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You would be correct, but the works James talks about is not reading your Bible, going to church, fasting, praying, seeking, asking, knocking, it is doing the work of the ministry. If you cannot perform the works of the ministry of reconciliation with Faith, then they are dead.
Have you ever fed the orphans and widows?
Have you ever fed the orphans and widows?
is it just feeding widows and orphans? if you think so then you still miss the point...
Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
1 Corinthians 13:3
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
1 Corinthians 13:3
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
we would all like to be that way but until we have all the answers we must test every spirit....I am happy you are at that point...but I doubt you were always there.....and it is doubtful you did not work at being obedient....never disobeyed or was never tempted or tested or maybe you passed all test or temptation...obedience is a choice ....we first must learn what is right or wrong before we can choose to do right or wrong...
Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
We who are married to Christ Jesus cannot abide in the House of the Law without being unfaithful to Him. The Law is dead to us, else we are guilty of adultery.
Romans 7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
We who are married to Christ Jesus cannot abide in the House of the Law without being unfaithful to Him. The Law is dead to us, else we are guilty of adultery.
the law is not dead...we are become dead to the law...but alive unto Christ
it is the same law you use to justify your union with Christ and to claim unfaithfulness to him.....we are not under the law because Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to them that believe....not because the law has become something bad...Christ alone fulfilled the law...no one else....so the law is not removed God concluded all under the law...the law has no power over Christ because it found no sin in him when he was executed....therefore death had to release him...so we who believe receive remission of sins and die willingly as he did....we are revived by the HS which joins us to him so like him the law have no power over us...but since the wages of sin is death...if we sin we must seek forgiveness else we can become separated from Christ....because sin cannot dwell in him
it is the same law you use to justify your union with Christ and to claim unfaithfulness to him.....we are not under the law because Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to them that believe....not because the law has become something bad...Christ alone fulfilled the law...no one else....so the law is not removed God concluded all under the law...the law has no power over Christ because it found no sin in him when he was executed....therefore death had to release him...so we who believe receive remission of sins and die willingly as he did....we are revived by the HS which joins us to him so like him the law have no power over us...but since the wages of sin is death...if we sin we must seek forgiveness else we can become separated from Christ....because sin cannot dwell in him
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This is not as hard as you make it out to be if you invite the Holy Spirit to be your partner. Remember Jesus said his yoke was easy and his burden is light, if you are having a hard and difficult time, then you to take spiritual inventory, because the hand your holding may not be the hand of Jesus and could be the hand of your own understanding or worse the hand of the enemy. This is why Jesus said you must have child like faith to enter into the Kingdom.
Also remember that Abraham staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief, he simply believed[Romans 4]. I fail at times like everyone does. That said, I also know and understand SIN is a choice and not an omission or commission or something I am powerless against[Gen 3, 1 John 2 and James 1] I gain that understanding because I seek after the knowledge of Jesus Christ and I am promised through exceeding great and precious promises that I may partake of the divine nature[2 Peter 1 & Romans 8.29] As the divine nature gains ascendancy in my spirit man, my flesh or better yet, sense knowledge is killed. SIN is also a nature, but when you are born again, the SIN nature is purged[2 Peter 1] and I am made the righteousness of God in Christ[2 Cor 5.21] Righteousness is position not personal performance. Therefore I stand before the Father, through Jesus Christ without shame, guilt or condemnation.
The Author of Hebrews said that spending time trying to learn between good/evil right/wrong is a result of only clinging to the milk of the word and not moving on to the meat of the word and repeatedly clinging to the foundational beliefs. [Heb 5.11-14 through Heb 6.1-3. This is not a stab at you, but something you need to consider.
The great Bible heros did not stand around wringing their hands wondering what was good/evil right/wrong, they simply believed God and staggered not at his promises through unbelief.
Also remember that Abraham staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief, he simply believed[Romans 4]. I fail at times like everyone does. That said, I also know and understand SIN is a choice and not an omission or commission or something I am powerless against[Gen 3, 1 John 2 and James 1] I gain that understanding because I seek after the knowledge of Jesus Christ and I am promised through exceeding great and precious promises that I may partake of the divine nature[2 Peter 1 & Romans 8.29] As the divine nature gains ascendancy in my spirit man, my flesh or better yet, sense knowledge is killed. SIN is also a nature, but when you are born again, the SIN nature is purged[2 Peter 1] and I am made the righteousness of God in Christ[2 Cor 5.21] Righteousness is position not personal performance. Therefore I stand before the Father, through Jesus Christ without shame, guilt or condemnation.
The Author of Hebrews said that spending time trying to learn between good/evil right/wrong is a result of only clinging to the milk of the word and not moving on to the meat of the word and repeatedly clinging to the foundational beliefs. [Heb 5.11-14 through Heb 6.1-3. This is not a stab at you, but something you need to consider.
The great Bible heros did not stand around wringing their hands wondering what was good/evil right/wrong, they simply believed God and staggered not at his promises through unbelief.
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Gal 3.22-26 disagrees with you.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster until Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Just posted this else where it fits though...
…10and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
…10and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
Are you instructing God? There is no work, no level of obedience that can be established to support your earthly contention.
Jesus came not to be ministered unto but to minister. Jesus came to die for sinners that He might redeem them from their sins. Jesus ministers our salvation before the Father eternally.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Jesus came not to be ministered unto but to minister. Jesus came to die for sinners that He might redeem them from their sins. Jesus ministers our salvation before the Father eternally.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
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I am convinced that my old husband was the law of sin and dead that once held me bondage. The laws of God were and are holy and are a part of the things which we must obey to live a righteous , godly life. In the new cov. the laws are changed, we have new moral laws plus the ten to keep now. The ordinances of the O.T. are no longer in force.but were once holy for those in the O.T. to keep, no more binding for us. Romans 7,8,13-14 tells me this. We should not talk of laws with out saying ,what laws we are talking of. The present day apostasy is a law-less christianity, which is faith only, it is dead. Love to all, Hoffco
I thank God Daily I am not under the Law, because I and you are sinners and break the law every Day. But our Savior kept it perfectly for all his people. Be thankful he did what we cannot do, and he gives his spirit to his people as he chooses. He forgives the many sins of all he died for and I for one will be forever thankful.
K
The law will not fail as it came from God and even though the day it was given it was broken. Moses slammed it to the ground and broke it and had to rewrite it. Jesus said I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it. Because He was the only one who could. So by placing our faith in His work, we have kept the law.
Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him as righteousness. Abraham had no law, none, nada, nothing. How do we obtain righteousness? by placing our faith in the work of Jesus. It is a free gift for those that believe. It is un earnable, meaning that there is nothing we can do to obtain it, other than placing our faith in His work and it's called grace. Which means unmerited favor.
Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him as righteousness. Abraham had no law, none, nada, nothing. How do we obtain righteousness? by placing our faith in the work of Jesus. It is a free gift for those that believe. It is un earnable, meaning that there is nothing we can do to obtain it, other than placing our faith in His work and it's called grace. Which means unmerited favor.