Not By Works

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"you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?"

Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Did you read this post, DC? Stop with all your angry words and slander. As fpr me, I'm not angry in the slightest. I guess if quoting Luke makes you an angry person...
 
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"you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?"

Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Verses quoted by someone who took exception to and insinuated that I was puffed up FOR QUOTING LUKE. :LOL: was that you who were the one who tried to insult me for quoting scriptures before, a few weeks ago.
 
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds/works of the law.....

and again the following is clear......only workers for and Cainologists reject it and or embellish faith

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness
 
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For the salvation losers and workers for.....

The following is a comparison between the bible and salvation losers......and make no mistake...this is exactly what they peddle and or how they butcher the word of God by their losable salvation....

Bible -->I will never leave thee or forsake thee
Salvation Losers ---->Jesus is a liar and will leave us and forsake us

Bible --->We are saved to the uttermost and kept by the power of God through faith
Salvation losers --->The power of God is weak and inept, we are not saved to the uttermost and GOD does not keep us

Bible -->Jesus begins, finishes and completes the work of faith in us
Salvation losers --->WE must maintain our faith because JESUS does not finish and complete the work of faith in us

Bible -->He that believes on the SON is having everlasting/eternal life
Salvation losers --->He that believes and MAINTAINS his belief on the SON is having temporal life based upon what he does or does not do

Bible -->Therefore we conclude a man is justified by faith without the deeds/works of the law
Salvation losers -->James out of context tells us we are justified by our works before God

Bible -->It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe
Salvation losers --->It pleased God by works, church membership, baptism, pew jumping, speaking in tongues, back flipping down the isle, saying 57 hail Mary's, taking the Lord's supper, keeping the sacraments and a dozen other religiously zealous man made efforts to save them

Bible -->NOTHING can separate us from the love of GOD
Salvation losers -->Numerous things can separate us from the love of GOD

Bible--->We are in the Son's hand, the Father's hand and NO AN can remove us from that position
Salvation losers -->The above is false, we can remove ourselves because God is weak and inept

Bible -->We are sealed unto the day of redemption
Salvation losers-->The seal of God can be broken because God is weak and inept

Bible --->
Where sin abounds, grace abounds the more
Salvation losers--> We qualify, quantify sin and God's grace only covers those small sins when we mess up and for sure we have never lost it, but eternal security believers lose it because they believe they can live any way they want and live like the devil

Bible --->He that believes on the Son is not condemned
Salvation losers --> Believers are condemned all the time and returned to being goats after becoming sheep

Bible --> I will lose nothing, but raise it up the last day
Salvation losers -->God loses people all the time because he is too weak to keep them saved

Bible--> We are born again from above by INCORRUPTIBLE SEED
Salvation losers --> We are not born of incorruptible seed, because that seed can be corrupted and one die lost after being born again

Bible --> The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable
Salvation losers -->God's free GIFT of salvation can be revoked because GOD will break ALL the above promises and send one to hell after being saved

ETC.............I dare to say that salvation losers are false.....and what they peddle is not of GOD and as blasphemous as it comes......the above is a SMALL sample of scriptural promises that MUST BE DENIED, REJECTED and or SWEPT UNDER THE TABLE to peddle a dime store salvation that cannot be found in the bible and or a dime store salvation that devalues the work, promises and ministry of CHRIST!!!!!!!
 
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds/works of the law.....

and again the following is clear......only workers for and Cainologists reject it and or embellish faith

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness
Yep, doggone those Cainologists, who deny salvation by Grace through faith. I wonder where they are???:unsure:
 
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Did you read this post, DC? Stop with all your angry words and slander. As fpr me, I'm not angry in the slightest. I guess if quoting Luke makes you an angry person...
Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Psalm 37:9
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
 
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Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Psalm 37:9
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
You see how I just quote scripture and Macaroon takes it and implies I am posting against him....same thing he did with my post where I named Paul and JESUS<---implied something I did not say.........par for the course....not even talking to him or about him.....
 
