Not By Works
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Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Romans 5:15-17
15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Romans 5:15-17
15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are mature, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." - Heb 5:12-14
It is a trip when one ponders the absolute truth of the above verse and the concept of there being NO LAW against having/living/showing these in out life....another truth....these come in varying shades of degree and in every possible combination within the ranks of true believers.......I.E.....believer (a) maybe be faithdully mature and carry all to some degree....believer (b) may be spiritually immature and have the beginiings of a few or all 7....believer (c) may be spiritually stunted in growth and have 1....and so on and so forth......after eternal salvation it is all a process of growth and maturity coupled with the outward transformation due to the inward spiritual growth...
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Those who are mature will show it by their words and deeds.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child;
but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
"For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?"
"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are mature, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
Amen.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child;
but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
"For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?"
"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are mature, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
Amen.
You’re openly accusing CC members of not repenting. Not only have we repented and bear good fruit, but none of us feel convicted by the Holy Spirit for wrong doings that are not taking place.
Name names otherwise you’re admitting you’re a false prophet spreading a false gospel and worthy of being accursed.
Name names otherwise you’re admitting you’re a false prophet spreading a false gospel and worthy of being accursed.
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Lemonade stand....make no mistake.....your self help guru gospel that leads to bondage and that which cannot save is skewed and not truth........and not one man of the bible, other than Jesus which came to be sin for us, was without fault, sin, failure.....Daniel was of the three men listed and God stated that IF IT WERE POSSIBLE to be delivered by the righeousness they had done these three men would be it....and with NOT ONE SIN RECORDED OF DANIEL, HE CONFESSED HIS SINS to God........there is not a just man upon the earth that DOES GOOD AND SINS NOT.....
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