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The first part of rest is to know and be assured you will get to heaven based on the work of God, and not worrying about whether you will fail or not. God promised Abraham his people would be under seige for 400 years, but then be rescued and given the land he promised. Those who had faith in the promise of God entered his rest, because they KNEW GOD WOULD KEEP HIS PROMISE. thus never complained. Those who did not believe God would keep his promise. As God said, Would not enter his rest. why? because they sinned? No, because they did not believe.
Then comes the second aspect of rest. Learning to trust God in our every day lives. The people who had faith in Isreal learned to trust God, he would take care of their needs, He would defend their enemies. He would do all he promised to do. They were not perfect. but they understood who God was.
You want to reject the first part of rest. so how can you say you can even possibly enter his rest? Learn what it is before you start condemning people!
How can I be assured? Because I have the spirit of God in me, And God promised with the spirit, I will bear fruit. Because it is God working in me, Not me working. A fact you can;t comprehend
Work out my salvation? You mean the salvation I have? You grossly misinterpret what Paul said here. Everyone who is saved has salvation, and been given the means to be lights in the world. Our job is to be these lights which will draw people to God as God uses us, Paul said we should work out the RESULT of our salvation, and not have our light put out by doing something which would allow people to use those things against us,m and take away from the word of God.
If you do not have salvation, you HAVE NOTHING TO WORK OUT!
Because what you teach is about you. And not about God. You want to put yourself under law. And place your eternal life based on what YOU DO, or what you HOPE You do not do. There are to many I's in your gospel. and there is no I in salvation and no I in grace. When you figure this out, you will finally see God and the true love he has for his children.
Again your assumptions are amazing. I do this every day.
1. I see myself as guilty, totally unable to do anything without God
2. I see myself as condemned, A sinner, who is not worthy of the love of my father
3. I see myself as running the race. Knowing I no matter how hard I try, I still need to try harder, and trust God more and more. We are in a spiritual war. Being retired military, I know how the things of war goes. it is when we sit still and think we made it, when the enemy comes in and destroys us. If you think you ever made it, or could ever make it on your own, you are in serious danger.
I am flabberghasted at how blind you are to see what true rest is, What true salvation is. And how complete in Christ you could be if you would just get off your highhorse and get off self and place it all on Christ,
He promised us back in genesis he would take whoever believes in him to the promised land. If yuo want rest, You have to KNOW GOD WILL DO WHAT HE STARTED TO DO. You can;t do that, because you have to assume you will not fall off the path, because it is ALL ABOUT YOU, and NOT GOD
Then comes the second aspect of rest. Learning to trust God in our every day lives. The people who had faith in Isreal learned to trust God, he would take care of their needs, He would defend their enemies. He would do all he promised to do. They were not perfect. but they understood who God was.
You want to reject the first part of rest. so how can you say you can even possibly enter his rest? Learn what it is before you start condemning people!
How can I be assured? Because I have the spirit of God in me, And God promised with the spirit, I will bear fruit. Because it is God working in me, Not me working. A fact you can;t comprehend
Work out my salvation? You mean the salvation I have? You grossly misinterpret what Paul said here. Everyone who is saved has salvation, and been given the means to be lights in the world. Our job is to be these lights which will draw people to God as God uses us, Paul said we should work out the RESULT of our salvation, and not have our light put out by doing something which would allow people to use those things against us,m and take away from the word of God.
If you do not have salvation, you HAVE NOTHING TO WORK OUT!
Because what you teach is about you. And not about God. You want to put yourself under law. And place your eternal life based on what YOU DO, or what you HOPE You do not do. There are to many I's in your gospel. and there is no I in salvation and no I in grace. When you figure this out, you will finally see God and the true love he has for his children.
Again your assumptions are amazing. I do this every day.
1. I see myself as guilty, totally unable to do anything without God
2. I see myself as condemned, A sinner, who is not worthy of the love of my father
3. I see myself as running the race. Knowing I no matter how hard I try, I still need to try harder, and trust God more and more. We are in a spiritual war. Being retired military, I know how the things of war goes. it is when we sit still and think we made it, when the enemy comes in and destroys us. If you think you ever made it, or could ever make it on your own, you are in serious danger.
I am flabberghasted at how blind you are to see what true rest is, What true salvation is. And how complete in Christ you could be if you would just get off your highhorse and get off self and place it all on Christ,
He promised us back in genesis he would take whoever believes in him to the promised land. If yuo want rest, You have to KNOW GOD WILL DO WHAT HE STARTED TO DO. You can;t do that, because you have to assume you will not fall off the path, because it is ALL ABOUT YOU, and NOT GOD