Jesus continually spoke of being a doer of the word.
What do we have to do? We have to pick up our cross, deny ourselves and follow Him.
What does that mean? It means we have to lay aside ALL filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the implanted word.
In other words we have to STOP SINNING and by sinning I mean WILLFUL KNOWN TRANSGRESSION.
When Paul taught "repentance PROVEN by deeds" the deeds he was referring to was a changed life. A life where one was no longer walking after the lusts of the flesh in disobedience to God. The disobedience ends in repentance otherwise there was no real repentance.
A fornicator forsakes his fornication. An adulterer forsakes his adultery. An idolator forsakes his idolatry. A thief stops stealing. A Drunk stops getting drunk. A liar stops lying. A murderer stops murdering. The known sins stop.
In other words one does what the Prodigal Son did, they change their mind about sin and forsake it. The Prodigal Son left the pig pen and so does anyone else who wants to come to Christ. It is such a simple and plain message. There is no mystery. You don't approach God seeking forgiveness while you are still actively engaged in your rebellion. The rebellion has to stop. It stops in repentance. That is what repentance is for.
What did Isaiah teach?
Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isa 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Stop sinning. Isn't that what Jesus told to the cripple he healed? Isn't that what Jesus told the woman caught in adultery? He told them to STOP SINNING.
Yet if one teaches that today you'll be labelled evil because the modern system teaches that you cannot stop sinning, even the sins of the flesh listed in 1Cor 6:9-10.
1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The things in that list have to STOP. God is not going to forgive anyone while the continue to do those things. Paul said it plainly, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM.
Paul then defines the unrighteous by THEIR DEEDS. There is no forensic cloak to cover those things. Those who do those things are unrighteous. He who sins is of the devil, that is what the Bible states.
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
He who does what is right is righteous.
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
It is no mystery. It is not cryptic. Even a little child can understand these things.
What do we have to do? We have to pick up our cross, deny ourselves and follow Him.
What does that mean? It means we have to lay aside ALL filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the implanted word.
In other words we have to STOP SINNING and by sinning I mean WILLFUL KNOWN TRANSGRESSION.
When Paul taught "repentance PROVEN by deeds" the deeds he was referring to was a changed life. A life where one was no longer walking after the lusts of the flesh in disobedience to God. The disobedience ends in repentance otherwise there was no real repentance.
A fornicator forsakes his fornication. An adulterer forsakes his adultery. An idolator forsakes his idolatry. A thief stops stealing. A Drunk stops getting drunk. A liar stops lying. A murderer stops murdering. The known sins stop.
In other words one does what the Prodigal Son did, they change their mind about sin and forsake it. The Prodigal Son left the pig pen and so does anyone else who wants to come to Christ. It is such a simple and plain message. There is no mystery. You don't approach God seeking forgiveness while you are still actively engaged in your rebellion. The rebellion has to stop. It stops in repentance. That is what repentance is for.
What did Isaiah teach?
Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isa 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Stop sinning. Isn't that what Jesus told to the cripple he healed? Isn't that what Jesus told the woman caught in adultery? He told them to STOP SINNING.
Yet if one teaches that today you'll be labelled evil because the modern system teaches that you cannot stop sinning, even the sins of the flesh listed in 1Cor 6:9-10.
1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The things in that list have to STOP. God is not going to forgive anyone while the continue to do those things. Paul said it plainly, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM.
Paul then defines the unrighteous by THEIR DEEDS. There is no forensic cloak to cover those things. Those who do those things are unrighteous. He who sins is of the devil, that is what the Bible states.
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
He who does what is right is righteous.
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
It is no mystery. It is not cryptic. Even a little child can understand these things.