I've been thinking about belief, faith, works, law and receiving the Holy Spirit! @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@
Jesus is the Word incarnate. The world was made through Jesus: @@ -257,8 +257,8 @@
Jesus has life in Him, and the life is the Light of men - the true Light. @@ -330,8 +330,8 @@
I enjoyed this video, but I still am of the opinion that following the full Mosaic law is not necessary, (but not prohibited, so long as it is pursued by faith and submits to God's righteousness): @@ -395,8 +395,8 @@
What I like about the didache is that it still upholds righteous living and following God's Great commandments and precepts. @@ -414,61 +414,9 @@
The law is still used in judgement, but the one who has faith in Jesus is not condemned because they are believing on Jesus.
@@ -519,9 +467,9 @@Hebrews 6:2 - and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
@@ -530,8 +478,8 @@II Peter 1:1 - Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: @@ -572,8 +520,8 @@
Suffering for righteousness sake (suffering for being Christlike). @@ -598,8 +546,8 @@
II Thessalonians 2:13 - But we should always give thanks (G2168 eucharisteo) to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning (G746 arche) for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith (G4102 pistis) in the truth (G225 aletheia). (NASB) @@ -676,8 +624,8 @@
We must receive Jesus' words through faith, walk in them through faith and come to know in truth (we must truly know) that Jesus came from God, and continue in faith, continuing to be sanctified. @@ -705,7 +653,7 @@
I Timothy 2:3-6 - This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. @@ -856,8 +804,8 @@
I John 3:7 - Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. @@ -902,8 +850,8 @@
There's a false dichotomy between faith and works. @@ -1015,8 +963,8 @@
In God's mercy He has shown us the Way to be reconciled with Him. He has given us Jesus. He has told us what to do, and we can choose to be obedient or to not be obedient. @@ -1098,8 +1046,8 @@
John 15:5 - I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (ESV) @@ -1143,8 +1091,8 @@
Romans 10:3-4 - For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes (G4100 pisteuo). (ESV) @@ -1157,8 +1105,8 @@
What is wrong is trying to establish a righteousness of one's own apart from submitting to the righteousness of God - it's saying, "God, I think you should have this, or, God I think I'm righteous because I did this for you." rather than, "here is what you asked of me, LORD." @@ -1210,8 +1158,8 @@
James 2:18 - But someone will say, You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. @@ -1291,8 +1239,8 @@
Psalms 31:23 - Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. (ESV) @@ -1300,8 +1248,8 @@
I think even saving faith requires an amount. @@ -1831,8 +1779,8 @@
We must take hold of the eternal life to which we are called. @@ -1901,8 +1849,8 @@
James 1:1-5 - James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. @@ -1966,8 +1914,8 @@
II John 1:6 - And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. (ESV) @@ -1995,8 +1943,8 @@
Acts 10:2 - a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God. @@ -2004,8 +1952,8 @@
1 John 2:10 - Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. (ESV) @@ -2014,8 +1962,8 @@
All things are possible for God. @@ -2031,8 +1979,8 @@
Mark 14:36 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. @@ -2076,8 +2024,8 @@
Acts 13:38-39 - Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through (G1223 dia) Him forgiveness (G859 aphesis) of sins is proclaimed to you, and through (G1722 en) Him everyone who believes (G4100 pisteuo) is freed (G1344 dikaioo) from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses. (NASB) @@ -2179,8 +2127,8 @@
Matthew 19:16-26 - And behold, a man came up to him, saying, Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments. He said to him, Which ones? And Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The young man said to him, All these I have kept. What do I still lack? Jesus said to him, If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. @@ -2197,8 +2145,8 @@
Colossians 1:21 - And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, @@ -2242,8 +2190,8 @@
Hebrews 4:6 - Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, @@ -2286,8 +2234,8 @@
Romans 5:19 - For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. @@ -2301,8 +2249,8 @@
Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. @@ -2311,8 +2259,8 @@
