Please don't avoid the questions. You questioned whether miracles could be done apart from God. I gave you a scriptural reference where it happened. And the unforgivable sin is to ascribe to the Holy Spirit the actions of the evil one.
OSAS, When does salvation take place?
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My conscience is unreliable. The Holy Spirit is always reliable.
When a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, all their righteous deeds will not be remembered, and they will die for their sins. This is stated in Ezekiel 18:21-28
This is why Jesus tells some "I never knew you"
Remember, the Lord gave us His righteousness to walk in (abiding in Christ) and some turn away from the Lord
2 Timothy 2:12 - If we deny Him, He also will deny us
lol, no im not judging you, why should I, me being so imperfect but trying very hard to be as GOD said, be Holy as I am HOLY. I am learning and trying to perfect myself but very far from God's standards.
These verses and parables come to mind as it should be as Christ told us it would be. it was not directed to you but to all, me included that we may be called and think we are saved but it is according to God's will and not out own. we need to persevere and be faithful to the end.
Blessings
That literally makes no sense and it's not what the verse says. You just make stuff up as you go along.
You rarely answer questions here, so I am wondering why.
Why won't you answer this one ?
Ezekiel is OT and written to Israel. There is a new covenant. Try to remember that.
That was not part of the law of Moses.
It was teaching concerning the righteous and is still applicable today in the New Covenant.
You'd be right if this was something the Lord gave under the Law of Moses, but you're not because it's not.
Cameron the magician in the courts od pharoh were not using power from God, they used it from demons that they followed they were quite evil and had nothing to do with God, of this I am certain.
Ezekiel is OT written to Israel under the old covenant of law. In Ezekiel 18:29, we read - But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right? But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?
In Ezekiel 33:13, we read - When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. Did you read that? "If he trusts in his OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS." This is the heart of the matter here. This is describing a righteousness which is by the law rather than that which is by faith.
*The New Testament states in Romans 10:3 - "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that BELIEVES.
Ezekiel addresses Israel's self-righteousness; Paul explains its ultimate solution in Christ.
I would frame it this way as this would be stronger exegetically than claiming Ezekiel 33 is directly teaching New Testament justification.
Ezekiel 33:13 is not directly teaching justification by faith versus justification by works.
Its immediate context is God's judgment of Israel under the law. However, the principle exposed in the passage is the same heart problem Paul later identifies in Romans 10:3: trusting in one's own righteousness instead of submitting to God's righteousness.
Paul then reveals that God's righteousness is found in Christ, "the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth" (Rom. 10:4)
