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Faith justifies and the faith that justifies is not our own, but the faith of Christ.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ; even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no man be justified in his sight.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ; even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no man be justified in his sight.
Hi...Did those men/women go up to the altar call on their own , if so , then they went in their own faith...
It is God alone who calls us to saving faith , He is the Alpha & Omega of our faith , that is why a true child of God , who has been adopted by God through Christ cannot walk away , we are sealed by the Holy Spirit , we are kept by the power of God , and we as His children will walk in the spirit because we love Him...xox...
It is God alone who calls us to saving faith , He is the Alpha & Omega of our faith , that is why a true child of God , who has been adopted by God through Christ cannot walk away , we are sealed by the Holy Spirit , we are kept by the power of God , and we as His children will walk in the spirit because we love Him...xox...
Faith comes first.....then love is process of growth and maturity.....
It is NOT that we loved him, but that he LOVED us and gave himself FOR US....
LET the LOVE of GOD be PERFECTED IN YOU <-----Perfect = complete or matured.....it is a process of growth and maturity.....simple as....
It is NOT that we loved him, but that he LOVED us and gave himself FOR US....
LET the LOVE of GOD be PERFECTED IN YOU <-----Perfect = complete or matured.....it is a process of growth and maturity.....simple as....
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I would say that your position does not meet the test of rigorous hermeneutics.
I would also say that there is a striving (agonizomai) that is required.
Some very tough Words here......
Lk 13:24
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able."
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
I would also say that there is a striving (agonizomai) that is required.
Some very tough Words here......
Lk 13:24
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able."
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
In a true conversion, faith does not operate without love. Both are present.
Faith works only by love for the truth. Faith does not work without love.
True, God first loved us. When we hear and understand all that God has done for us, we respond with faith that works by our response to His love with our love.
We grow and mature by increasing our knowledge and understanding of God which increases our faith because our love for God is increasing at the same time our faith is.
Hope is also present with faith and love, but the greatest is love.
Faith works only by love for the truth. Faith does not work without love.
True, God first loved us. When we hear and understand all that God has done for us, we respond with faith that works by our response to His love with our love.
We grow and mature by increasing our knowledge and understanding of God which increases our faith because our love for God is increasing at the same time our faith is.
Hope is also present with faith and love, but the greatest is love.
In a true conversion, faith does not operate without love. Both are present.
Faith works only by love for the truth. Faith does not work without love.
True, God first loved us. When we hear and understand all that God has done for us, we respond with faith that works by our response to His love with our love.
We grow and mature by increasing our knowledge and understanding of God which increases our faith because our love for God is increasing at the same time our faith is.
Hope is also present with faith and love, but the greatest is love.
Faith works only by love for the truth. Faith does not work without love.
True, God first loved us. When we hear and understand all that God has done for us, we respond with faith that works by our response to His love with our love.
We grow and mature by increasing our knowledge and understanding of God which increases our faith because our love for God is increasing at the same time our faith is.
Hope is also present with faith and love, but the greatest is love.
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved Eph2:4&5
I would think a desperate person, would cry out to God through the Spirit's conviction. No one can come to Christ unless the Father calls them. Such a person would have little love when they come, but given the faith to believe, can repent in their wretched state and believe the Son of God died for them, and they can be saved on the basis of that. Everything else would come after
I would think a desperate person, would cry out to God through the Spirit's conviction. No one can come to Christ unless the Father calls them. Such a person would have little love when they come, but given the faith to believe, can repent in their wretched state and believe the Son of God died for them, and they can be saved on the basis of that. Everything else would come after
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I once had the pleasure of witnessing to a man in the countryside of El Salvador. For the first time, he heard what Christ did for him. Crying, He received Christ as his Savior that day. When I left, He had no Bible, no nearby church, no discipleship whatsoever. That man may have rejoiced in his decision for a while, but could have easily fell back into the world through his everyday circumstances around him. That’s a reality of many.