I think that is the correct way to see the following Scripture: @@ -2324,8 +2272,8 @@
Mark 4:24 - And he said to them, Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. @@ -2365,8 +2313,8 @@
If you listen to someone with a deceptive, beguiling spirit, then the same measure of that would come into you. @@ -2377,8 +2325,8 @@
Psalms 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (ESV) @@ -2411,8 +2359,8 @@
Zechariah 10:2 - For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd. (ESV) @@ -2436,7 +2384,7 @@
I think God wants us to be born-again and move on from the old life, @@ -2616,8 +2564,8 @@
Luke 16:15-17 - And he said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. @@ -2644,8 +2592,8 @@
We must follow Jesus, similarly to how the Israelites followed Moses through the Red Sea - it requires action. @@ -2673,8 +2621,8 @@
I enjoyed this video, but I still am of the opinion that keeping the law is not necessary, (but not prohibited, so long as it is pursued by faith and submitting to God's righteousness): @@ -2788,8 +2736,8 @@
Revelation of John 14:12 - Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. @@ -2810,8 +2758,8 @@
Also God's commandments (especially the 10 Commandments; loving God and your neighbour) are still binding on us - written on our heart when we get born-again and after being born-again we follow them in Spirit, but they don't bind on us in a way that condemns us if we break them, but we want to follow them. @@ -2860,8 +2808,8 @@
Romans 10:6-13 - But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down) or Who will descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes (G4100 pisteuo) and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. @@ -2931,8 +2879,8 @@
Luke 16:17 - But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. @@ -3007,8 +2955,8 @@
Acts 8:9: But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. @@ -3024,8 +2972,8 @@
Otherwise why would God make a distinction in Exodus 16 between commandments (mitsvah) and instructions/law (towrah)? @@ -3061,7 +3009,7 @@
Acts 15:28-29 - For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell. @@ -3071,8 +3019,8 @@
Mark 10:27 - Jesus looked at them and said, With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. @@ -3080,8 +3028,8 @@
Galatians 5:4 - You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. @@ -3093,8 +3041,8 @@
Romans 2:13-16 - For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. @@ -3102,7 +3050,7 @@
I Timothy 4:10-11 - For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. @@ -3128,8 +3076,8 @@
Romans 3:28-31 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. @@ -3154,8 +3102,8 @@
Old Testament theology is supposed to be profitable for: @@ -3177,8 +3125,8 @@
Matthew 3:11-17 - I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me? But Jesus answered him, Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. (ESV) @@ -3186,8 +3134,8 @@
I think someone who trusts in God to save them through saving faith in Jesus Christ, is saved, or is in the process of being saved. @@ -3265,8 +3213,8 @@
Faith may come from simply observing Jesus work, or through work from @@ -3312,8 +3260,8 @@
This guy was expecting to receive - he had solid faith: @@ -3349,8 +3297,8 @@
Matthew 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. @@ -3384,8 +3332,8 @@
I think there's probably some nuance between between being spared from death, from condemnation and receiving eternal life. @@ -3406,8 +3354,8 @@
Jesus said that patient endurance is a work. @@ -3480,8 +3428,8 @@
Faith is a relationship with God. God has promised inheriting the Kingdom, inheriting eternal life to those who obey Him. But God is sovereign to save. @@ -3659,8 +3607,8 @@
An entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will @@ -3708,8 +3656,8 @@
Matthew 6:19-21 - Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. @@ -3760,8 +3708,8 @@
Matthew 19:17-21 - And he said to him, Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments. He said to him, Which ones? And Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The young man said to him, All these I have kept. What do I still lack? Jesus said to him, If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. @@ -3774,12 +3722,12 @@
Romans 13:9 - The commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. @@ -3823,8 +3771,8 @@
Matthew 5:30 - And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. (ESV) @@ -3840,8 +3788,8 @@
