Enow, these are great verses that tell us to be filled with all fruits of righteouusnes. love God not the world, they tell you , that, just believing is not enought for salvation,.We must repent of all evil in our lives to be forgiven by the blood of Jesus Lk. 24:47 is so needed today. Repent for the forgiveness of sin. Hate and forsake sin to find mercy 1Jh, 1:6-10"walk in the light and the blood of Jesus will cleanse us of sin." confess and forsake sin. Love to all,who walk in the truth, Hoffco'
Believing is enough for salvation.
John 3:[SUP]
14 [/SUP]And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: [SUP]
15 [/SUP]That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]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. [SUP]
17 [/SUP]For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [SUP]
18 [/SUP]He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The line is drawn in the sand as to who is saved from those that are not and it is by believing in Him or not.
1 Corinthians 1:[SUP]
17 [/SUP]For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. [SUP]
18 [/SUP]For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.....
[SUP]21 [/SUP]For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Being His disciple is another matter as it requires us to look to the author & finisher of our faith to help us lay aside every weight & sin in running that race for the high prize of our calling to be chosen for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb as a vessel unto honour in His House.
Those believers that did not depart from iniquity but built wood, stubble, & hay on that foundation will be judged to become vessels unto dishonour in His House and be left behind at the pre tribulational rapture event so that is why Jesus is calling believers to prepare & be ready to go because the Bridegroom will be coming soon for the repentant bride of Christ.
Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, [SUP]
2 [/SUP]Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Corinthians 9:[SUP]
24 [/SUP]Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. [SUP]
25 [/SUP]And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. [SUP]
26 [/SUP]I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: [SUP]
27 [/SUP]But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Philippians 4:[SUP]
13 [/SUP]Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, [SUP]
14 [/SUP]I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. [SUP]
15 [/SUP]Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Titus 1:[SUP]
13 [/SUP]This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; [SUP]
14 [/SUP]Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. [SUP]
15 [/SUP]Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. [SUP]
16 [/SUP]They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
2 Timothy 2:[SUP]
18 [/SUP]Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. [SUP]
19 [/SUP]Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. [SUP]
20 [/SUP]But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. [SUP]
21 [/SUP]If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
There are alot of iniquities in the churches today as well as that which could exist in any believer's life, and so we need to look to Jesus and hope in Him & His words to deliever us from every evil work in keeping us worthy to attend the Supper.
It is those that defile the temple of God, God will destroy to become that vessel unto dishonour in His House unless they repent by His grace & by His help, before the Bridegroom comes. 1
Corinthians 3:10-23
So how we build on that foundation is key as we are vessels unto honour in His House the moment we are saved BUT what we build on that foundation, God will judge and if we do not look to Him to repent... then those saints will become vessels unto dishonours in His House by being left behind to face the coming great tribulation.
Our testimony should be that we are saved NOW so we can testify that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, the Good News to man. No one is testifying that Jesus Christ might be our Saviour or that we might be saved... we are saved. If believers do not repent of this inqiuity of denying Him as the Saviour because we are saved, then they may risk being left behind.
It is because we are saved NOW that believers should live that reconciled relationship with God thru Jesus Christ as He is with us always.
1 Corinthians 6:[SUP]
19 [/SUP]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? [SUP]
20 [/SUP]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Colossians 1:[SUP]
27 [/SUP]To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory: [SUP]
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Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
So that race to be run is not for our salvation, but to run as saved believers to be His disciples by looking to the author & finisher of our faith to overcome as we live this reconciled relationship with God thru Jesus Christ. You have to have His seal to even enter the race in being His disciple which is still by His grace & by His help as the just shall live by faith.
2 Timothy 4:[SUP]
18 [/SUP]And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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