Not By Works

[star]

I guess you're not divine since your forgiving leaves much to be desired.
I refer to your signature line.

I tire of this thread and the dishonesty shown by most here.

Here's what you said in post no. 83,488:

It does not matter on iota what "most churches" believe. The only "matter" is what the Word of God has to say. The bible should be worshiped and not a "church." The bible tells us how to be saved, how to live, how to please God, why we were brought to life, why we matter as humans and so very much more. There will be no denominations in heaven.

I don't worship the bible...
I worship Jesus, who is Lord.

Luke 6:46 JESUS SAID
"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?"

I do hope you know that Lord means Master.

In Mathew 5:3-10 Jesus tells us how we should behave:

Here are verses for you:
Matthew 5:5
Matthew 5:7
Matthew 5:8
Matthew 5:9

As to my signature line, without the HS within them, no one can completely forgive someone who has done them harm. The ability to forgive completely comes from the Hand of God.

 

[gb9]

Mental activity is worthless.


Only obedience matters.


Demons believe, but they obey Satan.



He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not lobey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36








JPT

more deception and lies. not one translation uses the word obey where you put it.

they all say believe.

just shameful and sinful to tamper with the Text like this.

 

[mailmandan]

Mental activity is worthless.

Only obedience matters.

Believe "pisteuo" does not mean obey. Believe means have faith in/trust in/reliance in. Obedience which follows is WORKS. The Greek words for "pistis" and "pisteuo" are two forms of the same word. "Pistis" is the noun form, "pisteuo" is the verb form. Nothing in the root meaning of either word carries any concept of works. If you believe in/have faith/reliance in in Christ unto salvation, then you are trusting in Him alone to save you. This belief results in actions appropriate to the belief (to one degree or the other/all genuine believers are fruitful, yet not all are equally fruitful) - but the actions are NOT INHERENT in the belief.

Demons believe, but they obey Satan.

In James 2:19, we see that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe/have faith/trust in/reliance in Christ for salvation. In other words, they do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31) and are not saved.

Their trust and reliance is in Satan, which explains why they obey Satan rather than Christ, as demonstrated by their rebellion in heaven and continuous evil works. The word believe "pisteuo" can describe mere "mental assent" belief, as in James 2:19, or also include "trust and reliance" in Christ for salvation, as in Acts 16:31.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36

I often hear works-salvationists (especially Roman Catholics) quote John 3:36 in the NASB and "stress" the word "obey" to imply that we are saved by obedience/works. In regards to "does not obey the Son" in the New American Standard translation of the Bible, this does not mean that receiving eternal life is received based on the merits of our obedience/works which follows believing in the Son, but obey by choosing to believe in the Son. If John wanted to make obedience the central theme in salvation here, he would have said: "He who believes and obeysthe Son has eternal life," but that is not what John said. To obey the Son here is to choose to believe in the Son.

The King James Version renders this same verse as: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that "believeth not the Son" shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. The NIV says "rejects the Son"and the CSB says, "refuses to believe in the Son." The Greek word translated as "believeth not" in that verse is apeitheo and it means: "not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving." Strong’s definition of apeitheo is "to disbelieve willfully and perversely."

In the context of 3:36, to "not obey the Son" means to reject the Son by refusing to believe in the Son.

 

[dcontroversal]

It does say end of our faith is salvation, yes.

But what about the verses that speak of salvation in a PAST TENSE? How can it only be at the end of our faith when its also a past event??

That my friend is where the perfect tense Greek verb comes in.....a present continuing result from a past completed action......was saved, am saved and continuing to be saved.....this all culminates in a glorified body at the resurrection/change a.k.a. rapture so called.

 

[dcontroversal]

1st John 5:13
These things have I written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God , so that you may know that you have eternal life...xox...

AMEN ROSE.....simple as hey sis......

 

[dcontroversal]

pisteuo- greek word for believe- meaning - " to think to be true, to be persuaded of, place confidence in, to entrust a thing to one.

all these point to a mental activity, just as I say.

you say something else.

I accept that the word pisteuo is the greek word used in the N.T. ( which was written in greek ).

if you have a source that defines it differently , please name the source.

if you have no source, then you are just denying truth that you do not like.

