By Patient Continuance
But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. Rom2:2-11
The Gospel as it is being Preached today in mainstream professing Christianity is a 100% FARSE! By selecting a few Key Passages out of Bible Scripture the simple minded public has been persuaded to embrace a form of godliness dubbed ‘Christianity’ that serves merely to pacify their worldly desires with smooth and flattering Promises of Eternal life --- that’s NOTHING more than Pie in the Sky when you die illusions. This could all be considered one HUGE JOKE if it wasn’t for the fact that GOD does indeed exist and WILL RENDER to each person ACCORDING to their DEEDS! (eternal life or eternal misery)
But this simple Concept is Lost to our present mass-media, information drenched society, hopelessly addicted to the lust of the flesh, eyes and pride of life; Focused on the instant fix to every problem and willingly under layers of deception stacked a mile high coming from a millions different sources all crying out to be heard to gain greater notoriety for the purpose of fame and fortune. In the Professing Christian world this dilemma is augmented by an army of Bible minions who have made it their lot in life to perpetrate a virtual flood of nonsensical teachings that defy logic and contradict themselves when compared to reasonable Judgment.
They single out carefully select passages of Scripture and conclude that God has graciously supplied man with a Provision to counteract his worsening moral decay NOT by eradicating it from the face of the earth or actually healing their vile addictions, BUT by absolving it in some Magic formula called GRACE.
So they go forth into the World Proclaiming the Good News! (through their rose colored glasses)
That Grace is some kind of magic cover giving them permission to continue in sin, although they shouldn’t sin
The law of God is abolished and consequences removed, Judgment averted
The personal sin debt has been taken care of in advance, Paid in Full by Jesus and God is smiling down on man
And if anyone attempts to merit this Grace by doing what is Right they are lost, blind and deceived
In General terms anyone who ‘Believes’ in Jesus is a Christian, little else matters.
Whether or not they actually believe these things (and many of them probably do) is hard to say. The Professed Christian world is full of charlatans, liars and deceivers grabbing for gain. But in the mix are also a huge number of sincere people doing good works in the world while preaching a message that could only make sense in a fairy tale world where everyone lives happily ever after. However the God they profess to follow in Jesus Christ Judges mankind ‘according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings’, Jer17:10. He does this by Searching the heart of every individual revealing the secrets within, Rom2:16, and bringing to Light the hidden things of Darkness. 1Cor4:5. In spite of what men Preach and believe about Free Grace and unmerited favor, God WILL INDEED Judge him according to his DEEDS done in Faith.
WHY is this if Grace is a Free gift (as all the preachers love to say) It is so because God WILL NOT allow the Supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ to be Trampled under foot by man or PERMIT His Blood to be counted as a common thing, as though it could Not take away sin! (Heb10:29) What the Professing Christian world has failed to understand over the centuries is that GRACE Raises the Scale NOT Lowers it. Under the Law Sin could be appeased but never entirely removed, Heb10:4, BUT under Grace Sin is Purged, the Heart Cleansed and the conscience renewed. (Heb9:14) So a WORSE Punishment is in store for those who SUPPOSE they can receive this Grace and magically escape the Judgment of God while they continue to Sin. (Heb10:26-31) What your Preachers have neglected to tell you is that you can Receive the Grace of God in VAIN! (2Cor6:1)
The Professed Christian System cannot abide this Truth because it upsets their warped sense of fairness. They ask HOW can God Judge us according to our Deeds when He said it’s ‘Not of Works?’ In their minds this is like God asking the impossible because they are so hopelessly disabled by their inborn sin. But again they have no real Knowledge of God. The people they have relied on for so long to insure their eternal here-after are as blind and dull-hearted as them! (Matt15:14) While they have been busy in their church world trampling the blood and insulting the Spirit of Grace, the True Disciples of Christ have been crying out in the wilderness that:
Faith WORKS By Love, Purifies the heart of Sin and has Victory over sin the flesh and the devil! Real Salvation in God is deliverance from Darkness to Light from the Power of Satan to God! (Gal5:4, 1Pet1:22, 1Jh5:4-5, Acts26:18-20) Regeneration in Christ is TRANSFORMATION to Newness of Life! (Titus3:7, Rom6:4-6) Mankind can TRULY Partake of the Divine Nature of Christ through the exceedingly great and precious promises of God and ESCAPE the Corruption that is in the Word through Lust! 2Pet1:3-4. BUT with this God given POWER (dynamis=dynamite!) Comes the Responsibility to: ‘ADD to your Faith, Make your Calling Sure, Work Out your Salvation, Fight the good fight, patiently endure, be grounded Steadfast and immovable in the faith!’ (2Pet1:5-10, Phil2:12, 2Tim4:7, Rom2:7-8, Col1:23)
That’s WHY man will be Judged According to his DEEDS (not the dead rituals of law, religion, philosophy) but the LIVING Synergy (working together) of FAITH! Those Dead to God, still slaves to sin will come to Him at the Judgment crying out about all the WORKS they did in His Name and be Sent away in shame (Mt7:21023) because they NEVER DID the ONE WORK required from the beginning: to STOP Sinning, Seek Christ in a Self-Cleansing humility of Repentance, Discover His genuine Mercy of Grace and have their Mind Renewed form the insanity of the sin daily Farce that’s brought them nothing but ruin and failure. ONLY then will you be able to Understand WHY God is FAIR Judging you According to you DEEDS done in Faith!