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Yep, doggone those Cainologists, who deny salvation by Grace through faith. I wonder where they are???:unsure:
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds/works of the law.....

and again the following is clear......only workers for and Cainologists reject it and or embellish faith

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness
I've looked under all the rocks, and I have not seen any Cainologists visit this thread today. Come back tomorrow, the Cainologist hunt may be more fruitful for you then. :)
 
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You see how I just quote scripture and Macaroon takes it and implies I am posting against him....same thing he did with my Post where I named Paul and JESUS.........par for the course....not even talking to him or about him.....
I said John was not talking about two natures in 1 John 3 and you replied that "I didn't know what I was talking about" See post 101,655
 
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More truth........

He that believes on the SON is NOT condemned <---no works mentioned

He that believes on the Son is having everlasting life <---no works mentioned

.....He that believes on the SON shall not perish but have everlasting life <-----No works mentioned

Of course workers for must embellish
 
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More truth........

He that believes on the SON is NOT condemned <---no works mentioned

He that believes on the Son is having everlasting life <---no works mentioned

.....He that believes on the SON shall not perish but have everlasting life <-----No works mentioned

Of course workers for must embellish
Yep, not saved by works, saved unto works. Ephesians 2:10, Titus 2:11-15

Salvation is a free gift, received instantly the moment you believe, And then it just gets better and better, the darkness is past and the True Light is shining
 
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You see how I just quote scripture and Macaroon takes it and implies I am posting against him....same thing he did with my post where I named Paul and JESUS<---implied something I did not say.........par for the course....not even talking to him or about him.....
Tell Macaroon I said Hi. :)
 
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More truth........

He that believes on the SON is NOT condemned <---no works mentioned

He that believes on the Son is having everlasting life <---no works mentioned

.....He that believes on the SON shall not perish but have everlasting life <-----No works mentioned

Of course workers for must embellish
Amen.
 
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You see how I just quote scripture and Macaroon takes it and implies I am posting against him....same thing he did with my post where I named Paul and JESUS<---implied something I did not say.........par for the course....not even talking to him or about him.....
I said John was not talking about two natures in 1 John 3 and you replied that "I didn't know what I was talking about" See post 101,655. Direct answer to my assertion that John was not talking about two natures in 1 John 3 was "pal, you don't know what you're talking about"

If I say 1 John 3 is not talking about two natures, and you tell me I don't know what I'm talking about and then go on to argue about two natures, isn't that about the same thing as saying 1 John 3 is about two natures?

See, this is the problem. A lot of times your answers are out of context with what you are replying to. I'll say something, like 1 John 3 is not about two natures, and then you'll burst out with a "you don't know what your talking about". Then you'll say "I didn't say that."
 

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So you say if what one does or does not do has any bearing on one's salvation, then it becomes of one's self.

SO who believes, puts faith in Jesus for you? You, God, or someone else.

The only way you can give a consistent answer is to say that we believe because God does a work in our heart monergistically before we believe. But I am pretty sure you're not going to say that, though I would

You borrowed a concept ("what one does does not have bearing on one's salvation") that does not fit your theology, (it fits mine like a glove) That is called inconsistency

It does not fit your theology, because I am pretty sure you would answer YES to the question "Is believing on Jesus something WE DO?"

and you would say is faith necessary for salvation.

Yet you say that our salvation is not based on anything we do. But back to the fact that believing the gospel is something we do
if you want to get technical about yes, but the actual definition of the word believe in the greek is to be persuaded of, to think to be true, to entrust.

so, the actual act of believing is a mental activity.
and, I borrowed nothing, my theology is very consistent .

saved by faith, then everything else is a separate conversation .
 
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if you want to get technical about yes, but the actual definition of the word believe in the greek is to be persuaded of, to think to be true, to entrust.

so, the actual act of believing is a mental activity.
and, I borrowed nothing, my theology is very consistent .

saved by faith, then everything else is a separate conversation .
Is a mental activity something you do?

Is believe in active verb, passive verb or middle verb, in say, John 3:16