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Never thought one must keep the Sabbath to be saved.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
(Eph 2:8-10 KJV)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
(Eph 2:8-10 KJV)
Sorry pussycat, you don’t make the rules here. I answered your question as have many other people but you refuse to listen. I’m not playing your manipulation games. Your refusal to respond to John 3:16 proves you’re inept at seeing the fullness of God’s grace. Thanks for playing.
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Spoken to the saved They are believers
Verse 30, the Lord will Judge His people.
Chapter showing a clear contrast between the Old Testament sacrifices and the sacrifice of Christ.
Old testament sacrifices were weak could not take away sins and they were a perpetual sacrifice ... Jesus is once for all, can take away sins and cleanse.
The latter part of this chapter is about how God deals with His own people, how does He deal with His own people through chastening/scourging as He deal with sons.
If we sin willfully there remains no more sacrifice for sins.
Two types of sins those done in ignorance and those that are done willfully, presumptuously, with full knowledge. This is clearly seen in the Old Testament.
No offering for the presumptuously committed sins.
However those sins were still dealt with...NOT .....NOT with loss of salvation but with chastening
Verse 30 makes it clear...
30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b]
God warns He will judge and we will receive recompense on this earth. Salvation is everlasting!!
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e] 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Pay attention here......
There remained no more sacrifice for sin… meaning Jesus paid for all sin.
But is we do sin willfully God will deal with us in this life time.
As I stated loss of salvation is never, ever in view.
You cannot use these verses again your argument is dead.
Verse 30, the Lord will Judge His people.
Chapter showing a clear contrast between the Old Testament sacrifices and the sacrifice of Christ.
Old testament sacrifices were weak could not take away sins and they were a perpetual sacrifice ... Jesus is once for all, can take away sins and cleanse.
The latter part of this chapter is about how God deals with His own people, how does He deal with His own people through chastening/scourging as He deal with sons.
If we sin willfully there remains no more sacrifice for sins.
Two types of sins those done in ignorance and those that are done willfully, presumptuously, with full knowledge. This is clearly seen in the Old Testament.
No offering for the presumptuously committed sins.
However those sins were still dealt with...NOT .....NOT with loss of salvation but with chastening
Verse 30 makes it clear...
30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[b]
God warns He will judge and we will receive recompense on this earth. Salvation is everlasting!!
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e] 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Pay attention here......
There remained no more sacrifice for sin… meaning Jesus paid for all sin.
But is we do sin willfully God will deal with us in this life time.
As I stated loss of salvation is never, ever in view.
You cannot use these verses again your argument is dead.
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Their good report was that they didn't turn back but continued in faith in the promises right to the end:
13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. - Hebrews 11:13-16
That's you, right?
13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. - Hebrews 11:13-16
That's you, right?
Here it is:
Galatians 2:15-16,19-21
15“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in d Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
19“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
As you can plainly see, Jews are also dead to the law.
Galatians 2:15-16,19-21
15“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in d Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
19“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
As you can plainly see, Jews are also dead to the law.
You're still living by faith, right?
You aren't thinking about where you came from and wanting to go back, right?
Then you have a good report along with the faithful in Hebrews 11.
13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. - Hebrews 11:13-16
Hey, if Samson can be commended for his faith then so can you and I, lol.
You aren't thinking about where you came from and wanting to go back, right?
Then you have a good report along with the faithful in Hebrews 11.
13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. - Hebrews 11:13-16
Hey, if Samson can be commended for his faith then so can you and I, lol.
You don't get it do you? Paul was commissioned by Peter, James and John to preach the gospel of the uncircumcision, he had no authority to tell the Jews anything about being dead to the Law.
To put it in another way, imagine you are a Jew during the period in Acts who believes in Jesus. Will you go away with the idea that you are dead to the Law?
What will James and the elders say to you if you tell them you are not going to circumcise your children anymore because you heard Paul saying to the gentiles in Galatians that he is dead to the law?
To put it in another way, imagine you are a Jew during the period in Acts who believes in Jesus. Will you go away with the idea that you are dead to the Law?
What will James and the elders say to you if you tell them you are not going to circumcise your children anymore because you heard Paul saying to the gentiles in Galatians that he is dead to the law?