Not By Works

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Hizikyah

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I love the way you have put that.
One step forward. But a step forwards. The step may small to start with but they get bigger.

God bless you my friend and brother in Jesus.
praiseYah for His mercy and His people!

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Psalm 40:16, "May all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You! May those who love Your Salvation always say: May YHWH be magnified!"[/FONT]
 

BillG

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I've seen a lot of postings here with no verses.
Read some pretty harsh stuff too.
Very unchristianly...
Lots of verses posted, not sure how you have missed them. I myself have posted many but with a view to back up what I am to say and what I beleive in.
 
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Not wishing to argue with you here.
Thats not my style.

But the truth is others can say the same about you

”Many come in his name to deceive”

To be honest I am in the catergory of the people you accuse of comeing to deceive.
I am not here to do that.
I don’t think you are either.

We all have a purpose and it’s not deceive.

Lets not go down that route.

Works will be judged and burned up If crap.

Faith will stand the test. Gold
Are you saying @Studyman is trying to deceive persons here?
How?
What did he say that's wrong?
To me it sounds like everything he said is okay.

Also, you said works will be burned up and faith will stand.
Yeah, we must have faith.
But James said that faith without works is dead.
A dead faith equals no faith.
James 2:17

If our faith is dead, how could we possibly be saved?

I do believe Jesus said we will be judged by our deeds:
John 5:28-29

How do you reconcile?
 
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Lots of verses posted, not sure how you have missed them. I myself have posted many but with a view to back up what I am to say and what I beleive in.
Sorry.
I just got here and have only read a little bit.
 

BillG

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Are you saying @Studyman is trying to deceive persons here?
How?
What did he say that's wrong?
To me it sounds like everything he said is okay.

Also, you said works will be burned up and faith will stand.
Yeah, we must have faith.
But James said that faith without works is dead.
A dead faith equals no faith.
James 2:17

If our faith is dead, how could we possibly be saved?

I do believe Jesus said we will be judged by our deeds:
John 5:28-29

How do you reconcile?
No no not saying that Studyman is trying to deceive at all.

If you read his post that I responded to he was saying that in his response that the other person was here to deceive.

I just said that the other person could say the same.

If you read my thread which of course you did.

I said to Studyman and the other person and me are not here to deceive.
However If what we say and do is considered dead works it will be burned up but as a result of faith in Jesus we wil be saved.

The truth is works will be tested and some will be be burned up but faith is what saves.
 

BillG

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Are you saying @Studyman is trying to deceive persons here?
How?
What did he say that's wrong?
To me it sounds like everything he said is okay.

Also, you said works will be burned up and faith will stand.
Yeah, we must have faith.
But James said that faith without works is dead.
A dead faith equals no faith.
James 2:17

If our faith is dead, how could we possibly be saved?

I do believe Jesus said we will be judged by our deeds:
John 5:28-29

How do you reconcile?
To be honest I am in the catergory of the people you accuse of comeing to deceive.
I am not here to do that.
I don’t think you are either.

We all have a purpose and it’s not deceive.
The above was part of my post to Studyman
 
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=dcontroversal;3316766]Cough cough....a hatred for the false dogma pushed by a few........such as the following...

a. We keep ourselves saved

We offer ourselves a living sacrifice to God. <---YEP does not change point a


b. Jesus cannot finish what he started

Unless you repent, you shall likewise perish <--yep does not change point b


c. Jesus needs our help to keep us saved

We need Jesus help if we are to be saved. <---False....JESUS saves us completely and to the uttermost

d. Sinless perfectionism


Humble obedience to God <--does not change the lie of sinless perfectionism


e. The words eternal as applied unto life = temporal

We are born mortal, and will remain that way until a higher power grants us immortality <---False...given it upon salvation which is immediate


f. The seal of the Holy spirit can be broken like the lid on a bowl of left over lasagna


The Holy Spirit is given to those who obey God. <--False...Given to all who are born again



g. Salvation can be lost and gained like a dime in the park


Not everyone who say Lord, Lord is granted Salvation. <--Sure....workers for do not make it


and on and on and on.................

