Are you kidding? This is what I said: "We can't earn that righteousness, but we can certainly abandon our old ways for a new way of life in Jesus' righteousness. This is the transformation required to get into heaven." And you say this kind of "personal transformation" is not Salvation? You deny that "abandoning our old ways for a new way of life in Jesus' righteousness" is Salvation? I have to wonder what your idea of Salvation is?
And you deny this is "personal transformation?" Are you saying that having Christ in you does not change you at all? Without Christ we live in sin. Accepting Christ is accepting his righteousness into our lives!
Personal transformation, personal choice, and acting on that choice is part of our Salvation, because it is in this way that we demonstrate our faith in Christ. It is only Christ's atonement that acquits us, but it is our choice to repent of our sin and to adopt his righteousness that validates our receipt of Christ's Salvation.
Of course you have to "do this!" You yourself admit that we "receive this Salvation"--that is "doing" something. I never said we earn our own Salvation. But if we truly receive Salvation we prove that we have actually received it by putting Christ's righteousness into effect in our lives.
Apparently you didn't recognize that I was indeed speaking of the "New Birth?" The work of atonement belonged to Christ alone. The work of receiving Christ belongs to us. Both comprise Salvation--not our earning it, but our validating the choice we necessarily make to receive it.
And you deny this is "personal transformation?" Are you saying that having Christ in you does not change you at all? Without Christ we live in sin. Accepting Christ is accepting his righteousness into our lives!
Personal transformation, personal choice, and acting on that choice is part of our Salvation, because it is in this way that we demonstrate our faith in Christ. It is only Christ's atonement that acquits us, but it is our choice to repent of our sin and to adopt his righteousness that validates our receipt of Christ's Salvation.
Of course you have to "do this!" You yourself admit that we "receive this Salvation"--that is "doing" something. I never said we earn our own Salvation. But if we truly receive Salvation we prove that we have actually received it by putting Christ's righteousness into effect in our lives.
Apparently you didn't recognize that I was indeed speaking of the "New Birth?" The work of atonement belonged to Christ alone. The work of receiving Christ belongs to us. Both comprise Salvation--not our earning it, but our validating the choice we necessarily make to receive it.
I think he’s saying that’s the only way to change is to let Christ change you.
from reading the discussion I think you guys are basically on the same page but using different words to express it .
even in your words you are saying we have to let Christ into us in order to change. If that’s true , then whomis actually doing the work ?
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”
Philippians 2:12-13
we can’t change ourself until we accept the gospel , the Holy Spirit comes from the gospel doctrine and works in us to change our Will through hearing the truth
so in other words we have to hear the truth about repentance before we will ever believe and enter into that place of Godly sorrow when we acknowledge our own sins and need for repentance.
I believe that the argument “ there’s nothing for us to do “ is from a lack of hearing and belief. We need to let God do his work in us forst tomchange our will from sin to repentance then we will begin walking in it. And doing the works meet for repentance like oil often spoke and taught to everyone
“But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.”
Acts 26:20 KJV
we definately know how Christ treated sinners it isn’t like Moses did however this is how Jesus treats believing sinner
This woman was judged a sinner by Moses and the other men but Jesus is Christ
“And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,…
And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.”
Luke 7:37, 48-50
what works did this woman do ? She hears Jesus was near me came into a place she wasn’t welcome repenting over her life of sin she didn’t become holy in her deeds she forst was made right before God and I’m sure she followed the lord who saved her