Not By Works

As to my signature line, without the HS within them, no one can completely forgive someone who has done them harm. The ability to forgive completely comes from the Hand of God.

more deception and lies. not one translation uses the word obey where you put it.

they all say believe.

just shameful and sinful to tamper with the Text like this.

Believe "pisteuo" does not mean obey. Believe means have faith in/trust in/reliance in. Obedience which follows is WORKS. The Greek words for "pistis" and "pisteuo" are two forms of the same word. "Pistis" is the noun form, "pisteuo" is the verb form. Nothing in the root meaning of either word carries any concept of works. If you believe in/have faith/reliance in in Christ unto salvation, then you are trusting in Him alone to save you. This belief results in actions appropriate to the belief (to one degree or the other/all genuine believers are fruitful, yet not all are equally fruitful) - but the actions are NOT INHERENT in the belief.

In James 2:19, we see that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe/have faith/trust in/reliance in Christ for salvation. In other words, they do not believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31) and are not saved.

Their trust and reliance is in Satan, which explains why they obey Satan rather than Christ, as demonstrated by their rebellion in heaven and continuous evil works. The word believe "pisteuo" can describe mere "mental assent" belief, as in James 2:19, or also include "trust and reliance" in Christ for salvation, as in Acts 16:31.

I often hear works-salvationists (especially Roman Catholics) quote John 3:36 in the NASB and "stress" the word "obey" to imply that we are saved by obedience/works. In regards to "does not obey the Son" in the New American Standard translation of the Bible, this does not mean that receiving eternal life is received based on the merits of our obedience/works which follows believing in the Son, but obey by choosing to believe in the Son. If John wanted to make obedience the central theme in salvation here, he would have said: "He who believes and obeysthe Son has eternal life," but that is not what John said. To obey the Son here is to choose to believe in the Son.

The King James Version renders this same verse as: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that "believeth not the Son" shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. The NIV says "rejects the Son"and the CSB says, "refuses to believe in the Son." The Greek word translated as "believeth not" in that verse is apeitheo and it means: "not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving." Strong’s definition of apeitheo is "to disbelieve willfully and perversely."

In the context of 3:36, to "not obey the Son" means to reject the Son by refusing to believe in the Son.

That my friend is where the perfect tense Greek verb comes in.....a present continuing result from a past completed action......was saved, am saved and continuing to be saved.....this all culminates in a glorified body at the resurrection/change a.k.a. rapture so called.

AMEN ROSE.....simple as hey sis......

Does not matter if they have 100 different sources.....to believe means exactly that---->to believe.........

Believe means believe, IMAGINE THAT.

Next you're gonna tell me walk means walk? pssh.

Let me breakdown the word walk:

W-a-l-k to communicate. All you have to do is take the W, replace it with a T, and you got t-a-l-k.
Works salvation 101 thats how you do it.

The modus operandi of most workers for.....just like the one that states I never post scripture....as deceptive as can be....

Modus operandi sounds like latin to me. Sounds like MODE OF OPERATION. I assume it means that.

Is that a MILITARY TERM since you are a NAVY VETERAN? or is that just regular slang.

BOOK CHAPTER AND VERSE!!!!

lol couldn't help myself..

And guess what...

saved means saved
justified means justified
eternal means eternal
everlasting means everlasting
irrevocable means irrevocable
incorruptible means incorruptible
kept means kept
uttermost means uttermost
never leave means never leave
never forsake means never forsake
sealed means sealed
lose nothing means lose nothing
begin means begin
finish means finish
complete means complete

and JESUS keeps his word!

Marine, not Navy..

NAVY veteran............did you just call me a squid.....??????????????

MARINE is the correct terminology HAHAHHAHHAHAHHA DO NOT make me board a plane and come look you up

Whoops my bad.

WELL military anyways.

BLUE has jokes HAHAHAHHAHHAH funny as.........Dave chapter 1 verse 1.........

We can box it out and go eat a BUFFET afterwards! IN FRIENDLY FASHION of course. I'll let you use a bayonet.

Im good at boxing, bad at military terminology!

Btw: is there a friendly "beef" between navy vs marine since you called them squids?

lol

AMEN hahahahha bayonet........I like M-16's and M-14's and JM tactical 12 guage shotguns HAHAHAH and a few hand guns thrown in here and there....the buffet does sound good....let me guess...I am buying HAHAH

Watch it now. I was in the Navy. Spent 3 years in Hawaii.

My daddy was in the Navy, on board the U.S.S. Midway..