With respect you have built your house on the sand!
You are standing on your own merits - and they are utterly utterly worthless.
You cannot be saved on this basis.
Salvation in Christ is based purely on His merits, on the work that He did on the cross, by His blood.
And if you are saved then what you are has been changed irrevocably - you are no longer a goat but a sheep. (Refer back a few posts for the context.)
This is not something that can be altered.
Assurance of salvation is not a pipe-dream but a reality.
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With respect you have built your house on the sand!
You are standing on your own merits - and they are utterly utterly worthless.
You cannot be saved on this basis.
Salvation in Christ is based purely on His merits, on the work that He did on the cross, by His blood."
thats not at all what Jesus said about it, in fact the quote there about "building on sand is a reference to the opposite
matthew 7:24-27 "
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26And EVERYONE that heareth these SAYINGS OF MINE and DOETH THEM NOT, shall be likened unto a FOOLISH MAN, WHICH BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND: 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and IT FELL: and great was the fall of it."
this is Jesus Christ, saying if you do the things im teaching, you are building upon a rock, and your house will stand. If you do not do these things im telling you, you are building upon the sand, and youre house will fall. wise v foolish. do the word, or explain why Jesus didnt understand the Kingdom.
the "finished work of the cross" doesnt appear in scripture anywhere, and to be hinest isnt taught for us to hav faith in the cross anywhere in scripture, but rather to Have faith in the One who WENT TO THE CROSS for us. we can say on one hand " i believe in Jesus, hes my Lord" and then on the other, we can Hear the truth which is as much the WORK of God as Jesus death and resurrection.
matthew 7:21 "
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven"<<<
john 7:16-17 "
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. "
Jesus plainly taught, and then said do these things, they are the word of God. Building on sand would be to ignore Jesus words, and create a new salvation like " rest in the finished work of the cross" which no one on this site created, happened long ago. but God be praised we have the Words of Our Lord and savior Known as the truth, and we need never part from His words, but rather conform our beliefs to His. He taught consistantly "calling me lord is not what im teaching you, but to act as if Im your Lord. He knew all along he would die as a ransom for the world, he taught His disciples as much. His words are the thing we need Know and believe and follow, not a single word of Jesus is the "law of moses" , every word is Lofe and spirit and truth and Light and freedom from sin and therefore its consequences. the events of the cross, is Our passover, our forgiveness, our atonement for our past sins, His doctrine provides the forgiveness for the future.
Matthew 6:14-15 "
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
so we need to follow His word, theres no other path to the Father, the cross is certainly a boig important part of the gospel, like the resurrection, But His words are the gospel as well. to accept His sacrifice and not His teachings is to reject Him who said this
john 12:48-50 "
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak."
to accept His words along with his sacrifice is salvation, when we accept His words, they create us in new because we have faith in the One who spoke these things, Jesus.
