Who Justifieth the Ungodly

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John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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Those verses pertain to the elect, Gods chosen people from all ethnicities.
 

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1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

you gonna accuse the 1 John 5:1 folks of "Justification by keeping the law" ... or is that accusation only for those of us on this thread who do not fall for your erroneous dogma???


Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive
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1 Jn 5:1 and John 1:12-13 teach that new birth preceded and is the cause of Faith, believing on Christ.
 

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you are the one who submitted the post:







Excerpt from "What is the unpardonable sin / unforgivable sin?"

The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work in the world, convicting the unsaved of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). If a person resists that conviction and remains unrepentant, then he is choosing hell over heaven. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and the object of faith is Jesus (Acts 16:31). There is no forgiveness for someone who dies without faith in Christ. God has provided for our salvation in His Son (John 3:16). Forgiveness is found exclusively in Jesus (John 14:6). To reject the only Savior is to be left with no means of salvation; to reject the only pardon is, obviously, unpardonable.
You cant get around it, since you teach that sinners Christ died for shall still be lost in their sins, that amounts to Christs death being worthless to them. Christ came to save His People from their sins, and He did Matt 1:21, His death ,made the difference from saved and lost, you deny that.
 

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The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief.
Thats because Christ didnt die for those who continue in unbelief permanently. In that case, all sin is unpardonable .

If Christ died for someone, their unbelief is pardoned, and they are given the gift of Faith as proof.
 

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The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ.
Unbelief is a sin that Christ died for, so its never laid to the charge of Gods elect, Christ saves them from it. Now for those who continue on in unbelief, Christ never died for them, He was not their sheep, and consequently die in their sins, which includes unbelief Jn 8:24

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Jn 10:26

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
 

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Justification results from faith in the One Who justifies.
Thats false, and it promotes Justification by works

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith
Thats True, Faith here is the Spirits testification to the already Justified person, the person was Justified by the Blood of Christ alone, and God gives that person Faith to know it in their own heart.
 

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If He died for us, we are Justified !

Rom 8:33-34

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Understand something, if Christ hath died for us, whether we have belived or not, we are Justified before God from all sin and counted Righteous, by the simple fact that He died; Our Faith is not necessary, our repentance is not required, no type of obedience is needed, Only His was requisite. So if we are one of the ones He died for, automatically, we are Justified before God without any other influence.

Also along with that , God will never lay anything to our charge, which is another way of saying that He will not unto us impute sin, we would be as the Blessed Man her Rom 4:8

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 13
 

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He was raised again for/because of Our Justification !

Rom 4:25

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

25 Jesus was ·given to die [handed/delivered over; 8:32] ·for [because of] our ·sins [violations; transgressions], and he was raised from the dead ·to make us right with God [for our justification; or to confirm our justification].EXB

Listen, what man made religion is so ignorant of is this: That Jesus Christ's Resurrection from the dead, was not because of or for His Own Justification of Himself as a private individual, but because of the Justification of all those for whom their offences He was delivered for ! In His Resurrection they have total Justification from all things pertaining to God, that is not in themselves, for in that they are enemies and ungodly and unbelievers, so the Justification of them is based solely upon His Work, by it they receive Justification of Life Rom 5:18.

The Resurrection of Christ is evidence that all for whom He died and rose again in behalf of, that they have been credited with Justification of Life, So He was raised because of their total Justification, No Charge can be Laid against them, even while they are unbelievers Rom 8:33

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

33 Who can ·accuse [bring an accusation/charge against] the people God has chosen? No one, because God is the One who ·makes them right [declares them righteous; justifies them]. EXB
 

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Justified freely by His Grace !

Rom 3:24

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Many calling themselves believers or christians do make a claim to believe this Truth of " Justification freely by the Grace of God" , but its my privilege to tell ya that they really dont believe it at all ! No they only pretend to in words, but if we examine their Testimony 1 Jn 4:1;Matt 7:20 it is finally discovered that their supposed Justification by Grace freely, in reality is Justification because of their act of faith or belief, but that doesn't qualify to being freely Justified by His Grace !

The word freely is very important here in this solemn declaration of truth, its the word dorean and means :

as a free gift, without payment, freely,something freely done (as gratis), i.e. without "cause"; unearned (undeserved); freely given (without cost) hence not done out of mere obligation or compulsion.

for naught

Now Listen, it cannot be truly freely , without cause, for naught if indeed my act of believing or faith is the real cause, and that is why those who are not Justified remain so, because they did not meet the qualification of exercising faith or belief; So hence, its either freely without cause or its not, cannot straddle the fence here !

