The bible does not contradict and works have never saved a man nor will they....regardless of how many times you neglect context and push your false drivel......are you dense...EXPLAIN-->>NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HAS HE SAVED US
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IT PLEASED GOD BY THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE
Your view reeks of contradiction and a complete disregard for context and the time frame of the life and words of Christ
NOT BY WORKS
THEM THAT BELIEVE
Reconciliation, Unity, Obedience
2 Timothy 4:1-8 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: PREACH the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; CORRECT, REBUKE and ENCOURAGE—with great patience and CAREFUL INSTRUCTION. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, TO SUIT THEIR OWN DESIRES, they will gather around them a great number of teachers TO SAY WHAT THEIR ITCHING EARS WANT TO HEAR. They will turn their ears AWAY FROM THE TRUTH and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,DO THE WORK of an evangelist, discharge all the DUTIES OF YOUR MINISTRY. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have FINISHED THE RACE, I have KEPT THE FAITH. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
Ephesians 1:13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
John 9:4-5 As long as it is day, WE MUST DO THE WORK OF HIM WHO SENT ME. night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
1 Timothy 4:15-16 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will SAVE both yourself and your hearers.
2 Corinthians 5:18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION:
Ephesians 2:11-22 One in Christ Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men)— remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Romans 9:4-5 the people of Israel. Theirs is the ADOPTION AS SONS; theirs the DIVINE GLORY, THE COVENANTS, THE RECEIVING OF THE LAW the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of CHRIST, who is GOD OVER ALL, forever praised! Amen.
WE WERE GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION LEADING PEOPLE TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD AND TO REACH “UNITY IN THE FAITH.”
Ephesians 4:1-13 ….until we all reach UNITY in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:10 Divisions in the Church I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be PERFECTLY UNITED in mind and thought.
WHO PREACHES UNITY IN THE BODY?
WHO CREATES DIVISION BY CALLING THOSE WHO OBSERVE OR KEEP GOD’S LAWS & COMMANDMENTS AS PHARISEES (a member of a JEWISH sect), ACCUSING THEM OF BEING UNDER THE LAW, SINLESS PERFECTIONISTS, WORKS SALVATIONISTS ETC., WHILE CALLING THEMSELVES AS GENUINE BELIEVERS WHO ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW, ARE NOT SINLESS (SINNERS), FAITHFULLY SAVED WITHOUT OR VOID OF WORKS AND MANY OTHER BOASTINGS WHICH SEPARATES THEM FROM THE LATTER WHO WORKS FOR THE HONOR AND GLORY OF THE ONE WHO SENT THEM.
Jude 1:19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
WHO TEACHES OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMANDS?
WHO TEACHES DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S LAWS AND COMMANDS?
Ephesians 2:1-2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are DISOBEDIENT.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are DISOBEDIENT.
Titus 1:16 They claim to know God, but BY THEIR ACTIONS THEY DENY HIM. They are detestable, DISOBEDIENT and unfit for doing anything good.
2 Corinthians 10:6 And we will be ready to PUNISH EVERY ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE, once your OBEDIENCE IS COMPLETE.
Hebrews 5:7-9 During the days of JESUS’ life on earth, he OFFERED up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could SAVE him from death, and he was heard because of his REVERENT SUBMISSION. Although he was A SON, he learned OBEDIENCE from what he SUFFERED and, once made PERFECT, he became the SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION for all who OBEY him.
LET’ NO ONE DECEIVE YOU!!!
1 John 4:1 Test the Spirits Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
John 7:17-18 If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID…
Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 19:17,25-26 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS.”
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “WHO THEN CAN BE SAVED?”
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but WITH God all things are possible.”