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You were asked to show us scripture and here's his request;
"Please just post scripture that says we are “Justified by faith alone”...'
Take out the word "ALONE" in your twisted FALSE MAN MADE DOCTRINE then you'll be able to see without bias the TRUTH OF THE MESSAGE.
Paul said,
...If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and IF I HAVE A FAITH that can move mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am NOTHING. 1 Corinthians 13:2
Do you even make sense if you are nothing? That is what you are and have become by insisting that FAITH ALONE SAVES.
Can that NOTHING even exist? I think that the ATHEISTS believe that but not Jesus and His apostles.
Jesus said;
... “If you love me, you will obey what I command. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:15,21,23-24
...“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Luke 6:46
A Faith WITH LOVE will OBEY.
Paul said;
...For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE. Galatians 5:6
"FAITH THAT WORKETH IN LOVE"
John said;
...Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but WITH ACTIONS and in truth. 1 John 3:18
Peter said;
...For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:5-11
James said;
...You see that a person is justified by what he does and NOT BY FAITH ALONE. As the body without the spirit is dead, so FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. James 2:24,26
And again Paul said;
... 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.” Romans 3:3-4
While John pointed out who the LIARS are;
...The man who says, “I know him,” but DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS is A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. 1 John 2:4
And finally Paul warns us;
...Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things GOD'S WRATH COMES ON THOSE WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT. Therefore do not be partners with them. Ephesians 5:6-7
"Please just post scripture that says we are “Justified by faith alone”...'
Take out the word "ALONE" in your twisted FALSE MAN MADE DOCTRINE then you'll be able to see without bias the TRUTH OF THE MESSAGE.
Paul said,
...If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and IF I HAVE A FAITH that can move mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am NOTHING. 1 Corinthians 13:2
Do you even make sense if you are nothing? That is what you are and have become by insisting that FAITH ALONE SAVES.
Can that NOTHING even exist? I think that the ATHEISTS believe that but not Jesus and His apostles.
Jesus said;
... “If you love me, you will obey what I command. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:15,21,23-24
...“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Luke 6:46
A Faith WITH LOVE will OBEY.
Paul said;
...For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE. Galatians 5:6
"FAITH THAT WORKETH IN LOVE"
John said;
...Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but WITH ACTIONS and in truth. 1 John 3:18
Peter said;
...For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:5-11
James said;
...You see that a person is justified by what he does and NOT BY FAITH ALONE. As the body without the spirit is dead, so FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. James 2:24,26
And again Paul said;
... 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.” Romans 3:3-4
While John pointed out who the LIARS are;
...The man who says, “I know him,” but DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS is A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. 1 John 2:4
And finally Paul warns us;
...Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things GOD'S WRATH COMES ON THOSE WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT. Therefore do not be partners with them. Ephesians 5:6-7
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Boy, now I have read everything, Love is a work to gain salvation??
The bible, you know the one that we need to always use in each and every post to prove our point...........
God's Mercy to Us Titus 3:5
…4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,…
The bible, you know the one that we need to always use in each and every post to prove our point...........
God's Mercy to Us Titus 3:5
…4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,…
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Guys im a street dog i got no education. Im thinking of getting some right now, its a long commitment and i always hated education but it seems like jobs are tough nowadays to get without some title to your name.
HORSEMAN doesnt quite cut it these days.
Pray please that God motivates me to get an education. But tell Him not to kick me too hard! I wish I would just find something interesting all of a sudden and get into it. What a blessing that would be.
HORSEMAN doesnt quite cut it these days.
Pray please that God motivates me to get an education. But tell Him not to kick me too hard! I wish I would just find something interesting all of a sudden and get into it. What a blessing that would be.
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Love of neighbor is part II of the greatest commandments. If it isn't there, you need to go back to the milk, for you are not of Him, can't possibly obey Commandmant #1 to love God. Love is the "acid test" of a Christian's testimony, both for God and neighbor. Make sure it is factual. In Christ you are enabled to love neighbors. If you can't, then you are probably not known by Jesus, and you don't really know the Lord. Just "about" Jesus? Let your works judge yourself, though they are powerless to save you.
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I need brush cut, trees cut, wood cut, wood split, hauled and stacked and offer a life or peace and rest on a spring fed creek in a Missouri national forest, a place to live and food 
HAHHA and a biblical education beyond the fluff and milk HAHAH
HAHHA and a biblical education beyond the fluff and milk HAHAH
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We are part of the vine. Our life is His life, our fruit is His fruit, our future is His future.
You cannot separate us in Christ from Him. But if we leave the vine we are nothing but a shrivelled twig ready
for the fire.
It is amazing how truth can be encompassed by a greater truth.
So our perspective may all be true, but we do not see its complexity.
Saying another is wrong, judgeing them, cutting them off in our hearts hurts our own communion with the Lord.
Listenning, knowing and seeing begins for us to see Gods will. Everyone has a story that makes them worthy of
time and space.
God bless you for the grace you share and love of Christ you have, Amen
You cannot separate us in Christ from Him. But if we leave the vine we are nothing but a shrivelled twig ready
for the fire.
