This is a basis to Salvation given by Our Lord Jesus. How do we follow it?

[GWH]

MATTHEW 25:33-40
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

The basis for salvation taught by the NT can be stated as follows:

The normative way of stating the Gospel kerygma/GRFS in the NT is “Accept Christ Jesus as Lord” (as in 2Cor. 4:5 & Col. 2:6).
The main points of Christian orthodoxy implicit in this statement can be explained or elaborated as follows:

1. There is a/one all-loving and just Lord or Creator God (Deut. 6:4, John 3:16, 2Thes. 1:6), who is both able (2Tim. 1:12) and willing (1Tim. 2:3-4, Ezek. 33:11) to provide all morally accountable human beings salvation or heaven—a wonderful life full of love, joy and peace forever.
2. Human beings are selfish or sinful (Rom. 3:23, 2Tim. 3:2-4, Col. 3:5), miserable (Gal. 5:19-21), and hopeless (Eph. 2:12) or hell-bound at the judgment (Matt. 23:33 & 25:46) when they reject God’s salvation (John 3:18, Rom. 2:5-11).
3. Jesus is God’s Messiah/Christ and incarnate Son, the way that God has chosen (John 3:16, Acts 16:30-31, Phil. 2:9-11) of providing salvation by means of his atoning death on the cross for the payment of the penalty for the sins of humanity (Rom. 3:22-25 & 5:9-11), followed by his resurrection to reign in heaven (1Cor. 15:14-28).
4. Thus, every person who hears the NT Gospel needs to repent and accept God’s grace or justification in Jesus as Christ/Messiah the Lord or Supreme Commander (Luke 2:11, John 14:6, Acts 16:31), at which moment God’s loving Holy Spirit of Christ indwells/baptizes the believer into the church (Rev. 3:20, Rom. 5:5, 1Cor. 12:13).
5. Loving Christ Jesus as Lord (Luke 2:11), God the Son (Matt. 16:16) or God in the human dimension (Col. 2:9) means reflecting divine love as empowered by the Holy Spirit, thereby obeying His command to love one another (Matt. 7:21, 22:37-40, John 13:35, Rom. 13:9)—forever (Matt. 10:22, Psa. 113:2), which will eventually achieve spiritual maturity on earth and heaven after Christ returns at God’s resurrection (John 14:6, 17&26, Rom. 8:6-17, Gal. 6:7-9, Eph. 1:13-14, Phil. 3:12-16, Heb. 10:36, 12:1, Jam. 1:2-4).

 

[Godsgood]

I don't agree that blind, deaf and mute people are all sick. My next-door neighbour is blind, but he is not sick, nor is he in hospital. He goes shopping, uses his computer, swims, and lives at home. Yes, he sometimes asks me to read something that is in ordinary print, not Braille, but he is certainly not sick.

How about people who have cataract and glaucoma who are treated in the hospital?
People who have a disease in their tongue and can't talk who are being treated in the hospital too?
Also people who have something or blocking in their ears so they don't hear?

I think we can't compare the words being used from the New Testament to Generation today.
Perhaps by that time they have very limited words to use. Unlike in our generation today we have lot of words and they are specific.

For Instance: The Blind, Deaf & Mute today we call them Persons With Disability (PWD).
But in the New Testament there is no word of PWD.

In the New Testament it could be, when a person has eyes but can't see, mouth but can't speak, ears but can't hear are considered sick people.
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Isn't it this kind of decease or sickness were being healed by Lord Jesus?

 

[DavidLamb]

How about people who have cataract and glaucoma who are treated in the hospital?
People who have a disease in their tongue and can't talk who are being treated in the hospital too?
Also people who have something or blocking in their ears so they don't hear?

I think we can't compare the words being used from the New Testament to Generation today.
Perhaps by that time they have very limited words to use. Unlike in our generation today we have lot of words and they are specific.

For Instance: The Blind, Deaf & Mute today we call them Persons With Disability (PWD).
But in the New Testament there is no word of PWD.

In the New Testament it could be, when a person has eyes but can't see, mouth but can't speak, ears but can't hear are considered sick people.
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Isn't it this kind of decease or sickness were being healed by Lord Jesus?

