, other than standing as a signpost and refuting obvious points.

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Rev 3:20

Whoever has ears, let them hear.
Matt 11:15

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Mark 4:9

As it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
Rom 11:8
Jesus teaches us to love our enemies.

I say they are not Your enemies but even you don't believe me that they are not against you, God still commands you to love them.

Most are more offended by your attitude then most of what you say.

Sometimes it's not about What you say as How you say it.

The "I am right, if you don't agree you are attacking me" stance gets old after a while.

I hope you realize those verses are talking about Jesus and not your words.

I accept people at their words. Most of those you speak with have faith in Christ and believe they are protecting new baby Christians from your teachings or musings or whatever you want to call your many posts.

They see in your words the mistakes they made in their youth and want you to see what they have learnt.

Instead of listening you basically call them deaf and blind legalist or "free hyper-gracers" or some other insulting label.

The namecalling, though you hide it between many truths is what you need to weed out.

However you have already stated you will continue in your misguided sin of calling people who aren't legalist ,,,legalist.

I personally wash my hands of it and give it to God.
 
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No I never said that?

I asked you who would stop trusting Jesus,, i was a prodigal son for 5 years. I never completely lost my faith in Jesus, but I did become faithless.

Well, it doesn't matter, right? You could have continued that way forever. Trusting is not necessary except in the beginning, to grab eternal life. After that it's all just a choice on if you feel like trusting. It's optional.
 
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Korah rebelled against God's way of doing things.

It's like saying that you can offer sacrifices to idols and still say you follow Jesus.

Your example does not make sense.
Sorry. Korah's rebellion was against Moses and Arons leadership.

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”
Numbers 16:3

these ungodly people ......
Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
Jude 1:11

Now when people come against the church and theology and scripture claiming they
represent the Lord and all the has gone before is evil and heresy, then this is the
same as Korah's rebellion, standing before the Lord and saying they are the new
authority, respect them and submit to their way of thinking, because you all have
been brainwashed etc.

If you do not see this, maybe you need more help than I thought.
 

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Thank you for your patience with me. I can not have meaningful conversation with more than 1 person so I will bounce my thoughts off of you. Please read carefully as I am trying to the best of my knowledge to explain my thoughts. I am sorry if I was misunderstanding by saying when we walk in his ways. What I am implying is that our faith is what gains grace. Grace will always be there as promised. And then we are told what accompanies faith and that's the good works that God has planned for his people to do. Good works are not done of self since we are told to do them in love and for honoring God. Works of the self-are selfish. And as James says 22 You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.

Faith was perfected by good works that walking in the Spirit produces. And we will know the faith of those who produce certain fruit. This is why to me I say what I say because if faith is what we need to have grace then faith must be perfected with good works.

And the seal I spoke of. This is what I had learned looking at any time the bible mentions seals. The seal of the tomb was broken, the seal of the revelation scrolls was broken. To me as I understood a seal like the Kings signet ring to seal it with his name showing a mark of the believer. Here is my understanding of the seal. https://bjorkbloggen.com/2012/04/22...-redemption-but-a-seal-can-be-broken-eph-430/

Hebrews 6:11-12Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, 12 so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.


Philippians 2:12Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Lights in the World


12 So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.


Hebrews 10:26-31Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Warning against Deliberate Sin


26For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries. 28 If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane[a] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay,[b][c] and again, The Lord will judge His people.[d] 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!


Galatians 5:16-18Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Spirit versus the Flesh


16 I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

To me these two verses to be exact the highlighted part, one is saying if we believers deliberately sin we are again under the law. But however this chapter and verse doesn't say impossible to repentance. So like in revelations 2, repentance is key to not remain in sin since sin is no more for who are of the Spirit.

Revelations 2
4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you[b] and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. 6 Yet you do have this: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 “Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[c] God’s paradise.

And we should listen to what the Spirit tells us everyday. This is to me what it means to keep in step with the Spirit. I do not believe the Spirit forces us to DO anything, I believe it does all it can to remind us of Gods words. And in remembrance of Gods word we choose to follow or go against the Spirit which is the deliberate sin. And of course choosing to follow builds obedience and starts to produce the fruit of the Spirit and gives us the power of God to understand and do certain things.

Off topic but a public figure yesterday who grew up in a Christian home as a preacher's daughter has completely turned away from her faith to support her lesbian feelings and LGBT community. Saying she was taught very young about God but used more offensive language. I know yall will say she was never saved to begin with. But I believe once a person truly asks Jesus in then they are saved by faith, But if one was to lose faith, how would that justify salvation if they are denying Christ or maybe have backslided and then only God knows if that person will return or not.

Hoping you understand what I am saying or not saying lol
No worries, brothers in Christ need to lift each other up in many diverse ways!

Let me try and give the sequence of events to Salvation.

1. We hear the Gospel
2. GOD gives us the FAITH to believe the Gospel through FAITH
3. We are filled and sealed by the Holy Spirit.

That's it! We can talk about what we SHOULD do AFTER that happens all day long.

First off, it is interesting that you don't see that the broken seals in Scripture that you list are BROKEN BY JESUS!

In fact, in the Revelation seal you talk about, John is so upset that NO ONE could be found to break the seal, that he cries convulsively.

So how are YOU going to break a seal that the Holy Spirit put on you?

So GOD gives us the FAITH to believe. WE believe. WE'RE sealed. How is it possible to no longer believe? GOD gave us the faith! HE would have to take it away for us to no longer believe. Yet Jesus says HE will NEVER leave nor forsake us.

As for Hebrews 10, I don't have a lot of time now to go in depth, but the Book is written to HEBREWS. Yes I know it is still applicable to us, but the thrust of the book is faith in Jesus. Some of the Hebrew "believers" wanted to go back to the law and sacrifice animals to atone for their sin that Jesus ALREADY paid for, once and for all! THEY didn't believe Jesus Sacrifice was sufficient. So they received the knowledge of the truth (WHO Jesus is, and what He did) and continued in sin by wanting to go back to the law.

We have all sinned deliberately, EVEN after Salvation. Don't think you have? Well have you ever purposefully driven even 1 mile over the speed limit? YOU HAVE BROKEN THE LAW! I could go on and on with examples, but you get the point. ALL sin in a sense is willful. REJECTING JESUS, who He is, and what He has done, is the willing sin that can't be forgiven.

So what happens to the Christian who deliberately sins so bad and walks continuously in the flesh?
Well, just like the man in Corinthians who was having sex with his mother, the Lord may turn his FLESH over to satan (and who knows exactly what that means) BUT HIS SPIRIT WILL BE RAISED TO LIFE ON THE LAST DAY!

So accept His Grace, love Him all the more for how incredible, awesome, loving, powerful, incomprehensibly merciful he is, and extend that Grace to anyone and everyone you meet!