Not By Works
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sufficient
adjective & determiner
adjective: sufficient; determiner: sufficient
sufficient
adjective & determiner
adjective: sufficient; determiner: sufficient
- enough; adequate.
Bible repetedly says that works don't bring any salvation ... BUT Bible repetedly says that without works nobody can be saved. There's not need to separate both of them: "grace" and works. I think people who exagerate one aspect is just because that person is not living according to the other statement of the Scriptures: some people have not enought faith and some others want to live their own free life without doing what they are supposed to do to demonstrate their appreciation for God's mercy ... Both are important, because even if we can be saved only because of mercy, the person who use it to abuse of his liberty is unrespecting the mercy of God and the value of Jesus' blood.
Jud 1:4 (YLT) for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying,
5 and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy
Jud 1:4 (YLT) for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying,
5 and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy
GRACE is SUFFICIENT, where the word enough, leaves room for works to be added in my opinion, and it is supported by the GREEK TENSE which is PRESENT TENSE, nothing like the English Present Tense.
The Greek Present Tense
The present tense can either be continuous/ongoing or undefined.
IT NEVER ENDS.
Whereas ENGLISH words in the Present Tense is just NOW, leaving room for stopping to LOVE GOD in the Future.
You have to have that GREEK TENSE, to interpret it correctly. ENGLISH is a POOR LANGUAGE to translate the Bible into, because the BIBLE in the ENGLISH VERSIONS on have 3 Primary Verb Tenses, whereas the GREEK has 6 Primary Verb Tenses. That is why I consider using the English word enough, totally insufficient.
It was said TO PAUL: “My grace is sufficient for you". I don't think that applies to everybody, as neither what was told about him before:
Act 9:16 (ESV) For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
Living without works is not suffering at all. Jesus talked about following him, sufferings included ... How different would have been the whole history of christianity if works would have been put apart!!!
Act 9:16 (ESV) For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
Living without works is not suffering at all. Jesus talked about following him, sufferings included ... How different would have been the whole history of christianity if works would have been put apart!!!
So a person must be 100% perfect in both the amount of trust and "object" of said trust. You set an impossibly too high bar to reach. Even the Pharisees did not expect such effort from mere men.
Only Christ is perfect and even He had to learn submission and so must we.
Only Christ is perfect and even He had to be obedient and so must we.
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him ----Hebrews 5:7-9
This scripture and many others had no place in the Bible if salvation comes before our submission. We may debate on what needs to be obeyed but not the need to obey
Salvation void of our obedience is absurd.
Only Christ is perfect and even He had to learn submission and so must we.
Only Christ is perfect and even He had to be obedient and so must we.
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him ----Hebrews 5:7-9
This scripture and many others had no place in the Bible if salvation comes before our submission. We may debate on what needs to be obeyed but not the need to obey
Salvation void of our obedience is absurd.
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Enough is an "indefinite pronoun" not a verb.
Insufficient is an antonym of enough.........I would then state that "enough" synonym for "sufficient"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sufficient
Sufficient definition is - enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end. How to use sufficient in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of sufficient.
Insufficient is an antonym of enough.........I would then state that "enough" synonym for "sufficient"
Sufficient definition is - enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end. How to use sufficient in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of sufficient.
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As well do have different verb tenses when verbs are combined with auxiliary verbs.
There are three main verb tenses in English: present, past and future. The present, past and future tenses are divided into four aspects: the simple, progressive, perfect and perfect progressive.
There are 12 major verb tenses.
There are three main verb tenses in English: present, past and future. The present, past and future tenses are divided into four aspects: the simple, progressive, perfect and perfect progressive.
There are 12 major verb tenses.
Rev 14:13 (ESV) And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"
What will happen if some people have not works, labors, deeds to "follow them"?
What will happen if some people have not works, labors, deeds to "follow them"?
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