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VERY TRUE!
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 (HCSB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
[SUP]13 [/SUP] each one’s work will become obvious, for the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.
[SUP]14 [/SUP] If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
{SALVATION is not a Reward, it is a Free Gift of GOD.}
[SUP]15 [/SUP] If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.
OH HOW THE FALSE DOCTRINE PREACHERS WANT IT TO BE A REWARD,
But they are ROBBING GOD OF THE GLORY FOR HIS FREE GIFT:
Romans 4:3-5 (NRSV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God,
and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."
[SUP]4 [/SUP] Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] But to one who without works trusts Him who justifies the ungodly,
such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
Titus 3:5-7 (NRSV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP] he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
[SUP]7 [/SUP] so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
So what burden/s did Jesus ask us to give him?
It certainly is not the works he has asked us to do.
I'm glad that good works are not burdensome to you and are a blessing.
That should be the same for all of us.
Amazing to think he trusts us and empowers us to grow and move into Agape.
He did that with Peter, the guy who denied him 3 times.
The guy who cut a soldier's ear off.
The man who asked Jesus if they should call down fire from heaven to destroy the Samaritan village.
It certainly is not the works he has asked us to do.
I'm glad that good works are not burdensome to you and are a blessing.
That should be the same for all of us.
Amazing to think he trusts us and empowers us to grow and move into Agape.
He did that with Peter, the guy who denied him 3 times.
The guy who cut a soldier's ear off.
The man who asked Jesus if they should call down fire from heaven to destroy the Samaritan village.
No, over time I have seen my activity be strong and not so strong. I went through a time when I almost lost my wife in a car accident and had the opportunity to see how glorious it is to receive service from others in our time of need.
So to maintain a high level of good works like Jesus did, is difficult, but that is when it takes a God to know your heart. No one is counting.
So to maintain a high level of good works like Jesus did, is difficult, but that is when it takes a God to know your heart. No one is counting.
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Lol, anyone who rejects his gift, was never adopted by him.
My daughter did not fo any work to be born, her are ts did all the work blood can not be broken, period. Your giving yourself to much credit and to much power, god will not give you his power so you can overtake him
God will not be mocked he does not give his precious gift of eternal life to people who never really had faith in him, those who reject? John said was never of us.
You keep arguing with john, start believing him and stop being against him
Do you think so?
Maybe that is part of that.
But in context I see it as the burdens that the Pharisees were placing on the Jews concerning law keeping.
Not the 10 commandments but the 613 and everything else they added to it.
This is what Jesus rebuked them for.
You place heavy burdens on people but do not lift one finger to help them.
So I think the religious teachers were bending the law for themselves yet causing the Jews adhere to the law.
"I'm glad I'm not like that sinner comes to mind"
So in a sense it's law keeping that keeps us saved.
It's the yolk of self righteousness.
We know that Jesus fulfilled the law, does that include the 613? I assume so.
We also know that Jesus summed up the law.
LOVE.
Love God and your neighbour.
This is the law written on our hearts.
Yet he takes it further.
Love your enemies.
Love your enemies was not acceptable to the Jews.
Matthew 5:44-48
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 John 5:1-3
Chapter 5
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
We have the Holy Spirit in us.
It is him who says "Give me the burden of law keeping to be saved and I will give you the law of love which is not a burden"
By this we know we are his disciples.
I hope I make some sense.
Maybe that is part of that.
But in context I see it as the burdens that the Pharisees were placing on the Jews concerning law keeping.
Not the 10 commandments but the 613 and everything else they added to it.
This is what Jesus rebuked them for.
You place heavy burdens on people but do not lift one finger to help them.
So I think the religious teachers were bending the law for themselves yet causing the Jews adhere to the law.
"I'm glad I'm not like that sinner comes to mind"
So in a sense it's law keeping that keeps us saved.
It's the yolk of self righteousness.
We know that Jesus fulfilled the law, does that include the 613? I assume so.
We also know that Jesus summed up the law.
LOVE.
Love God and your neighbour.
This is the law written on our hearts.
Yet he takes it further.
Love your enemies.
Love your enemies was not acceptable to the Jews.
Matthew 5:44-48
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 John 5:1-3
Chapter 5
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
We have the Holy Spirit in us.
It is him who says "Give me the burden of law keeping to be saved and I will give you the law of love which is not a burden"
By this we know we are his disciples.
I hope I make some sense.
And sin is not the issue......FAITH is the issue.....one astounding reason salvation is a free eternal gift from God that always alludes the workers for.....the absolute fairness of God......It is not our fault we have a sin nature from Adam.....we had no choice in that matter....God is just and fair.....exactly why salvation is FREE AND GIVEN SIMPLY BY FAITH.
It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE!!
It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that BELIEVE!!
