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I think all those who have been saved from eternal condemnation. WHo have passed from death due to sin, to life due to grace, and have experienced truely the salvation of God.
Do all those things in your sig..
1. The love him, because he first loved them
2. They keep his word Because he proved ot be trustworthy (although not perfectly, it is a learning process)
3. They are his sheep. thus they go where he goes. and do not walk away, But if they do get lost, He leaves the flock and goes to find them, and they immediately know his coice and follow him
4. They Know Christ. personally, Because they were saved by him, and became a part of his family
5. They know him, Because they keep his commands, and know his commands are for their benefit.
Do all those things in your sig..
1. The love him, because he first loved them
2. They keep his word Because he proved ot be trustworthy (although not perfectly, it is a learning process)
3. They are his sheep. thus they go where he goes. and do not walk away, But if they do get lost, He leaves the flock and goes to find them, and they immediately know his coice and follow him
4. They Know Christ. personally, Because they were saved by him, and became a part of his family
5. They know him, Because they keep his commands, and know his commands are for their benefit.
Saying "pure" Grace was actually a brain fart on my part. I meant Free grace.
But Pure Grace works for me too.
But Pure Grace works for me too.
We really need to be cemented in this "pure free grace" in order for the empowering aspect of grace to become manifested in our lives.
Teaching that works are needed in order to be saved in the context that they usually mean it just creates a works-based religion that actually nullifies the very grace of God that is need from operating in our lives like it is meant to.
To "fall from grace" is to buy into the idea that we can compel God to bless us ( or not hurt us ) through our performance. Paul said nothing we do matters, neither circumcision or uncircumcision. The only thing that counts is faith expressed through love. Gal. 5:6
Faith responds, it never initiates. Faith is a positive response to what God has already done by His grace. If we live by the goodness of a grace-giving God expressed in our Lord Jesus Christ, we will not fall or make void ( make of no effect ) in our lives the grace of God.
We must have the firm foundation in this free, pure acceptance grace that is all from His love and mercy towards us. From this foundation - then we can build.
As we have received Christ - so we are to walk in Him. Col. 2:6 We received Him by grace through faith and that is the way it is from start to finish.
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Yes and No.
We simply trust In the Lord Jesus Christ and His work for salvation. He is held accountable for the saving of a man.
But we are held accountable for growing in His grace and knowledge and living the Christian way of life.
All believers will enter the Kingdom. The Lord Jesus Christ is responsible and accountable for this/
But not all believers will inherit the Kingdom. We are held accountable in time and this life for living in His plan for our lives.
New American Standard Bible
"Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
We simply trust In the Lord Jesus Christ and His work for salvation. He is held accountable for the saving of a man.
But we are held accountable for growing in His grace and knowledge and living the Christian way of life.
All believers will enter the Kingdom. The Lord Jesus Christ is responsible and accountable for this/
But not all believers will inherit the Kingdom. We are held accountable in time and this life for living in His plan for our lives.
New American Standard Bible
"Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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For believers the ground rules are 4 things.
Be filled with Spirit.
Walk in the Spirit.
Do not quench the Spirit.(this what traps most of us, we quench the Spirit by trying to be righteous on our own.)
Do not grieve the Spirit.
Evaluation of believers and their life~~~At the Bema seat of Christ.
Be filled with Spirit.
Walk in the Spirit.
Do not quench the Spirit.(this what traps most of us, we quench the Spirit by trying to be righteous on our own.)
Do not grieve the Spirit.
Evaluation of believers and their life~~~At the Bema seat of Christ.
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I believe the notion that the Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of grace comes from Hebrews.
Hebrews 10:29 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:29 (NASB)
[SUP]29 [/SUP] How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?