OT/ the law of Moses prohibits (Deut 5:7-21)
NT/ the law of Christ encourages to do good works thru “FAITH THAT WORKETH IN LOVE”(gal 5:6)
Galatians 6:2-10 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. IF ANYONE THINKS HE IS SOMETHING WHEN HE IS NOTHING, HE DECEIVES HIMSELF. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, WITHOUT COMPARING himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor. Do not be deceived: GOD CANNOT BE MOCKED. A man REAPS WHAT HE SOWS. The one who SOWS TO PLEASE HIS SINFUL NATURE , from that nature will REAP DESTRUCTION; the one who SOWS to please the SPIRIT, from the Spirit will REAP ETERNAL LIFE. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, LET US DO GOOD to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
IF WE DON’T CONSIDER GOOD WORKS- (GOD’S WORKS IN US, FOR WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING GOOD WITHOUT GOD IN US) -RELEVANT TO OUR SALVATION, THEN WE ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST WHO DOES HIS (GOOD) WORKS BEING LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.(Ref.John 14:12)
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are GOD’S FELLOW WORKERS; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, HIS BODY OF WHICH HE IS THE SAVIOR.
Matthew 18:6-9,32-35 But if anyone causes one of these little ones WHO BELIEVE IN ME to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. “Woe to the world because of the things that CAUSE PEOPLE TO SIN! Such things must come, but WOE TO THE MAN through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to ENTER LIFE maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be THROWN INTO ETERNAL FIRE . And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to ENTER LIFE with one eye than to have two eyes and be THROWN INTO the fire of HELL. “Then the master called the SERVANT in. ‘You WICKED servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had MERCY on your FELLOW servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master turned him over to the jailers TO BE TORTURED, until he should pay back all he owed.
“THIS IS HOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER WILL TREAT EACH OF YOU unless you FORGIVE your brother FROM YOUR HEART.”
Luke 6:46-49 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and DO NOT DO what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and PUTS THEM INTO PRACTICE. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and DOES NOT put them into PRACTICE is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its DESTRUCTION was complete.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: NEITHER the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor THE GREEDY nor drunkards NOR SLANDERERS nor swindlers WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
lEphesians 5:5-6 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one DECEIVE you with EMPTY WORDS, for because of such things GOD’S WRATH comes on those who are DISOBEDIENT.
Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things DESERVE DEATH, they not only CONTINUE TO DO these very things but also APPROVE of those who PRACTICE them.
In 2 Peter 2:1-3,18-22 (False Teachers and Their Destruction)” But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. MANY WILL FOLLOW their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their GREED these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by APPEALING to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they ENTICE people who are just escaping from those who live in error. THEY PROMISE THEM FREEDOM, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and OVERCOME, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud." (Ref. Heb 6:4-8)
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2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. "
Psalm 49:13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of THEIR FOLLOWERS WHO APPROVE THEIR SAYINGS. Selah
Titus 1:15-16 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their MINDS and CONSCIENCES are CORRUPTED. They claim to know God,(*EVEN DEVILS BELIEVE THAT & SHUDDER*) but by THEIR ACTIONS they DENY HIM. They are DETESTABLE, DISOBEDIENT and UNFIT FOR DOING anything GOOD.
Jude 1:16,19 These men are GRUMBLERS and FAULTFINDERS; they follow their own evil desires; they BOAST ABOUT THEMSELVES and FLATTER OTHERS for their own advantage. These are the MEN WHO DIVIDE YOU, who follow mere natural instincts and DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT.
1 Corinthians 12:3,6 Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
AMEN!
