The issue can not be skirted around...
Either we believe Christ work makes us righteous or we believe our work does. And our work is self-righteousness.
But this also necessarily needs to play out into all forms of belief.
Is He my source of holiness or am I?
Do I follow Him and His Spirit by my effort or by His grace?
Am transformed by His grace or my works?
Christ gives us the answer to all of these questions.
I am the Vine.
You are the branches.
Apart from Me you can do nothing.
We bear His fruit because we abide in Him.
Why do we abide in Him? Because He loved us first.
We died to being our own Vine with sick fruit.
And we were grafted into Him, the True Vine.
No matter the question it comes down to this understanding...
He is the Truth
He is the Way
He is the Life.
ANYTHING we need we Ask Him.
He supplies ALL our needs.
As we understand this we bear His fruit.
He supplies our joy, our life, our grace, our power, our love, our freedom, our understanding of Him, our good works, our new man, our peace, our provision. He supplies it all. All. All.
Apart from Him we can do no-thing.
Any theology or Scripture interpretation that detracts from this should be questioned strongly.
Simply look to His life.
Everything He did was through the Spirit.
He only did His Father's works.
It was all given to Him.
And He Agreed with Him.
May we do the same in ALL things.
This theme is through ALL Scripture.
Adam and Eve were tempted by it.
Jesus was tempted by it.
And today we are still tempted by it.
Did God really say I was free?
Or do I need to try to figure out on my own?
Selah.
Either we believe Christ work makes us righteous or we believe our work does. And our work is self-righteousness.
But this also necessarily needs to play out into all forms of belief.
Is He my source of holiness or am I?
Do I follow Him and His Spirit by my effort or by His grace?
Am transformed by His grace or my works?
Christ gives us the answer to all of these questions.
I am the Vine.
You are the branches.
Apart from Me you can do nothing.
We bear His fruit because we abide in Him.
Why do we abide in Him? Because He loved us first.
We died to being our own Vine with sick fruit.
And we were grafted into Him, the True Vine.
No matter the question it comes down to this understanding...
He is the Truth
He is the Way
He is the Life.
ANYTHING we need we Ask Him.
He supplies ALL our needs.
As we understand this we bear His fruit.
He supplies our joy, our life, our grace, our power, our love, our freedom, our understanding of Him, our good works, our new man, our peace, our provision. He supplies it all. All. All.
Apart from Him we can do no-thing.
Any theology or Scripture interpretation that detracts from this should be questioned strongly.
Simply look to His life.
Everything He did was through the Spirit.
He only did His Father's works.
It was all given to Him.
And He Agreed with Him.
May we do the same in ALL things.
This theme is through ALL Scripture.
Adam and Eve were tempted by it.
Jesus was tempted by it.
And today we are still tempted by it.
Did God really say I was free?
Or do I need to try to figure out on my own?
Selah.