Yet Paul explains why its without cause and by Grace, why its a Gift reckoned upon the Justified ones based solely the Redemption that is by Christ's Blood [being Justified by His Blood Rom 5:9]; They were Justified freely by His Grace as a Gift, because Christ's Redemptive Death freed them from the penalty of their sins ! Redemption does that. Lets look at Heb 9:12 to prove this vital point :

12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

The word redemption here, the greek word lutrósis :

(in the Old Testament: ransoming from imprisonment for debt, or from slavery, release from national misfortune, etc.), liberation, deliverance, release. redemption from the penalty of sin:

Yes Redemption from the penalty of sin, equates to Justification from all sin, and that freely solely by the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus, meaning His Blood Eph 1:7

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

This verse says the very exact thing as does Rom 3:24 only here forgiveness of sins equals Justification, Justification from the penalty of our sins and forgiveness of them are the same, and is according to the Riches of God's Grace !

All this is True because He, the Lord Jesus Christ, by His Blood shedding Death for them, satisfied all of God's vengeful Law and Justice He rightly had against all their sins against Him, So it was no cause or condition in them that influenced God to Justify them freely by His Grace, the cause was solely in the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ in their stead.

So lastly again, if we say that we believe in being Justified freely by His Grace, and yet at the same time make our act of faith to be the condition and cause why God Justified us, them we do lie and believe not the Truth, we don't believe the Truth of being Justified freely by His Grace as presented in Rom 3:24 or Titus 3:7 for that matter where it reads Titus 3:7

7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
 

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Justified by His Blood !

Rom 5:9

9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

This Truth is denied continually by all those who insist that mans Faith is the condition he must perform in order to be Justified before God and by God, which totally disregards the Precious Truth of having been Justified before God solely by the Blood of Christ, or the Death of Christ, as its clearly stated here.

In fact Rom 5:9 here is the same exact Truth Paul taught earlier in Rom 3:24

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption [by blood] that is in Christ Jesus !

Because of the Redemption that is in His Blood, which added is by Grace and that freely without no conditions, no cause in us !

In fact its a True Fact even while the redeemed ones are still being enemies Rom 5:10,19 !

Faith in Christ is not required to be Justified before God by the Blood of Christ ! The Only Faith that was required for complete that Transaction before God, was Christ's Faith or Faithfulness, His Obedience unto the Death ! 14
 
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got it ... you can provide nothing to support your claim.

your accusation goes right up there with your claim that God' Word tells us "those He died for do not have to believe it, accept itor do anything but continue being ungodly sinners"

brightfame52 aka accuser of the brethren is an apt title for you.
Nor can you provide anything to deny that claim.
I have provided proof that you are the only one on this thread who has made that claim.

Here is your claim, brightfame52:

You saying Christs death was worthless.
You provide no post submitted by me which proves up your accusation and you will not find any post submitted by me which corroborates your claim.

So again, those words came directly from your keyboard ... you are the only one who has made that blasphemous statement in this thread.




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His death was worthless, thats what it equates to.
wow .. doubling down on your lie from the pit. You proud of yourself now??? ... bet the adversary just loves those words coming from your keyboard. :rolleyes:
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I am no longer going to respond to posts you submit like that. I will point out that you have botched your response, but I'm not going to take the time to figure out who said what.

You need to take the time to learn how to submit posts so that it is clear as to who said what.
Hogwash
No, it is not "hogwash". It is rude on your part to combine your statements with my statements and submit a post where it appears I made both statements.

When you submit posts in which you do that, you just reveal your pride and arrogance ... maybe because you consider yourself "elect" and I am merely a "whoseover".




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The Gospel is hidden to them that are Lost period, matters not who hides it
Yes, brightfame52, it does matter who hides it. Because you conflate the gospel with the mystery, you are unable to understand why it matters who hides what.

The gospel is hid by satan, the god of this world. When you preach/teach that the gospel is hid, you are preaching/teaching the work of satan.

Instead of preaching/teaching what satan works in the world, you are to preach/teach the gospel ... so that the light of glorious gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God (2 Cor 4:4) shines out like a beacon ... when the light shines, the light overcomes the darkness of the adversary.

Instead of preaching/teaching the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor 4:6), you preach/teach what the adversary wants taught.

way to go brightfame52 :rolleyes:



Luke 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
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nope ... you're teaching your limited atonement erroneous dogma. You are to align your dogma to Scripture and where your dogma does not align with Scripture, you are to let go of the error.