"many" come in His Name to deceive"
Every point you made is false and misleading and does not address anything I said.
 
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Hizikyah

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Mat 7:12-14, "Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the (intent of the) Law and the Prophets. Enter in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go that way. Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads to life, and few there are who find it."[/FONT]
 
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I've seen a lot of postings here with no verses.
Read some pretty harsh stuff too.
Very unchristianly...
You probably would have said the same thing when John called the Pharisees a generation of vipers or when Jesus called them white washed coffins filled with the bones of dead men....SAY....

How Christian was Jesus making a whip and driving the money changers from the temple?

or When Elijah mocked and ridiculed the prophets of Baal?
 

Hizikyah

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You probably would have said the same thing when John called the Pharisees a generation of vipers or when Jesus called them white washed coffins filled with the bones of dead men....SAY....

How Christian was Jesus making a whip and driving the money changers from the temple?

or When Elijah mocked and ridiculed the prophets of Baal?
Why are you always attacking people's character? This person sees name calling and says something you put this on them? Exaggerate much?
 

gb9

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Mat 7:12-14, "Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the (intent of the) Law and the Prophets. Enter in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go that way. Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads to life, and few there are who find it."
negative. the little phrase you slid in there ( the intent of ) is NOT what that verse says. not one main translation says anything like this. the essence of the Law and the intent of the profits.

nice try at Hebrew roots garbage/deception . but one cannot add intent that is not there.
 
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Are you saying @Studyman is trying to deceive persons here?
How?
What did he say that's wrong?
To me it sounds like everything he said is okay.

Also, you said works will be burned up and faith will stand.
Yeah, we must have faith.
But James said that faith without works is dead.
A dead faith equals no faith.
James 2:17

If our faith is dead, how could we possibly be saved?

I do believe Jesus said we will be judged by our deeds:
John 5:28-29

How do you reconcile?
Everything he said in that post was false and misleading and did not for one second address anything I said

You know....you sound a lot like Fran.....she used a little girl for an avatar and used PINK for her name......
 
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Why are you always attacking people's character? This person sees name calling and says something you put this on them? Exaggerate much?
My post was valid.....people who see the hard sword play automatically say stuff like that and my points are valid....do me a favor....do not accuse me again serious.....You play this harp all the time and this is a war we are in....this is not tiddly winks and afternoon tea.....I have watched you accuse and or twist or misrepresent what people say on a regular basis.....what does your law keeping say about that?
 
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Everything he said in that post was false and misleading and did not for one second address anything I said

You know....you sound a lot like Fran.....she used a little girl for an avatar and used PINK for her name......

Could be her, who knows, but it seems possible
As she tended to post like this in sort of
a prose style, shorter sentences. Habits are really
really hard to break and can tend to give someone away.
 

Hizikyah

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Mat 7:12-14, "Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the (intent of the) Law and the Prophets. Enter in through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go that way. Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads to life, and few there are who find it."
negative. the little phrase you slid in there ( the intent of ) is NOT what that verse says. not one main translation says anything like this. the essence of the Law and the intent of the profits.

nice try at Hebrew roots garbage/deception . but one cannot add intent that is not there.
It is in italics...

Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets

Therefore, all things you want men to do to you, do the same to them, for this is the (intent of the) Law and the Prophets

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Timothy 1:5, “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.”[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 Timothy 1:5-7, " But the goal* of the commandment is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions."[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif](goal) is word #G5056 – télos; Greek Dictionary (Lexicon-Concordance) - #5056 telos {tel'-os} from a primary tello (to set out for a definite point or goal)[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]HELPS Word-studies – 5056 télos (a neuter noun) – properly, consummation (the end-goal, purpose), such as closure with all its results.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 John 4:20, “"If someone says, "I love Yah," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love Yah whom he has not seen."[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 John 2:3-7, “And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Yah has been perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked. Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.”[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1 John 5:2-3, "By this we know that we love the children of Yah, when we love Yah and guard His commands. For this is the love for Yah, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy."[/FONT]