Here’s the Proof!
And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. Rev22:12-13
The entire lost, deceived professed Christian world is waiting for what they call the Rapture, YET it’s just further deception based on the farce that their Deeds have no eternal consequences. BUT when the Lord actually does Return it will be in accordance with His Word. He told us in Matt16:24-27 that a person must Deny himself, take up the cross and follow Him or lose his soul then He said: ‘For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works’
In case your Pastors in Professing land spin this passage as a ‘rewards’ issue, not an eternal outcome, remind them in the ‘not of works’ world nothing you do matters, so what purpose would there be putting forth an effort to gain some kind of ‘reward’ when eternal life is the Reward! As Christ said in John5:28-30 this is a MATTER of eternal consequence! ‘Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation’
Without doubt we will all ‘appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.2Cor5:10. Another ‘rewards’ issue, but rewards for what; Sinning daily in thought, word and deed, being the Chief of sinners, with a desperately wicked heart? Think again!
ALL the Disciples of Christ agree that if indeed you call on the Father, KNOW that He Judges everyone Without partiality According to each one’s Deeds, so Conduct yourself throughout the time of your sojourn on earth in fear. 1Pet1:17.
Redemption came at a VERY HIGH Cost; the incorruptible and precious blood of Christ! If Obedience to Him cannot Purify man’s heart from the corruption of sin and free him from its bondage then ‘sin on’ until the Judgment!
know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. Rev2:23 Standing the Gap
But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. Rom2:2-11
The Gospel as it is being Preached today in mainstream professing Christianity is a 100% FARSE! By selecting a few Key Passages out of Bible Scripture the simple minded public has been persuaded to embrace a form of godliness dubbed ‘Christianity’ that serves merely to pacify their worldly desires with smooth and flattering Promises of Eternal life --- that’s NOTHING more than Pie in the Sky when you die illusions. This could all be considered one HUGE JOKE if it wasn’t for the fact that GOD does indeed exist and WILL RENDER to each person ACCORDING to their DEEDS! (eternal life or eternal misery)
But this simple Concept is Lost to our present mass-media, information drenched society, hopelessly addicted to the lust of the flesh, eyes and pride of life; Focused on the instant fix to every problem and willingly under layers of deception stacked a mile high coming from a millions different sources all crying out to be heard to gain greater notoriety for the purpose of fame and fortune. In the Professing Christian world this dilemma is augmented by an army of Bible minions who have made it their lot in life to perpetrate a virtual flood of nonsensical teachings that defy logic and contradict themselves when compared to reasonable Judgment.
They single out carefully select passages of Scripture and conclude that God has graciously supplied man with a Provision to counteract his worsening moral decay NOT by eradicating it from the face of the earth or actually healing their vile addictions, BUT by absolving it in some Magic formula called GRACE.
So they go forth into the World Proclaiming the Good News! (through their rose colored glasses)
That Grace is some kind of magic cover giving them permission to continue in sin, although they shouldn’t sin
The law of God is abolished and consequences removed, Judgment averted
The personal sin debt has been taken care of in advance, Paid in Full by Jesus and God is smiling down on man
And if anyone attempts to merit this Grace by doing what is Right they are lost, blind and deceived
In General terms anyone who ‘Believes’ in Jesus is a Christian, little else matters.
Whether or not they actually believe these things (and many of them probably do) is hard to say. The Professed Christian world is full of charlatans, liars and deceivers grabbing for gain. But in the mix are also a huge number of sincere people doing good works in the world while preaching a message that could only make sense in a fairy tale world where everyone lives happily ever after. However the God they profess to follow in Jesus Christ Judges mankind ‘according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings’, Jer17:10. He does this by Searching the heart of every individual revealing the secrets within, Rom2:16, and bringing to Light the hidden things of Darkness. 1Cor4:5. In spite of what men Preach and believe about Free Grace and unmerited favor, God WILL INDEED Judge him according to his DEEDS done in Faith.