You hold on to your error and manipulate Scripture to align with your dogma ... shameful way to handle the Word of God.
Limited atonement is a very important Gospel Truth.
Limited atonement is the "L" in TULIP aka the five-points of calvinism.

There are also calvinists who hold to four-point calvinism in which limited atonement (the "L") is not held to as adamantly as you hold to it. Four-point calvinists believe in unlimited atonement.
 
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What is clear from the text is that the promise is given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
all whom He died will be given Faith to believe
:rolleyes: the verse does not state that faith "will be given".

Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The verse states that the promise ... will be given to those who believe.

Another futile attempt to manipulate Scripture to align with your erroneous dogma fails again.

You are to align your dogma to Scripture and where you are in error, let go of the error.




Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Clearly faith is not works. You do understand that the word "believeth" [Greek pisteuó] is the verb form of the Greek word pístis (faith), yes?
You teach erronously that Faith is a condition men meet to get saved, thats works, thats law keeping.
Since Scripture is very clear in telling us that faith ≠ works, you are in error when you claim "thats works, thats law keeping".


Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive
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You have again botched your reply in your Post #2293.

I am not going to respond to posts you submit where you include your statement in a quote in which it appears I made the satement. I will point out that you have botched your response, but I'm not going to take the time to figure out who said what.

You need to take the time to learn how to submit posts so that it is clear as to who said what.
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"they save no one" is nothing but a lie from the pit. The problem is not with Scripture. The problem is that folks don't open the Book and read it.

The problem is that the Bible, the Word of God, is "setting around collecting dust".
The scripture doesnt save anyone, the Christ it reveals does.
When the Lord Jesus Christ walked the face of the earth, He studied the Scriptures. He is our example ... we are to follow Him.

Studying Scripture was good enough for Him and I will follow Him.

Maybe if you studied the Scriptures a little more diligently, you'd be able to see the erroneousness of your dogma.

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.




What is "disrespectful to the Spirit of Truth" is to have the Bible, the Word of God, "setting around collecting dust".
you say any natural man can pick it up, knock dust off it, and read it and understand it with his spiritually darkened mind and heart.
Please provide the post where I said that, brightfame52.

Your statement is yet another of your revisionist manipulation. I'm not surprised though, since you do the same with Scripture,


Psalm 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

That's just the entrance of thy words ... when a person first starts reading Scripture. Scripture tells us about itself ... Scripture gives light ... Scripture gives understanding. Again, this is just the beginning, when a person first starts to read Scripture.


Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick [Greek zaō = life], and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.




Why do you waste time doing all that, word studies,
Because you spewed your lie that the Word of God "takes no effect inwardly"
Studying the word hasn't helped you one bit
Yet another lie from the pit because you do not understand the power of the Scriptures.
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Again, just because you misinterpret Scripture to claim that faith = works, when Scripture plainly tells us faith ≠ works does not mean I am entangled in your error.
You condition salvation on your act of believing
Nope. Salvation is wholly by grace through faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

vs 8 by grace through faith

vs 9 faith ≠ works (see also Romans 4:1-5 for Scripture which tells us faith ≠ works).
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your "human faith" fallacy has been proven to be in error as there is only one faith (Eph 4:5).

your "faith is law keeping" fallacy has been proven to be in error as Scripture is clear that faith ≠ works (Rom 4:5).

Your erroneous dogma does not hold up under the scrutiny of Scripture.
You condition salvation on human faith
your notion of "human faith" and "natural mans faith out of his flesh" and "faith is law" is just more of your vain imagining in your continued attempt to support your erroneous dogma.

Faith is faith ... there is only one faith with which mankind believes.

The issue is not "do you have faith".

The issue is "in WHOM do you have faith".

The atheist believes there is no God.

The pagan believes in many gods.

The born again one believes in God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ ... the Savior of the whole world ... all descendants of Adam.

Those who do not believe in God are without excuse because God has provided to all mankind all that is necessary to believe in Him.


Ephesians 1:13 In whom [the Lord Jesus Christ] ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise


After you heard, you believed.

After you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise (regenerated / born again)
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your false claim that all men naturally have been given the Gift of Faith.
The gift of salvation is wholly by grace through faith.
You my friend advocate Salvation conditioned on man, your act of believing. Thats works and flat out denies your statement here
Scripture clearly states that faith ≠ works:

Romans 4:

2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.


READ YOUR BIBLE!!!
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I'm not going to respond to your Post #2229 because you botched your quote from whatever post of mine you were responding to.
I dont blame you because it shows how you in contradiction, you condition salvation on mans act of faith, thats works !
nope ... it shows you need to learn how to submit posts so that it is clear as to who said what.
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