Not By Works

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He has no idea what belief is.

For him its like...... Dorothy wandering through the Land of Oz trying to get back to Kansas.
Amen...his idiocy is exposed evetytime he peddles that He must maintain his faith to stay saved.....this view absolutely DENIES Jesus FINISHING AND COMPLETING the work of faith HE BEGINS IN US.....

His self maintained faith is not only void of God, it reeks of evil, denies Jesus, the power/promises of Jesus, the word of God and is contrary to the truth...!
 
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Its like the Lord gets you up in the morning, (you know you dont get yourself up)
and you have to convince yourself you beleive or that you are saved, daily.

Must be exhausting...
No, the convincing comes from God.
My responsibility is to then trust in what God has convinced me is true.

I just want to know how/why my trust in God in response to his gift of faith--his gift of convincing--is me trying to save myself by works.
Can anyone explain this to me?
I would think you would want to make sure everyone knows the real way to be saved.
 
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... belief brings the Holy Spirit... I do not need to believe He is there for Him to be there, that is just silly.
So you're saying I can go back to unbelief and I'm still saved?
Just make it clear so I'm not open to any more accusations of slandering you and others who have the same doctrine as you do.
 

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So you're saying I can go back to unbelief and I'm still saved?
Just make it clear so I'm not open to any more accusations of slandering you and others who have the same doctrine as you do.
but you just said that if one is not doing good works, then one is not saved.
I gave you the definition of the word believe. you seeded to reject it.

it seems that , as I have told you multiple times, you do not really think that belief in Christ is all it takes to be saved..
 
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No, the convincing comes from God.
My responsibility is to then trust in what God has convinced me is true.
Do you not hear yourself?

If you are HIs you are His , by your own words, HE DOES IT!

I just want to know how/why my trust in God in response to his gift of faith--his gift of convincing--is me trying to save myself by works.
HE PUT IT IN YOU!!! THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO UNDO WHAT GOD HAS DONE, HE DOES IT
we are HIS tools......
I would think you would want to make sure everyone knows the real way to be saved.
Indeed, but not saved by man"...but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God..."


"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

...period.
 
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but you just said that if one is not doing good works, then one is not saved.
If one does not have a changed life they show they are not a new creation through faith in Christ.
This is right out of 1 John.
Do you disagree with John?


I gave you the definition of the word believe. you seeded to reject it.
I think you gave me the definition of the noun 'faith' (Hebrews 11:1).
Trusting in Christ is the verb action that we do in response to the thing, the faith, that God gives us.


it seems that , as I have told you multiple times, you do not really think that belief in Christ is all it takes to be saved..
Trust in the blood of Christ all by itself justifies a person, apart from any merit of righteous works.

Works are required only in that they are the result of being justified in Christ apart from works.
No works means you aren't really justified in Christ.
That's how works have to be part of a genuine salvation.
They don't earn anything, they show the genuineness of one's salvation.
The absence of that evidence shows you do not have salvation by faith apart from works.
 
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According to the Bible, I must continue to believe in that which saves me to be saved by that which saves me.
The bible does not teach that drivel....JESUS finishes and completes it....not you deceiver!

And IF WE BELIVE NOT HE ABIDES FAITHFUL BECAUSE HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF

you are not of God dude....and what you peddle is false!
 
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The bible does not teach that drivel....JESUS finishes and completes it....not you deceiver!

And IF WE BELIVE NOT HE ABIDES FAITHFUL BECAUSE HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF

you are not of God dude....and what you peddle is false!
So, you're saying I can go back to unbelief and still be saved?
 
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So, you're saying I can go back to unbelief and still be saved?
What I am saying is...
a. What you peddle is false
b. You deny Jesus by saying YOU MUST MAINTAIN FAITH
c. My bible states JESUS FINISHES AND COMPLETES FAITH IN US
d. BECAUSE OF C, IF EVEN WE BELIEVE NOT AFTER BELIEF HE ABIDES FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISE to FINISH AND COMPLETE FAITH IN US<-THE RESULT OF FAITH IS ETERNAL LIFE DIA SALVATION

No....do not address me again...you are false, divisive, peddle a false gospel, are not of God, falsely accuse, twist what we say, deny truth, context, the bible and the Spirit of God does not lead you pal....

End of story......with one final suggestion...Go start a thread that states...I HELP JESUS BECAUSE HE IS AN INEPT SAVIOR THAT CANNOT KEEP HIS WORD AND NEEDS MY HELP!!!