Yes of course there are illnesses which can cause blindness, deafness or being mute. But blindness, deafness and being mute are not themselves illnesses. Yes, you are of course correct, that modern phrases like "sensory disability" are not found in the bible, but as far as I know, nor are words like "ill" or "sick" applied in Scripture to people who were blind, deaf or mute.

 

[Godsgood]

The next is:
I was sick, and ye visited me

Who are the sick in man's understanding.
They are the patients in the hospital. such as blind, deaf & mute.

Here are the sick people in the eyes of God.
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

 

[DavidLamb]

Here are the sick people in the eyes of God.
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Psalm 115 is not describing people who are ill, but idols. Look at verses 4-8 and it is clear:

“Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.” (Ps 115:4-8 NKJV)

So the psalm is not describing sick people in the eyes of the Lord, but idols.

 

[Godsgood]

Psalm 115 is not describing people who are ill, but idols. Look at verses 4-8 and it is clear:

“Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.” (Ps 115:4-8 NKJV)

So the psalm is not describing sick people in the eyes of the Lord, but idols.

Isn't it these are the kind of sickness that Lord Jesus healed?
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

 

[DavidLamb]

Isn't it these are the kind of sickness that Lord Jesus healed?
PSALMS 115:5-7
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Not at all. The psalm is about idols, false man-made gods of wood and stone. It is the idols that the psalm says have mouths byt do not speak, eyes, but do not see, ears, but do not hear, noses but do not smell, hands, but do not handle, feet but do not walk. The psalm is not about human illnesses. You ask: "Isn't it these are the kind of sickness that Lord Jesus healed?" Well, He certainly healed the blind, the mute, the deaf, the lame, but those he healed were people, not idols.

 

[TMS]

The basis for salvation taught by the NT can be stated as follows:

The normative way of stating the Gospel kerygma/GRFS in the NT is “Accept Christ Jesus as Lord” (as in 2Cor. 4:5 & Col. 2:6).
The main points of Christian orthodoxy implicit in this statement can be explained or elaborated as follows:

1. There is a/one all-loving and just Lord or Creator God (Deut. 6:4, John 3:16, 2Thes. 1:6), who is both able (2Tim. 1:12) and willing (1Tim. 2:3-4, Ezek. 33:11) to provide all morally accountable human beings salvation or heaven—a wonderful life full of love, joy and peace forever.
2. Human beings are selfish or sinful (Rom. 3:23, 2Tim. 3:2-4, Col. 3:5), miserable (Gal. 5:19-21), and hopeless (Eph. 2:12) or hell-bound at the judgment (Matt. 23:33 & 25:46) when they reject God’s salvation (John 3:18, Rom. 2:5-11).
3. Jesus is God’s Messiah/Christ and incarnate Son, the way that God has chosen (John 3:16, Acts 16:30-31, Phil. 2:9-11) of providing salvation by means of his atoning death on the cross for the payment of the penalty for the sins of humanity (Rom. 3:22-25 & 5:9-11), followed by his resurrection to reign in heaven (1Cor. 15:14-28).
4. Thus, every person who hears the NT Gospel needs to repent and accept God’s grace or justification in Jesus as Christ/Messiah the Lord or Supreme Commander (Luke 2:11, John 14:6, Acts 16:31), at which moment God’s loving Holy Spirit of Christ indwells/baptizes the believer into the church (Rev. 3:20, Rom. 5:5, 1Cor. 12:13).
5. Loving Christ Jesus as Lord (Luke 2:11), God the Son (Matt. 16:16) or God in the human dimension (Col. 2:9) means reflecting divine love as empowered by the Holy Spirit, thereby obeying His command to love one another (Matt. 7:21, 22:37-40, John 13:35, Rom. 13:9)—forever (Matt. 10:22, Psa. 113:2), which will eventually achieve spiritual maturity on earth and heaven after Christ returns at God’s resurrection (John 14:6, 17&26, Rom. 8:6-17, Gal. 6:7-9, Eph. 1:13-14, Phil. 3:12-16, Heb. 10:36, 12:1, Jam. 1:2-4).

I agree
But point 4 and 5 can be interpreted differently.

