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John 14
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
This was spoken the evening before His Crucifixion. In your world this was only value for 24 hours !
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
This was spoken the evening before His Crucifixion. In your world this was only value for 24 hours !
Jesus is the foundation and He used the apostle Paul to lay the foundation.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Those who do not bear fruit are cut off as a branch and are withered and thrown in the fire. The Father is looking for Fruit.
In order to bear fruit, we are to Abide in Him.
In order to Abide, we are to Obey His commands.
In order to obey His commands, we are to Love Him.
And this just happens to be the Great commandment.
In order to bear fruit, we are to Abide in Him.
In order to Abide, we are to Obey His commands.
In order to obey His commands, we are to Love Him.
And this just happens to be the Great commandment.
So again a lost person only needs to ' bear fruit ' to be saved . No cross , no Holy Spirit? , no new birth , . they can be found in their own righteousness? Jesus wasted his time when after all the Father really was just looking for ' fruit bearers ' . No need to preach the good news telling people Jesus has died for their sins then ?
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And this same Paul says IN THE SAME CHAPTER the follwoing words (which confirm Jesus' words that if you love Him, you are to obey His commands). Paul writes as follows:
1 Corinthians 15v34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
And since you claim to follow Paul, you have his commandment here. And by it you will be judged.
1 Corinthians 15v34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
And since you claim to follow Paul, you have his commandment here. And by it you will be judged.
Paul had to very sternly rebuke the believers at Corinth. They had to be brought to repentance (leading to -----> salvation).
2 Corinthians 7 v8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication!
2 Corinthians 7 v8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while. 9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication!
Yes In that sense we are to pray without ceasing . His will be done . Jesus did the will of the father perfectly without sin.
The fact that we who had no faith, not little, none are given the power to obey the loving commandment " Believe upon the Lord and you will be saved"
It is our first love as a experience . God giving us ears to hear and understanding to believe by working out the will of Emanuel . Its that love spoken of in Revelation 2 .The love we return to or repent, the comforting love. Then we can focus on putting away more and more childish things. He must increase as we decrease
That time period is every time we hear the voice of His loving commandments and do not harden our hearts. Then we have received the labor of his love working with us making the burden lighter .if there is no mixing of faith there can be no love of God working to soften the heart.
Hebrews 4 King James Version (KJV) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
God is Love. God is Light. God is Spirit
The fact that we who had no faith, not little, none are given the power to obey the loving commandment " Believe upon the Lord and you will be saved"
It is our first love as a experience . God giving us ears to hear and understanding to believe by working out the will of Emanuel . Its that love spoken of in Revelation 2 .The love we return to or repent, the comforting love. Then we can focus on putting away more and more childish things. He must increase as we decrease
That time period is every time we hear the voice of His loving commandments and do not harden our hearts. Then we have received the labor of his love working with us making the burden lighter .if there is no mixing of faith there can be no love of God working to soften the heart.
Hebrews 4 King James Version (KJV) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
God is Love. God is Light. God is Spirit