Romans 10:3-5 - For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. @@ -3861,7 +3809,7 @@
Psalms 8:6 - You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, @@ -3887,8 +3835,8 @@
Have faith in Jesus. @@ -3904,8 +3852,8 @@
Psalms 127:1 - Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. @@ -3922,8 +3870,8 @@
One must have faith to receive the gift of salvation. @@ -3951,12 +3899,12 @@
Acts 15:7 - And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. @@ -3976,8 +3924,8 @@
God and Abram (Abraham) had a real relationship first. @@ -4081,8 +4029,8 @@
James 2:22-25 - You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness-and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? @@ -4133,8 +4081,8 @@
Salvation is received by faith: @@ -4241,8 +4189,8 @@
Matthew 21:32 - For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him. (ESV) @@ -4336,8 +4284,8 @@
I John 5:2-3 - By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. @@ -4345,8 +4293,8 @@
Matthew 19:4-9 - He answered, Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. They said to him, Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away? He said to them, Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery. (ESV) @@ -4365,8 +4313,8 @@
1: Faith @@ -4395,8 +4343,8 @@15.4.1. The law may be
Romans 10:12 - For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. @@ -4413,8 +4361,8 @@
1 Timothy 1:8-11 - Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. (ESV) @@ -4422,8 +4370,8 @@
John 5:21 - For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. (ESV) @@ -4435,8 +4383,8 @@
Acts 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (ESV) @@ -4492,8 +4440,8 @@
Acts 10:43: Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." @@ -4541,8 +4489,8 @@
John 3:14-18 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. @@ -4560,12 +4508,12 @@
I Corinthians 14:12 - So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. @@ -4573,8 +4521,8 @@
I Corinthians 14:19 - Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue. @@ -4582,8 +4530,8 @@
I Corinthians 14:2 - For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. @@ -4591,8 +4539,8 @@
I Corinthians 14:2 - For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. @@ -4605,8 +4553,8 @@
Psalms 51:9-11 - Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. (ESV) @@ -4641,8 +4589,8 @@
Psalms 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. (NASB) @@ -4955,8 +4903,8 @@
Luke 17:5 - The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith! @@ -4987,8 +4935,8 @@
Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (KJV) @@ -5088,8 +5036,8 @@
James 2:22-26 - You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness-and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. (ESV) @@ -5158,8 +5106,8 @@
Hebrews 11:13 - These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. @@ -5167,8 +5115,8 @@
Her love is a work of faith. @@ -5186,8 +5134,8 @@
Colossians 2:20-23 - If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. (ESV) @@ -5203,8 +5151,8 @@
Matthew 7:21-23 - Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name? And then will I declare to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. (ESV) @@ -5216,8 +5164,8 @@
Hebrews 12:22 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, @@ -5232,8 +5180,8 @@
Acts 5:31 - God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. @@ -5245,8 +5193,8 @@
Galatians 5:19-21 - Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (ESV) @@ -5254,8 +5202,8 @@
Revelation 22:15 - Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. (ESV) @@ -5270,8 +5218,8 @@
1 Timothy 1:8-11 - Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. (ESV) @@ -5280,8 +5228,8 @@
1 Timothy 1:8-11 - Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. (ESV) @@ -5289,8 +5237,8 @@
John 3:16-21 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God. (ESV) @@ -5371,8 +5319,8 @@
What I mean by relationship is: @@ -5391,7 +5339,7 @@
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV) @@ -5399,7 +5347,7 @@
Galatians 6:7-8 - Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (ESV) @@ -5407,7 +5355,7 @@
Jude 1:4 - For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (NASB) @@ -5415,7 +5363,7 @@
Daniel 12:9-10 - He said, Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand. @@ -5427,7 +5375,7 @@
Revelation of John 21:8 - But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." (ESV) @@ -5439,8 +5387,8 @@
