After all those words (too wordy) you just distorted the grace of God!
For by grace are ye [ALREADY] saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God [THAT SETTLES IT]: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph 2:8,9)
I have added "already" since what is stated is in the PAST TENSE. In order to match your false teaching, the verse would say "YOU SHAL BE SAVED". Salvation is either the gift or God or it isn't.
So it seems that you are constantly mixing truth and error.
For by grace are ye [ALREADY] saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God [THAT SETTLES IT]: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph 2:8,9)
I have added "already" since what is stated is in the PAST TENSE. In order to match your false teaching, the verse would say "YOU SHAL BE SAVED". Salvation is either the gift or God or it isn't.
So it seems that you are constantly mixing truth and error.
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
but glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:”
Romans 2:4-10 KJV
Still too wordy ? Or just unacceptable to you ? has Paul distorted the truth ? Or has Paul agreed with and taught the truth ?
“Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
John 5:28-29 KJV
seems to just continually agree
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.”
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 KJV
To distort something you have to disagree with it maybe by finding a verse and explaining why it eliminates all the clear statements I agree with what it clearly says there and so “ grace “ is this it brings repentance and right actions
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.”
Titus 2:11-15 KJV
It is a distortion when I try to explain why thisnis all untrue that is just written down grace doesn’t mean “ it doesn’t matter what you do now your already saved “
Saved by grace through faith means Jesus died for our sins , now if we repent and believe the gospel we’re going to be saved from the second death
air doesn’t mean we’re already saved and nothing we do matters and we’ll never answer for our works and deeds it means we believe and understand we will do we better repent now while we can we have been informed like Noah but sometimes someone will say luck a verse from Paul and explain it erases what everyone else said and even reject what Paul thoroughly explains in his epistles they plucked the lines from were also warned about that part….
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
…Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”
2 Peter 3:9, 14-18 KJV
As Paul had written them the church concerning this longsuffering which leads us to repent because we have to be judged
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; but glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:”
Romans 2:4-10 KJV
maybe considering more of those words in the Bible instead of just saying th res too many of them d explaining they aren’t true is the better path consider what Paul was actually teaching in the chapters of his epistles there is plenty of assurance and promises but also a lot of warnings and teachings of what we need to start doing now that we believe ……read the epistles as a whole letter and you may see things differently than if you just pluck verses and explain from there what it all has to mean because of the verse ……Paul actually does the explaining so that each vesrs makes sense with all the others
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