Not By Works
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Sure. Here is the passage in question. My remarks in BOLD.
The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations
31 “When the Son of Man comes WHERE IS HE COMING TO? in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. I CONTEND HE IS COMING TO EARTH AND SIT ON HIS EARTHLY THRONE IN JERUSALEM 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You? ARE CHRISTIANS TODAY UNAWARE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TO DO? THESE PEOPLE SEEM COMPLETELY UNAWARE. 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did unto one of the least of these JESUS IS MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHO HE IS ADDRESSING, AND HIS BRETHREN, WHY AREN'T THEY ALL HIS BRETHREN? My brethren, you did it to Me. I CONTEND HE WAS REFERRING TO HIS PHYSICAL BRETHREN, THE "YOU", I BELIEVE, ARE THE GENTILES THAT WERE SAVED DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION, AND AIDED THE JEWS WHO CAME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION. OTHER BELIEVERS HAD ALREADY BEEN RAPTURED.
41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer [d]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
I expect a decent amount here to commence in tearing their clothes and sitting in ashes as they bash my assessment.
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Ephesians2:8-10
8) For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9) not by works, so that no one can boast. 10) For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
It is curious to me as to why do people say if we believe that we are, "saved by grace through faith, and that 'not of yourself', then all that's left to do is "nothing", nobody is saying we should do nothing. We are saved "unto good works", not by "our good works" not to difficult to understand. We are saved through faith alone as was our Father Abraham.
Christian have many good works to show but works cannot save or keep you saved. Works are evidence of salvation not the cause of nor do works keep you saved. God will present us before Him blameless having not a righteousness of our own and eternal salvation has nothing to do with your wonderful good works.
Saved "unto good works", not by, "our good works."
Ephesians2:10: We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
8) For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9) not by works, so that no one can boast. 10) For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
It is curious to me as to why do people say if we believe that we are, "saved by grace through faith, and that 'not of yourself', then all that's left to do is "nothing", nobody is saying we should do nothing. We are saved "unto good works", not by "our good works" not to difficult to understand. We are saved through faith alone as was our Father Abraham.
Christian have many good works to show but works cannot save or keep you saved. Works are evidence of salvation not the cause of nor do works keep you saved. God will present us before Him blameless having not a righteousness of our own and eternal salvation has nothing to do with your wonderful good works.
Saved "unto good works", not by, "our good works."
Ephesians2:10: We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
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Not sure if you're still hanging out in Italy Fran, but some of us actually have jobs, and can't be snarky all day long.
You saw I did answer Mathews question but you felt the need to insult anyway.
You treat people poorly. Do you ever ask yourself what the heck am I doing here?
It doesn't bother you in rhe slightest that you sin every second you are here, unless you asked the owner if you could return?
You saw I did answer Mathews question but you felt the need to insult anyway.
You treat people poorly. Do you ever ask yourself what the heck am I doing here?
It doesn't bother you in rhe slightest that you sin every second you are here, unless you asked the owner if you could return?
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E
The same verse came to mind for me, also 
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Here is the problem EG....
You say obedience only works through faith.
Please note:
Everybody on this thread is a born again Christian.
We're talking about born again Christians.
Of course we have to have faith FIRST.
The question is:
Do good works have to follow or is it an option we have?
James said:
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS is DEAD.
See.....he's speaking to people that HAVE FAITH.
You say obedience only works through faith.
Please note:
Everybody on this thread is a born again Christian.
We're talking about born again Christians.
Of course we have to have faith FIRST.
The question is:
Do good works have to follow or is it an option we have?
James said:
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS is DEAD.
See.....he's speaking to people that HAVE FAITH.