Repenting
And loving Jesus.
Can mean different things to different people.
What does it mean to be born again? Obeying the Holy Spirit because you Love Jesus. To die to the flesh and be born in the Spirit is different for some believers.

How much do we need to be walking in the Spirit? How much do we need to be following the Spirit rather then the flesh?

Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Joh 3:5-6
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Gal 5:16-17
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Some say it is just about believing in Jesus and having faith in the gospel but true faith and love for Jesus is seen in the character...

Even the devil believes the gospel
Jas 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Do you think we can by the grace and power of God, live without sinning, surrender all, die to self, like Jesus did?
We have all fallen short and sinned. But by giving up self and letting the Spirit rule can we live as overcomes?

 

[Godsgood]

Not at all. The psalm is about idols, false man-made gods of wood and stone. It is the idols that the psalm says have mouths byt do not speak, eyes, but do not see, ears, but do not hear, noses but do not smell, hands, but do not handle, feet but do not walk. The psalm is not about human illnesses. You ask: "Isn't it these are the kind of sickness that Lord Jesus healed?" Well, He certainly healed the blind, the mute, the deaf, the lame, but those he healed were people, not idols.

In the clear understanding of man they are idols made up of wood, stone or wax.
If that is what God's mean, no need for him to say that because it is already understood by looking at them.

What is written in Psalms 115:5-7 is in Parable.
Because God the Father is speaking in Parables (Psalms 78:2 & Ezekiel 20:49).

Lord Jesus emphasize it to his Apostles.
MARK 4:10-12
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

 

[DavidLamb]

In the clear understanding of man they are idols made up of wood, stone or wax.
If that is what God's mean, no need for him to say that because it is already understood by looking at them.

What is written in Psalms 115:5-7 is in Parable.
Because God the Father is speaking in Parables (Psalms 78:2 & Ezekiel 20:49).

Lord Jesus emphasize it to his Apostles.
MARK 4:10-12
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

What is there abut Psalm 115 that makes you believe it must be a parable? Why not a factual description of what many, including many Israelites, did, worshipping statues made of wood or stone? When Jesus told parables, there was a context to show that they were parables. For example, the parable of the Good Samaritan. It was in answer to a person who had asked, "Who is my neighbour?":

“But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”” (Lu 10:29 NKJV)

There is nothing in the psalm to suggest that the psalmist was recounting a parable.

 

[Dino246]

What is there abut Psalm 115 that makes you believe it must be a parable? Why not a factual description of what many, including many Israelites, did, worshipping statues made of wood or stone? When Jesus told parables, there was a context to show that they were parables. For example, the parable of the Good Samaritan. It was in answer to a person who had asked, "Who is my neighbour?":

“But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”” (Lu 10:29 NKJV)

There is nothing in the psalm to suggest that the psalmist was recounting a parable.

I have told him several times that most of Scripture is not parable, but he is profoundly resistant to correction.

 

[Godsgood]

What is there abut Psalm 115 that makes you believe it must be a parable? Why not a factual description of what many, including many Israelites, did, worshipping statues made of wood or stone? When Jesus told parables, there was a context to show that they were parables. For example, the parable of the Good Samaritan. It was in answer to a person who had asked, "Who is my neighbour?":

“But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”” (Lu 10:29 NKJV)

There is nothing in the psalm to suggest that the psalmist was recounting a parable.

There is nothing in the psalm to suggest that the psalmist was recounting a parable
Let me know if I understand what you mean.

God the Father revealed that he is Speaking in Parables and it is written in Psalm.
And I don't read the word sometimes only. He says when he open his mouth in a parable.
PSALMS 78:2
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

 

[Soyeong]

That is not the basis for salvation. You omitted the key verse to understanding the passage. Jesus was referring to the nations and the way they treat God's people. People are not made righteous because they behave righteously. They behave righteously because they are in Christ.

Try reading the rest of the NT to find out what true salvation is. We are saved by grace, not by works.

Character traits are not earned as the result of our works, but rather they are embodied through our works, so God’s law was never given as instructions for how to earn the character traits of God, but as instructions for how to embody them. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact likeness of His character (Hebrews 1:3), which he embodied through his works by setting a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to God’s law, so that is also what we have the gift of getting to embody when we receive the character traits of God through faith.