Acts 2:34 - For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, @@ -5448,8 +5396,8 @@
Not all 'spirit' is true. @@ -5469,8 +5417,8 @@
John 6:40 - For this (G3778 houtos) is the will (G2307 thelema) of My Father (G3962 pater), that everyone (G3956 pas) who beholds (G2334 theoreo) the Son (G5207 huios) and believes (G4100 pisteuo) in Him will have (G2192 echo) eternal (G166 aionios) life (G2222 zoe), and I Myself (G1473 ego) will raise (G450 anistemi) him up on the last (G2078 eschatos) day (G2250 hemera).” @@ -5519,8 +5467,8 @@
Doing words (verbs):, eats, feeds, drinks. @@ -5539,8 +5487,8 @@
John 6:56 - He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. @@ -5598,12 +5546,12 @@
Colossians 3:14 - Beyond all (G3956 pas) these things put on love (G26 agape), which (G3739 hos) is the perfect bond of unity. @@ -5615,8 +5563,8 @@
I Corinthians 13:10 - but when the perfect (G5046 teleios) comes, the partial (G3313 meros) will be done away. @@ -5628,8 +5576,8 @@
II Corinthians 7:1 - Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves (G1438 heautou) from all (G3956 pas) defilement of flesh (G4561 sarx) and spirit (G4151 pneuma), perfecting holiness in the fear of God (G2316 theos). @@ -5637,8 +5585,8 @@
Philippians 3:12 - Not that I have already obtained (G2983 lambano) it or have already become perfect (G5048 teleioo), but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which (G3739 hos) also I was laid hold of by Christ (G5547 Christos) Jesus (G2424 Iesous). @@ -5650,8 +5598,8 @@
I Peter 5:10 - After you have suffered (G3958 pascho) for a little (G3641 oligos) while (G3641 oligos), the God (G2316 theos) of all (G3956 pas) grace (G5485 charis), who called (G2564 kaleo) you to His eternal (G166 aionios) glory (G1391 doxa) in Christ (G5547 Christos), will Himself (G846 autos) perfect (G2675 katartizo), confirm (G4741 sterizo), strengthen (G4599 sthenoo) and establish (G2311 themelioo) you. @@ -5659,8 +5607,8 @@
James 1:4 - And let endurance have its perfect (G5046 teleios) result (G2041 ergon), so that you may be perfect (G5046 teleios) and complete, lacking in nothing. @@ -5680,8 +5628,8 @@
Hebrews 5:8-10 - Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. @@ -5702,12 +5650,12 @@
Dominating others in your flock and forcing them to believe what you believe is like witchcraft, and will forfeit glorification. - See glorification. @@ -5735,8 +5683,8 @@
John 13:13 - You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. (ESV) @@ -5748,8 +5696,8 @@
Anyone who says otherwise is a false teacher. @@ -5766,8 +5714,8 @@
I Peter 5:5 - Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. @@ -5779,8 +5727,8 @@
Acts 5:29 - But Peter and the apostles answered, We must obey God rather than men. @@ -5795,8 +5743,8 @@
Hebrews 5:8-10 - Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. @@ -5810,8 +5758,8 @@
It's not really the religion but who puts their faith in Jesus and obeys the gospel who will be saved. @@ -5847,16 +5795,16 @@
I Corinthians 10:14-31 - Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience. But if someone says to you, This has been offered in sacrifice, then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for the sake of conscience— I do not mean your conscience, but his. For why should my liberty be determined by someone else's conscience? If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks? So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Acts 17:29 - Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. @@ -5874,8 +5822,8 @@
I currently believe this means that grace may @@ -5943,8 +5891,8 @@
I saw a dark spot around my rib when I was born-again. @@ -5957,8 +5905,8 @@
Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. @@ -5991,12 +5939,12 @@
Jesus wants more kingdom labourers: @@ -6025,8 +5973,8 @@
I John 2:24 - Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. @@ -6111,8 +6059,8 @@
John 3:36 - He who believes (G4100 pisteuo) in the Son (G5207 huios) has (G2192 echo) eternal (G166 aionios) life (G2222 zoe); but he who does not obey (G544 apeitheo) the Son (G5207 huios) will not see (G3708 horao) life (G2222 zoe), but the wrath (G3709 orge) of God (G2316 theos) abides (G3306 meno) on him.” @@ -6175,8 +6123,8 @@
John 8:34-35 - Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. @@ -6209,8 +6157,8 @@
I John 3:24 - Whoever keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. @@ -6218,8 +6166,8 @@
A person must do the will of God for that. @@ -6280,8 +6228,8 @@