Does not matter if they have 100 different sources.....to believe means exactly that---->to believe.........

 

[Hevosmies]

Does not matter if they have 100 different sources.....to believe means exactly that---->to believe.........

Believe means believe, IMAGINE THAT.

Next you're gonna tell me walk means walk? pssh.

Let me breakdown the word walk:

W-a-l-k to communicate. All you have to do is take the W, replace it with a T, and you got t-a-l-k.
Works salvation 101 thats how you do it.

 

[dcontroversal]

more deception and lies. not one translation uses the word obey where you put it.

they all say believe.

just shameful and sinful to tamper with the Text like this.

The modus operandi of most workers for.....just like the one that states I never post scripture....as deceptive as can be....

 

[Hevosmies]

The modus operandi of most workers for.....just like the one that states I never post scripture....as deceptive as can be....

Modus operandi sounds like latin to me. Sounds like MODE OF OPERATION. I assume it means that.

Is that a MILITARY TERM since you are a NAVY VETERAN? or is that just regular slang.

 

[blue_ladybug]

BOOK CHAPTER AND VERSE!!!!

lol couldn't help myself..

 

[dcontroversal]

Believe means believe, IMAGINE THAT.

Next you're gonna tell me walk means walk? pssh.

Let me breakdown the word walk:

W-a-l-k to communicate. All you have to do is take the W, replace it with a T, and you got t-a-l-k.
Works salvation 101 thats how you do it.

And guess what...

saved means saved
justified means justified
eternal means eternal
everlasting means everlasting
irrevocable means irrevocable
incorruptible means incorruptible
kept means kept
uttermost means uttermost
never leave means never leave
never forsake means never forsake
sealed means sealed
lose nothing means lose nothing
begin means begin
finish means finish
complete means complete

and JESUS keeps his word!

 

[blue_ladybug]

Modus operandi sounds like latin to me. Sounds like MODE OF OPERATION. I assume it means that.

Is that a MILITARY TERM since you are a NAVY VETERAN? or is that just regular slang.

Marine, not Navy..

 

[dcontroversal]

Modus operandi sounds like latin to me. Sounds like MODE OF OPERATION. I assume it means that.

Is that a MILITARY TERM since you are a NAVY VETERAN? or is that just regular slang.

NAVY veteran............did you just call me a squid.....??????????????

MARINE is the correct terminology HAHAHHAHHAHAHHA DO NOT make me board a plane and come look you up

 

[Hevosmies]

Marine, not Navy..

Whoops my bad.

WELL military anyways.

 

[dcontroversal]

BOOK CHAPTER AND VERSE!!!!

lol couldn't help myself..

BLUE has jokes HAHAHAHHAHHAH funny as.........Dave chapter 1 verse 1.........

 

[Hevosmies]

NAVY veteran............did you just call me a squid.....??????????????

MARINE is eh correct terminology HAHAHHAHHAHAHHA DO NOT make me board a plane and come look you up

We can box it out and go eat a BUFFET afterwards! IN FRIENDLY FASHION of course. I'll let you use a bayonet.

Im good at boxing, bad at military terminology!

Btw: is there a friendly "beef" between navy vs marine since you called them squids?

 

[blue_ladybug]

NAVY veteran............did you just call me a squid.....??????????????

MARINE is the correct terminology HAHAHHAHHAHAHHA DO NOT make me board a plane and come look you up

lol

 

[dcontroversal]

We can box it out and go eat a BUFFET afterwards! IN FRIENDLY FASHION of course. I'll let you use a bayonet.

Im good at boxing, bad at military terminology!

Btw: is there a friendly "beef" between navy vs marine since you called them squids?

AMEN hahahahha bayonet........I like M-16's and M-14's and JM tactical 12 guage shotguns HAHAHAH and a few hand guns thrown in here and there....the buffet does sound good....let me guess...I am buying HAHAH

 

[mailmandan]

View attachment 193986 lol

Watch it now. I was in the Navy. Spent 3 years in Hawaii.

 

[blue_ladybug]

Watch it now. I was in the Navy. Spent 3 years in Hawaii.

View attachment 193987

My daddy was in the Navy, on board the U.S.S. Midway..