Not By Works

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oyster67

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How can we help those who do not want our help? How can we share the Good News that we do not have to "work" for the Love of God and how do we show the "work" is all done by the Lord Himself.
Fruit manifestation.

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
 
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Pride cometh before the fall.
Can’t wait for the red x’s on this one.



I believe it is good to have opposing views. Not views that take us to the point of wanting to hurt one another, but views that allows to sharpen swords in Faith. And i have learned that 100 people can read the same verse and never get the same interpretation. In that light, it's like reading the Bible for the first time and thinking you have a clue. Then the next time you read the same passage, some times you suddenly see it differently. It's all in growth. I would think for those still on milk, it must be discouraging discussing with those now eating meat. My only hope is that when I speak to someone who is still on milk. I treat them with kindness. Because until they are on meat, they cannot grasp what is being presented.
 
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In today's world, we must be focused on the Grace of God, the Mercy of God and the Love of God
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Matthew 24:11-13
[11] And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. [12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [13] But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

I love the Lord and I wish to endure to end to be saved as the Lord commanded.

Any doctrine that causes us to stray from this commandment should be dismissed.
 
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EleventhHour

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How can we help those who do not want our help? How can we share the Good News that we do not have to "work" for the Love of God and how do we show the "work" is all done by the Lord Himself.
Amen.

As well, to know the truth of scripture >>>>>>>>>>>>>>God did not love only a select few to salvation and leave the others untouched by His promptings.
 
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EleventhHour

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John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Matthew 24:11-13
[11] And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. [12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [13] But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

I love the Lord and I wish to endure to end to be saved as the Lord commanded.

Any doctrine that causes us to stray from this commandment should be dismissed.
Yes, those that endure the tribulation period will be physically "saved" they have endured until the end of that trial.

Physical deliverance or rescue.
Mathew 8:25, 14:30, 27:49
Acts 27:31
Hebrews 5:7
Jude 1:5
 

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Not By Works:

I say we do not have to "endure" to the end for our salvation. I say we endure to the end as pertaining to the map God has laid out for us and the "race" He has planned for us in living this Christian life we are to live.

Works will Not save us but only the Grace of God.
 
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And i have learned that 100 people can read the same verse and never get the same interpretation
It’s more like some obey, and some find the sayings difficult to implement due to ego and love of their flesh. And the “interpretation” excuse gives them a way out to sooth their conscience while actually being in disobedience.

After all, this verse below is simple.

Luke 6:29
[29] And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

But how many “believers” love their cheeks and possessions more than Jesus?
 
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Yes, those that endure the tribulation period will be physically "saved"
No.

The end of their faith in their individual lifetime.

2 Timothy 4:7-8
[7] I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: [8] Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
 

oyster67

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Yes, those that endure the tribulation period will be physically "saved" they have endured until the end of that trial.

Physical deliverance or rescue.
Mathew 8:25, 14:30, 27:49
Acts 27:31
Hebrews 5:7
Jude 1:5
Some will lose their heads, yes?
 
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It’s more like some obey, and some find the sayings difficult to implement due to ego and love of their flesh. And the “interpretation” excuse gives them a way out to sooth their conscience while actually being in disobedience.

After all, this verse below is simple.

Luke 6:29
[29] And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

But how many “believers” love their cheeks and possessions more that Jesus?


Look at it this way. The knowledge you now understand today, there was a time in your growth where you did not see it how you do now. And when you were in the knowledge you had then, you thought you had something special. And it is special, because it came from God. And God knew you could only understand so much at that period of growth. And even with your knowledge you have today, there are many who are deeper than you. But it does not take away from your current knowledge because that current knowledge came from God. It's a cycle. It's not about who is right/wrong more than it is about what level of revelation you reside in currently.
 
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The knowledge you now understand today, there was a time in your growth where you did not see it how you do now
As an unbeliever, being told to turn the other cheek would have gotten a response like “are you crazy?!”

But as a true believer I say, “Amen! Let the Lord’s will be done!”

It’s about loving the Lord, verses not loving the Lord; Not your “understanding”.

Luke 14:26
[26] If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
 
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I believe it is good to have opposing views.
The Bible is either Truth or it is not Truth. Opposing views of the Truth are accidental falsehoods at best, heretical ungodliness on a more severe level.

There are individuals who oppose people when they post scripture. That says a lot about those individuals.
 
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EleventhHour

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Look at it this way. The knowledge you now understand today, there was a time in your growth where you did not see it how you do now. And when you were in the knowledge you had then, you thought you had something special. And it is special, because it came from God. And God knew you could only understand so much at that period of growth. And even with your knowledge you have today, there are many who are deeper than you. But it does not take away from your current knowledge because that current knowledge came from God. It's a cycle. It's not about who is right/wrong more than it is about what level of revelation you reside in currently.

If the current knowledge is WRONG then it did not come from God.
 
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The Bible is either Truth or it is not Truth. Opposing views of the Truth are accidental falsehoods at best, heretical ungodliness on a more severe level.

There are individuals who oppose people when they post scripture. That says a lot about those individuals.

And yet, from the time you first was saved until now, there have been many truths as a part of your growth. Just because someone is on a website and interacts, does not mean they are the same growth level.