Cee,
You posted a scripture that supports works.
Hebrews 10:26
Hebrews 10:26-37 New International Version (NIV)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.
34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
37 For,
“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”[c]
This is what Paul is saying:
1. IF we keep on sinning, there is no further sacrifice apart from Jesus. HE is the last sacrifice.
If we don't do what Jesus taught are we sinning? I believe so.
So we are not only doing works because we love the Lord and want to please Him,
We're ALSO doing works because NOT doing them is a sin. DISOBEYING GOD IS A SIN.
Think of Adam.
2. Are we trampling the Son of God underfoot when we preach that works ARE A SIN.
This is what you post.
"FAITH + WORKS do NOT = Salvation"
IF JESUS told us He wants us to do works, are we not sinning to teach the above equation?
3. We are exhorted to PERSEVER, which means that it's possible NOT TO PERSEVER,
and WHY?
so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised
IF WE PERSEVER TILL THE END WE WILL RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS PROMISED.
We should teach what the bible teaches, not what we'd like it to teach.