It is amazing how truth can be encompassed by a greater truth.
So our perspective may all be true, but we do not see its complexity.
Saying another is wrong, judgeing them, cutting them off in our hearts hurts our own communion with the Lord.
Listenning, knowing and seeing begins for us to see Gods will. Everyone has a story that makes them worthy of
time and space.
God bless you for the grace you share and love of Christ you have, Amen
Faith without something is dead, meaning faith alone is dead.
Faith must have something to activate it.
Not the works of the law.
Not good works.
Not work that earns.
But the thing God has designed faith to be activated by, or made alive by is the work of obedience.
Otherwise faith is dead and can not save.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? James 2:21-22
The “work” that Abraham did was to obey God to offer his son Issac on the altar.
Faith is incomplete, without the work of obedience.
So there is no such scripture in the Bible that teaches us we are justified by faith alone.
JPT
No he had to come to himself, humbled himself and repented and was reconciled back to his father.
JPT
Faith must have something to activate it.
Not the works of the law.
Not good works.
Not work that earns.
But the thing God has designed faith to be activated by, or made alive by is the work of obedience.
Otherwise faith is dead and can not save.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? James 2:21-22
The “work” that Abraham did was to obey God to offer his son Issac on the altar.
- Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
Faith is incomplete, without the work of obedience.
- Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? (Complete)
So there is no such scripture in the Bible that teaches us we are justified by faith alone.
JPT
No he had to come to himself, humbled himself and repented and was reconciled back to his father.
JPT
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Something interesting? You need to be taking whatever leads to interesting. I discovered the best "job" has been around my hobbies and childhood interests. Joining the US Navy added an electronic interest, so I have added electronic security pursuits to my private business interests. The competition is strong, so a good idea is to keep looking for gaps in markets I might fill. I just jumped in to several fields, not taking courses from professors who never held a job in the field they teach.
Get out there, clean, odorless, smiling, and being a shopper if not a customer, shaking hands, passing out business cards. If you find an interesting place, help their customers find things. Invest yourself. If people like your first impression they tend not to worry too much about specific job qualifications. Most jobs provide specific training anyway, which can totally erase whatever you learn getting a "degree". Volunteer to work free at some place that interests you. I got started in landscaping by volunteering for a construction company in 1970, running a wheelbarrow, and selling my own first landscape business in 1981. Create then sell.
Get out there, clean, odorless, smiling, and being a shopper if not a customer, shaking hands, passing out business cards. If you find an interesting place, help their customers find things. Invest yourself. If people like your first impression they tend not to worry too much about specific job qualifications. Most jobs provide specific training anyway, which can totally erase whatever you learn getting a "degree". Volunteer to work free at some place that interests you. I got started in landscaping by volunteering for a construction company in 1970, running a wheelbarrow, and selling my own first landscape business in 1981. Create then sell.
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i think, Nahum 3:2-12
tho i don't know why stop with verse 12?
i don't understand why y'all are still thinking there's a book of Naomi. you can just go to LDS.org or something and look at the BOM online, check the table of contents / book list on page 1. i guess Hevosmies only glanced at the search results and noticed many were from LDS websites, but didn't look closely enough to see that they were about the book of Ruth or they were literal mormon people whose name happens to be Naomi. then the rest of y'all didn't bother to do any research of your own?
i thought, he was calling down judgements like those in scripture. there's no book of Naomi. i know there's not a book of Naomi in the BOM either (( i have one, and have read it)), so what could it be? well judgement in the Bible is mostly in the prophets. so what prophet starts with an N that he might have misspelled? turns out Nahum 3:2-12 is judgement. bingo, sez i.
people get things wrong.
often.
me too ((am a people)).
it's good practice to double check things - even things you think you're sure about.
tho i don't know why stop with verse 12?
i don't understand why y'all are still thinking there's a book of Naomi. you can just go to LDS.org or something and look at the BOM online, check the table of contents / book list on page 1. i guess Hevosmies only glanced at the search results and noticed many were from LDS websites, but didn't look closely enough to see that they were about the book of Ruth or they were literal mormon people whose name happens to be Naomi. then the rest of y'all didn't bother to do any research of your own?
i thought, he was calling down judgements like those in scripture. there's no book of Naomi. i know there's not a book of Naomi in the BOM either (( i have one, and have read it)), so what could it be? well judgement in the Bible is mostly in the prophets. so what prophet starts with an N that he might have misspelled? turns out Nahum 3:2-12 is judgement. bingo, sez i.
people get things wrong.
often.
me too ((am a people)).
it's good practice to double check things - even things you think you're sure about.
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Oh it does not bother me.....I can go all day long and when I get done the beavers on the creek complain to the conservation department because of my deforestation projects hahaha....keeps me in good shape at 52.....I still split by hand half the time even though I have a hydraulic splitter....and I usually have my wood done for winter by May or June.....takes about 3 cords a year to heat my y house.....and I have been clearing about 4 acres for food plots for deer and turkey
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