That's right, justified when they obey the command to love which is a work.
IT IS NOT A WORK WHEN YOU DO IT OUT GODLY LOVE, IT IS NOT A BURDEN,
IT SAYS SO!
Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)
8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
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not from works, so that no one can boast.
Romans 3:20 (HCSB)
20 For
no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin ⌊comes⌋ through the law.
Titus 3:5-8 (HCSB)
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He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
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This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
2 John 1:2 (HCSB)
2
because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
Ephesians 1:13-14 (HCSB)
13 When you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him,
you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
14 He is the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
1 Peter 1:3-5 (HCSB)
3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
According to His great mercy,
He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
4 and
into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Romans 9:32 (HCSB)
32 Why is that?
Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
Galatians 3:10-11 (HCSB)
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For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written: Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.
11 Now
it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.
Romans 11:6 (HCSB)
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Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
2 Samuel 23:5 (NCV)
5 “This is how God has cared for my family. God made a lasting agreement with me, right and sure in every way.
He will accomplish my salvation and satisfy all my desires.
Philippians 1:6 (HCSB)
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I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
1 John 3:14 (HCSB)
14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers.
The one who does not love remains in death.
I Must Ask: "ARE YOU BORN AGAIN, and HOW DO YOU KNOW IT ? ? ?
1 Corinthians 2:13-14 (NIV)
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This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
