Some of these; "works based salvation theology folks", may have grown up in a works salvation religion; such as Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witness, and other legalistic Churches who, glory in themselves and not Jesus Christ our King and Savior.
They must have a difficult time going through the eye of a needle with all of their puffed up ego's -- where's the humility.
Anyone who teaches a works based Salvation is not of God.
Faith ONLY can get a person Saved, this is a single time event, a free gift given ONCE to a person when they accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. This is a ONE TIME EVENT that is called Getting Saved. At this ONE TIME EVENT a person who believes in Jesus will have their name written in the Book of Life, and they are Washed Clean, they are forgiven, and all their sins are wiped clean at that ONE TIME EVENT. Their name is written in the Book of LIFE at the moment they GET SAVED. This even is a free gift and requires NO WORKS Whatsoever, you can come as you are. The only requirements that is required to GET SAVED is to Believe on Jesus, confess, and repent of your sins. BAM YOUR SAVED that very moment. A ONE TIME EVENT, a single moment in time, that person becomes SAVED, that persons name is written in the Book of Life at the very moment they GET SAVED. NOW let us go on and discuss what a person is required to do one they ARE SAVED, Once they have received the free gift, once they have accepted Jesus as their Savior and Lord, Once they have their name written in the Book of LIFE, can we now discuss what that person is required to do according to the Holy Inspired by God Scriptures?
Faith ONLY is not of God (Faith ONLY believers / Faith based)
Works ONLY is not of God (Works ONLY believers / Works based)
Faith AND Works is of God (Believe in Jesus AND Love One Another / SAVED)
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is His commandment, That we (Christians)
should 1)
Believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (FAITH)
, AND 2)
Love One Another (WORKS)
, as He gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Woe to this generation who does not understand the simplicity in the above verses, teaching us PLAINLY and CLEARLY what His Commandments are. to Believe (Faith) AND Love one another (Works) Woe to this generation indeed. For this generation teaches something CONTRARY to the Apostle John above, they teach that Believing is ENOUGH, and that Loving One Another (WORKS) is not required. For those who do not understand these verses and what these verses teach will one day be weeping or gnashing their teeth because they failed to listen and understand these verses. They pick and choose which verses to believe and which ones not to believe. Believing one verse does not negate other verses. They choose to believe all the verses which teach Believing to be SAVED, all the while ignoring all the verses which teach LOVING ONE ANOTHER to be Saved. They readily accept the verses that teach Eternal Life to those who believe in Jesus, but altogether FAIL to accept the verses which teach Eternal Life is to those who Obey Jesus.
Joh_3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Believing the above verse does not negate or make void the following verse
Heb_5:9 And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that OBEY Him;
So the first verse, which this generation knows by heart and believes 100% teaches that believing in Jesus has everlasting life.
The second verse, which this generation ignores, makes void, or interprets away, teaches that Eternal Salvation is given unto all those who OBEY JESUS CHRIST.
Which is correct? is believing enough, according to the first verse. or must we believe AND OBEY Jesus Christ?
Woe to this generation who believes one verse and not another. It is only when ALL verses are TRUE, that a person can come close to understanding the mystery of God, the TRUTH of God. So then if you are one of those who teach only the first verse and FAIL to teach all the other verses concerning what the Word of God teaches it takes for one to be Saved, they will one day weep and gnash their teeth, because they have altogether pick and choose which verses they will believe and which ones they ignore, void, or interpret to mean something other than what it says. They choose to be ignorant of the TRUTH of God.
Believing in Jesus = Everlasting Life (John 3:16)
Obeying Jesus = Eternal Salvation (Heb 5:9)
BOTH are TRUE, BOTH are correct, BOTH are to be Done by Christians. Jesus Commanded us to Love One Another. You can see clearly on these threads who DO BOTH, Who are the sheep and who are the goats.
And this is His Commandment that we should believe on Jesus and Love One Another as He gave us commandment to do. Woe to all those who do not do BOTH.
demons believe in Jesus and they are NOT SAVED. Many Christians believe in Jesus but they will be Judged "NOT Saved". Why? Because they did not DO BOTH. They believed in Jesus but did not DO what He commanded them to do. They where altogether Hearers of the Word but not DOERS of the Word. They built their house on sand, praying to God daily and worshiped Him, saying "Lord, Lord", BUT THEY built their house ON SAND, they did not DO what He commanded them to do.
They FAILED to LOVE ONE ANOTHER, they FAILED to have WORKS, they are GOATS. These think they are sheep and not goats, in reality they are geeps. Cross between a goat and a sheep. They profess with their mouths they are Saved, they love Jesus, they have His Righteousness (sheep) but they are goats and do not have Love One for Another, (geeps) i tell you the Truth only the sheep will taken, and they are few, they Believe and have Good Works, the goats, even though they believe, will be left behind, because they did not Love One Another, they did not OBEY JESUS. and these are MANY, and i mean MANY.
But here is Great News. You can start: Believing
AND Obey Jesus by starting to Love One Another,
TODAY!!!!!
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††† In His Holy and Precious Name, Jesus Christ †††
DiscipleDave