WHY is this if Grace is a Free gift (as all the preachers love to say) It is so because God WILL NOT allow the Supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ to be Trampled under foot by man or PERMIT His Blood to be counted as a common thing, as though it could Not take away sin! (Heb10:29) What the Professing Christian world has failed to understand over the centuries is that GRACE Raises the Scale NOT Lowers it. Under the Law Sin could be appeased but never entirely removed, Heb10:4, BUT under Grace Sin is Purged, the Heart Cleansed and the conscience renewed. (Heb9:14) So a WORSE Punishment is in store for those who SUPPOSE they can receive this Grace and magically escape the Judgment of God while they continue to Sin. (Heb10:26-31) What your Preachers have neglected to tell you is that you can Receive the Grace of God in VAIN! (2Cor6:1)
The Professed Christian System cannot abide this Truth because it upsets their warped sense of fairness. They ask HOW can God Judge us according to our Deeds when He said it’s ‘Not of Works?’ In their minds this is like God asking the impossible because they are so hopelessly disabled by their inborn sin. But again they have no real Knowledge of God. The people they have relied on for so long to insure their eternal here-after are as blind and dull-hearted as them! (Matt15:14) While they have been busy in their church world trampling the blood and insulting the Spirit of Grace, the True Disciples of Christ have been crying out in the wilderness that:
Faith WORKS By Love, Purifies the heart of Sin and has Victory over sin the flesh and the devil! Real Salvation in God is deliverance from Darkness to Light from the Power of Satan to God! (Gal5:4, 1Pet1:22, 1Jh5:4-5, Acts26:18-20) Regeneration in Christ is TRANSFORMATION to Newness of Life! (Titus3:7, Rom6:4-6) Mankind can TRULY Partake of the Divine Nature of Christ through the exceedingly great and precious promises of God and ESCAPE the Corruption that is in the Word through Lust! 2Pet1:3-4. BUT with this God given POWER (dynamis=dynamite!) Comes the Responsibility to: ‘ADD to your Faith, Make your Calling Sure, Work Out your Salvation, Fight the good fight, patiently endure, be grounded Steadfast and immovable in the faith!’ (2Pet1:5-10, Phil2:12, 2Tim4:7, Rom2:7-8, Col1:23)
That’s WHY man will be Judged According to his DEEDS (not the dead rituals of law, religion, philosophy) but the LIVING Synergy (working together) of FAITH! Those Dead to God, still slaves to sin will come to Him at the Judgment crying out about all the WORKS they did in His Name and be Sent away in shame (Mt7:21023) because they NEVER DID the ONE WORK required from the beginning: to STOP Sinning, Seek Christ in a Self-Cleansing humility of Repentance, Discover His genuine Mercy of Grace and have their Mind Renewed form the insanity of the sin daily Farce that’s brought them nothing but ruin and failure. ONLY then will you be able to Understand WHY God is FAIR Judging you According to you DEEDS done in Faith!
Here’s the Proof!
And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. Rev22:12-13
The entire lost, deceived professed Christian world is waiting for what they call the Rapture, YET it’s just further deception based on the farce that their Deeds have no eternal consequences. BUT when the Lord actually does Return it will be in accordance with His Word. He told us in Matt16:24-27 that a person must Deny himself, take up the cross and follow Him or lose his soul then He said: ‘For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works’
In case your Pastors in Professing land spin this passage as a ‘rewards’ issue, not an eternal outcome, remind them in the ‘not of works’ world nothing you do matters, so what purpose would there be putting forth an effort to gain some kind of ‘reward’ when eternal life is the Reward! As Christ said in John5:28-30 this is a MATTER of eternal consequence! ‘Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation’
Without doubt we will all ‘appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.2Cor5:10. Another ‘rewards’ issue, but rewards for what; Sinning daily in thought, word and deed, being the Chief of sinners, with a desperately wicked heart? Think again!
ALL the Disciples of Christ agree that if indeed you call on the Father, KNOW that He Judges everyone Without partiality According to each one’s Deeds, so Conduct yourself throughout the time of your sojourn on earth in fear. 1Pet1:17.
Redemption came at a VERY HIGH Cost; the incorruptible and precious blood of Christ! If Obedience to Him cannot Purify man’s heart from the corruption of sin and free him from its bondage then ‘sin on’ until the Judgment!
know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. Rev2:23 Standing the Gap