Titus 3:5 He saved us not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration, and by the renewing of the Holy Ghost,
THE RIHTEOUSNEßS OF THE JEWS WAS THROUGH THE LAW.
Deuteronomy 6:24-25 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, THAT WILL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRISTIANS (NEW CREATION/MAN) IS THROUGH FAITH.
Romans 9:30-32 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BY FAITH; but ISRAELl, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it NOT BY FAITH but as if it were by works. THEY stumbled over the “stumbling stone.”
“NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAD DONE" REFERS TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE JEWS WHICH WAS THROUGH THE LAW. (titus 3:5, eph 2:8-9)
PAUL’S QUESTION IS:
Romans 3:31 Do we, then, NULLIFY the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
HE ALSO SAID,
Romans 3:3-4 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith NULLIFY God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”
GOD PUTS AND WRITES THE LAW IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.
Hebrews 8:10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
...NOT JUST TO THE JEWS WHO WERE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO WERE CIRCUMCISED IN THE HEART.
Romans 2:28-29 A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God.
AND CHRISTIANS ARE ABLE TO FULFILL AND UPHOLD THE LAW IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT WAS POURED INTO THEIR HEARTS.
Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
AND THERFORE, “LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW.”(romans 13:10)
1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 5:2-3 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6 AND THIS IS LOVE; THAT WE WALK IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDS. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you WALK IN LOVE.
1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH.
Romans 8:4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be FULLY MET IN US, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
John 14:15 “IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND.”
Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
THE RIHTEOUSNEßS OF THE JEWS WAS THROUGH THE LAW.
Deuteronomy 6:24-25 The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, THAT WILL BE OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRISTIANS (NEW CREATION/MAN) IS THROUGH FAITH.
Romans 9:30-32 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BY FAITH; but ISRAELl, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it NOT BY FAITH but as if it were by works. THEY stumbled over the “stumbling stone.”
“NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAD DONE" REFERS TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE JEWS WHICH WAS THROUGH THE LAW. (titus 3:5, eph 2:8-9)
PAUL’S QUESTION IS:
Romans 3:31 Do we, then, NULLIFY the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
HE ALSO SAID,
Romans 3:3-4 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith NULLIFY God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”
GOD PUTS AND WRITES THE LAW IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.
Hebrews 8:10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
...NOT JUST TO THE JEWS WHO WERE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO WERE CIRCUMCISED IN THE HEART.
Romans 2:28-29 A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise is not from men, but from God.
AND CHRISTIANS ARE ABLE TO FULFILL AND UPHOLD THE LAW IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT WAS POURED INTO THEIR HEARTS.
Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because GOD HAS POURED OUT HIS LOVE INTO OUR HEARTS by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
AND THERFORE, “LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW.”(romans 13:10)
1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 5:2-3 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6 AND THIS IS LOVE; THAT WE WALK IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDS. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you WALK IN LOVE.
1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH.
Romans 8:4 in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be FULLY MET IN US, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
John 14:15 “IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND.”
Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
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Galatians 5:4 ►
Verse (Click for Chapter)
New International Version
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
New Living Translation
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.
English Standard Version
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Berean Study Bible
You who are trying to be justified by the Law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Berean Literal Bible
Whoever are being justified in the Law, you are severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
New American Standard Bible
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
King James Bible
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Christian Standard Bible
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
Contemporary English Version
And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace.
Good News Translation
Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
Verse (Click for Chapter)
New International Version
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
New Living Translation
For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace.
English Standard Version
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Berean Study Bible
You who are trying to be justified by the Law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Berean Literal Bible
Whoever are being justified in the Law, you are severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
New American Standard Bible
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
King James Bible
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Christian Standard Bible
You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.
Contemporary English Version
And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his gift of undeserved grace.
Good News Translation
Those of you who try to be put right with God by obeying the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ. You are outside God's grace.
IF CHRIST IS THE ONE LIVING IN A CHRISTIAN WHO IS A PART OF HIS BODY AND IS LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD WORKING IN HIM... WHO IS THEN LEADING THOSE WHO SAYS THAT "WORKS ARE WORKS ARE WORKS" AND NO WORKS ACCOMPANIED BY FAITH OR FAITH ACCOMPANIED BY ANY WORKS CAN SAVE A PERSON BUT FAITH "ALONE"?
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6,11 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 3:14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6,11 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
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◄ Galatians 2:21 ►
Verse (Click for Chapter)
New International Version
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
New Living Translation
I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.
English Standard Version
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Berean Study Bible
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the Law, Christ died for nothing."
Berean Literal Bible
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the Law, then Christ died for naught."
New American Standard Bible
"I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly."
King James Bible
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Christian Standard Bible
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Contemporary English Version
I don't turn my back on God's gift of undeserved grace. If we can be acceptable to God by obeying the Law, it was useless for Christ to die.