John 3:33 - Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. @@ -6326,8 +6274,8 @@
Romans 2:9-11 - There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. @@ -6335,8 +6283,8 @@
Romans 3:10-13 - as it is written: None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. @@ -6348,8 +6296,8 @@
Romans 3:20 - For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. @@ -6438,8 +6386,8 @@
It quickly progresses to obeying Jesus, receiving the Spirit. @@ -6539,8 +6487,8 @@
I John 5:2 - By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. @@ -6556,8 +6504,8 @@
John 15:10 - If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. @@ -6581,8 +6529,8 @@
Matthew 19:16-30 - And behold, a man came up to him, saying, Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments. He said to him, Which ones? And Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The young man said to him, All these I have kept. What do I still lack? Jesus said to him, If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Then Peter said in reply, See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have? Jesus said to them, Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first. @@ -6594,8 +6542,8 @@
Daniel 7:18 - But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever. (ESV) @@ -6603,8 +6551,8 @@
Luke 6:46-49 - Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great. (ESV) @@ -6632,8 +6580,8 @@
Money is temporary. While it's in your hands, make friends with it, by giving in charity to those in need. @@ -6653,8 +6601,8 @@
Luke 16:11-12 - If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? @@ -6662,8 +6610,8 @@
James 1:9-11 - But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. (NASB) @@ -6687,8 +6635,8 @@
John 15:14-15 - You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. @@ -6696,8 +6644,8 @@
Following the commandments properly from the heart is a good thing to do. @@ -6737,8 +6685,8 @@
To know Jesus and Father God, then you must follow His commandments. @@ -6789,8 +6737,8 @@
John 15:6 - If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. @@ -6799,8 +6747,8 @@
Acts 3:16 - And his name-by faith in his name-has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.?? @@ -6820,8 +6768,8 @@
John 15:2 - Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. @@ -6867,8 +6815,8 @@
Matthew 19:29 - And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. (ESV) @@ -6887,8 +6835,8 @@
Isaiah 56:5 - I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. (ESV) @@ -6906,8 +6854,8 @@
John 6:29-40 - Jesus answered them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent. So they said to him, Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus then said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. They said to him, Sir, give us this bread always. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. @@ -6943,8 +6891,8 @@
A person would have to reject Jesus to be grafted out, I think. @@ -6993,8 +6941,8 @@
We are still under a 'law of faith', but we are not under the Mosaic law. @@ -7022,12 +6970,12 @@
Yes, there is an amount of following Jesus. @@ -7076,8 +7024,8 @@
I personally do not endorse gay marriage. When I have in the past, I repent of that. @@ -7103,8 +7051,8 @@
John 8:12 - Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. @@ -7159,8 +7107,8 @@
I believe that the Holy Spirit goes to those who obey God. I believe belief in Jesus comes first. @@ -7188,8 +7136,8 @@
Romans 10:20 - Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me. (ESV) @@ -7201,8 +7149,8 @@
God chooses who is saved, and how they are saved. @@ -7247,8 +7195,8 @@
God keeps us from stumbling along the way: @@ -7272,8 +7220,8 @@
1 Corinthians 12:3 - Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says Jesus is accursed! and no one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit. (ESV) @@ -7281,8 +7229,8 @@
Mark 16:16-17 - Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; (ESV) @@ -7290,8 +7238,8 @@
Mark 6:11 - And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them. @@ -7318,8 +7266,8 @@
I Peter 3:18-21 - For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, @@ -7332,8 +7280,8 @@
Matthew 21:32 - For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him. (ESV) @@ -7370,8 +7318,8 @@
If a newly born-again Christian is spending all their time with sinners though and endorsing continually instead of being discipled, then they can @@ -7385,8 +7333,8 @@