The one and only way to attain a character trait is through faith, but what it means to have a character trait is to be a doer of works thats embody that trait. For example, the only way for someone to become courageous is through faith apart from being required to have first done enough courageous works in order to earn it as the result, but it would be contradictory for someone to become courageous apart from becoming a doer of courageous works, and the same is true for righteousness and every other character trait. This is why the faith by which we are declared righteous apart from works does not abolish our need to be a doer of righteous works in obedience to the Law of God but rather it upholds it (Romans 3:28-31) and why everyone who is a doer of righteous works in obedience to the Law of God is righteous (1 John 3:4-7).

In Psalms 119:29-30, he wanted to put false ways far from him, for God to be gracious to him by teaching him to walk in His way, and he chose the way of faith by setting it before him, so this has always been the one and only way of salvation by grace through faith. In Ephesians 2:8-10, we are new creations in Christ to do good works, so while Paul denied that we can earn our salvation as the result of our works lest anyone should boast, God graciously making us into a doer of good works in obedience to His law is nevertheless still a central part of His gift of salvation.

 

[Godsgood]

Who are the sick people in the eyes of God that need a doctor?

 

[Godsgood]

Who will believe that Jesus is Speaking in Parables?
MARK 4:34
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Then Matthew 25:35-39 are all parables and it requires Jesus explanation or revelation before we understand them.

MATTHEW 25:33-40
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

 

[Dino246]

Who will believe that Jesus is Speaking in Parables?
MARK 4:34
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Then Matthew 25:35-39 are all parables and it requires Jesus explanation or revelation before we understand them.

MATTHEW 25:33-40

That part of Matthew 25 is not a parable. You have overlooked the unbolded part of Mark 4:34. In Matthew 25, Jesus is alone with His disciples. If you pay attention to context, to every word in Scripture, and you learn sound hermeneutical principles, you will make these mistakes less often.

 

[Godsgood]

That part of Matthew 25 is not a parable. You have overlooked the unbolded part of Mark 4:34. In Matthew 25, Jesus is alone with His disciples. If you pay attention to context, to every word in Scripture, and you learn sound hermeneutical principles, you will make these mistakes less often.

Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit no one could understand the words of God.
By using hermeneutical methods or hermeneutical principles is not applicable. That is only a principle from a man.

Look at the Jews because there is no guidance of the Holy Spirit they did not believe that Jesus is Speaking in Parables.
JOHN 2:19-20
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But look at the Disciples of Christ who are guided by the Holy Spirit. They understand what Jesus means in the Parable, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up".
JOHN 2:22
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

The reason why disciples of Christ were guided by the Holy Ghost because their recognition to Jesus is a revelation from the Father (Matthew 16:15-17).

 

[Dino246]

Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit no one could understand the words of God.
By using hermeneutical methods or hermeneutical principles is not applicable. That is only a principle from a man.

Look at the Jews because there is no guidance of the Holy Spirit they did not believe that Jesus is Speaking in Parables.
JOHN 2:19-20
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

But look at the Disciples of Christ who are guided by the Holy Spirit. They understand what Jesus means in the Parable, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up".
JOHN 2:22
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

The reason why disciples of Christ were guided by the Holy Ghost because their recognition to Jesus is a revelation from the Father (Matthew 16:15-17).

In Matthew 25, the Holy Spirit had not yet filled the disciples, so they could not have been guided by Him. The first part of the chapter is a parable, but the second part is not.

 

[Godsgood]

In Matthew 25, the Holy Spirit had not yet filled the disciples, so they could not have been guided by Him. The first part of the chapter is a parable, but the second part is not.

In reading the bible is not in context. The proof is there are many people in Christianity today who memorize the entire book. And yet they have different interpretation. Because they read certain topic in context.
The words written in the holy bible are not chronological.
God the Father taught is chosen on how to read the Holy Bible which is not to take in context.
ISAIAH 22:10
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

 

[Mem]

I have told him several times that most of Scripture is not parable, but he is profoundly resistant to correction.

I don't know that anyone comes here to learn, neither do much discussing, really. We might as well be watching random videos on Youtube.

However, the comments to the materials presented are very entertaining.