="mailmandan, post: 3770081, member: 193497"]If one reads Romans 2:6 in isolation from the rest of the book of Romans, one might conclude that Paul was teaching salvation by works.
No one is reading Romans 2:6 in isolation from the rest of the Bible.
Paul is saying only those things which were taught by God from the very beginning.
Rom. 2:
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them
who by patient continuance in well doing (Defined by the creator of righteousness) seek for glory and honour and immortality,
eternal life:
This is the Gospel message of the Christ since He spoke to Cain.
Gen. 4:
7 If thou doest well,
shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest
not well,
sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire,
and thou shalt rule over him.
Notice that ALL who receive eternal life are described as such, everyone who does good (vs. 10). Good deeds flow from a heart that is saved and evil deeds flow from a heart that is unsaved. Verse 8 - but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness--indignation and wrath.
You are preaching that immortality comes first, then repentance and works worthy of repentance. This is simply a religious falsehood, an insidious lie that we have been warned against over and over. I hope the readers can see the trickery in this sentence.
Notice that ALL who do not receive eternal life are described as such, everyone who does evil (vs. 9). What those passages convey is that though our deeds are judged by God, it's not the good deeds themselves which are the basis or means by which we receive eternal life, but the type of deeds expose whether our heart was saved, or not.
Why didn't these also receive eternal life without any works like the others? Did they get the short straw? Why didn't God grant them grace with no works, but granted the others Grace with no works? One group was saved without repentance, and the other group was rejected without repentance. And you omit an important Biblical fact.
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
This scripture exposes your religion.
What comes first in God's Word? Repentance or the gift of immortality? The Word of God says one thing, you and your friends preach another. Like Peter declared; "We ought to obey God rather than man".
Remember the very first example of deception our Lord gives us in Gen. 3.. Notice that first satan uses God's Word to deceive. Not all of it, just enough to trick us. The next thing satan did was convince Eve she was already immortal, already saved. Then the last part was to convince Eve that God's Instructions are against her and that she can only "SEE" and be "FREE" if she rejects them.
You folks reading along. Do the work yourself in obedience to what you can understand. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God because He gives Grace to the Humble. He doesn't give His Grace to everyone. This is a Biblical Fact. Just because someone says "Lord, Lord, doesn't make them His.
Satan deceives through religions which call the Christ Lord, Lord.
Put on the "Whole" armor of God. Listen to the Christ. "Man shall LIVE by EVERY WORD of GOD".
2 Tim. 2:
19 Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal,
The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity. (Lawlessness)
These good deeds done out of faith are the fruit, not the root of salvation. If Paul wanted to teach that we are saved by works, then he would have clearly stated that we are saved through faith and works in Ephesians 2:8 and that we are justified by faith and works in Romans 5:1 but that is clearly NOT what Paul said.
Rom. 2:
13 (For not the hearers of the law
are just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be justified.
James 1:
22 But
be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me,
ye that work iniquity. (Lawlessness)
24 Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:
and great was the fall of it.
And finally the Word's of Paul to confirm the Christ's teaching.
Acts 26:
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa,
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 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 (first) and
turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
Your preaching that immortality comes before "DOING" these things is a falsehood MMD. You have been shown many times now. I can only assume you know, and are teaching the religious falsehoods anyway.