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I had rather say this to you...
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I am thinking that deeds are good works or evil works. What do you think?
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I am thinking that deeds are good works or evil works. What do you think?
I am thinking it is exactly what is written word for word.
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I do not change the wording in the verses to fit what I want to believe.
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I do not change the wording in the verses to fit what I want to believe.
The context is clear...deeds can be either......and let me ask you.....Was Peter saved?
When he denied Jesus were his deeds evil or good?
Was David saved?
Were his deeds good or evil when he took Bathsheba and Killed Uriah?
Was Moses saved?
Were his deeds good or evil when he struck the rock twice in anger?
Was Daniel saved?
What characteristics would you apply to his deeds that caused him to confess his SINS? Good or evil?
Saved children of God sometimes fail, sin, and wander in the wilderness for a while either willingly or placed there by GOD to chastise them....So another question....
God chastens every son whom he RECEIVES....does he CHASTEN them because their deeds are GOOD or EVIL?
When he denied Jesus were his deeds evil or good?
Was David saved?
Were his deeds good or evil when he took Bathsheba and Killed Uriah?
Was Moses saved?
Were his deeds good or evil when he struck the rock twice in anger?
Was Daniel saved?
What characteristics would you apply to his deeds that caused him to confess his SINS? Good or evil?
Saved children of God sometimes fail, sin, and wander in the wilderness for a while either willingly or placed there by GOD to chastise them....So another question....
God chastens every son whom he RECEIVES....does he CHASTEN them because their deeds are GOOD or EVIL?
If the intention of the heart is to do good, but evil is actually done which matters more?
The intention or the action? Surely it is the action that is the fulfilment of the intention or
tells the lie of the intention.
Jesus told this parable
What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
Matt 21:28-31
Doing matters more than intentions. Intensions are just a desire but do not dictate
truth or delusion, it is the actions that show whether the intention was real or fake.
The intention or the action? Surely it is the action that is the fulfilment of the intention or
tells the lie of the intention.
Jesus told this parable
What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
Matt 21:28-31
Doing matters more than intentions. Intensions are just a desire but do not dictate
truth or delusion, it is the actions that show whether the intention was real or fake.
B
I think this is a waste of time to discuss all these hypothetical scenarios. Many people can have good intentions that are going to hell. The axiom "the road to hell is paved with good intentions' is true. Any good deed we do is filthy rags to God if it is not Christ doing the work through us by faith that works by love.
The word obedience means to do what someone tells you to do.
Short circuiting words by making them mean something else is just delusion, literally.
If you change the words from obedience to do what I tell you the meaning is maintained.
If you say the word in greek obedience means faith, you have redefined a langauge.
That is just rewriting scripture.
Sin is doing evil acts. It is sinful to not love God. But it does not say you must trust
God, because trust is part of love but not everything and all its aspects. Equally breaking
the 10 commandments imply a lack of love for God, but they highlight a consequence of
a lack of a relationship with God.
This is just a kind of brainwashing to justify heresy and apostacy, to resolve a cognitive
dissonance, which insists changing the meaning of scripture by not rewriting it, but by
changing the meanings of the language.
Now once you loose contact with reality, and you emotional desire to admit Gods word
is pre-eminent, this is the only way to keep a faith, while making it easy believism.
And it is true there is no argument against this, because it should not happen, and is so
flawed in its logic it is a joke.
All believers trust God for the resurrection of the dead, to save us and bring us into heaven.
Only a judgemental individual would disown another believer's faith, that it is invalid because
they hold one view of security in Christ and not another. God will save people according to His
will and not our theological views.
So this post dictates arrogance, condemnation, judgementalism, and rejection.
It redefines scripture and Christ words in a heretical, delusional way. They say the biggest lies
are the brazen lies, which commit the biggest errors in plain sight, because after this everything
changes. So the challenge for Gods people is to shine a light on this sin and blasphemy, and
simple throw it out as it deserves.
Those who continue as evil doers, and not repent and walk in righteousness, their end is death
and not life as Paul describes. The continual denial of Gods word and the obvious teaching of
the apostles confirms there position rather than reaffirming their inspiration.
Short circuiting words by making them mean something else is just delusion, literally.
If you change the words from obedience to do what I tell you the meaning is maintained.
If you say the word in greek obedience means faith, you have redefined a langauge.
That is just rewriting scripture.
Sin is doing evil acts. It is sinful to not love God. But it does not say you must trust
God, because trust is part of love but not everything and all its aspects. Equally breaking
the 10 commandments imply a lack of love for God, but they highlight a consequence of
a lack of a relationship with God.
This is just a kind of brainwashing to justify heresy and apostacy, to resolve a cognitive
dissonance, which insists changing the meaning of scripture by not rewriting it, but by
changing the meanings of the language.
Now once you loose contact with reality, and you emotional desire to admit Gods word
is pre-eminent, this is the only way to keep a faith, while making it easy believism.
And it is true there is no argument against this, because it should not happen, and is so
flawed in its logic it is a joke.
All believers trust God for the resurrection of the dead, to save us and bring us into heaven.
Only a judgemental individual would disown another believer's faith, that it is invalid because
they hold one view of security in Christ and not another. God will save people according to His
will and not our theological views.
So this post dictates arrogance, condemnation, judgementalism, and rejection.
It redefines scripture and Christ words in a heretical, delusional way. They say the biggest lies
are the brazen lies, which commit the biggest errors in plain sight, because after this everything
changes. So the challenge for Gods people is to shine a light on this sin and blasphemy, and
simple throw it out as it deserves.
Those who continue as evil doers, and not repent and walk in righteousness, their end is death
and not life as Paul describes. The continual denial of Gods word and the obvious teaching of
the apostles confirms there position rather than reaffirming their inspiration.
B
Isaiah still pertains. Phil 3:8 ...For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own … It is still possible today to do works in our own strength apart from God that is like wood hay and stubble as Paul said. The filthy rags are self-righteous works. This still goes on today, but those that are led by the Spirit of God are not being self-righteous. "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law" ( Romans 3:28 ) People still think they are justified by their works and the law which is still filthy works to God. Just because it is before the indwelling of the Holy Spirit doesn't mean Isaiah doesn't pertain when it comes to doing works in our own strength. It is possible to be a saved Christian and be self-righteous or sin.
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