Not By Works
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The ONLY works that GOD classifies as GOOD, are those that are PURELY done out of as sincere LOVE for HIM.
To do them out of a sense of DUTY, or an OBLIGATION to the TORAH, or to add to your supposed SALVATION,
is nothing more than FILTHY RAGS.
John 14:15 (HCSB)
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commands.
Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV)
6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;
We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
1 Corinthians 13:2-5 (HCSB)
2 If I have ⌊the gift of⌋ prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited,
5 does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Romans 5:5-10 (HCSB)
5 This hope will not disappoint ⌊us⌋, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit
who was given to us.
6 For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.
8 But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!
9 Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath.
10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ⌊then how⌋ much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life!
2 Timothy 1:9 (CSBBible)
9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
SO where is your GOD GIVEN LOVE, I do not see it in your post ? ? ?
It is not we obey Him that HE searches the heart for, it is WHY WE OBEY HIM ? ? ?
If it is NOT because of sincere LOVE FOR HIM, it is nothing but Filthy Rags.
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You sir are in a cult......I have read the web site from top to bottom and most of it is error.
Yeshuah is the first son created by the Father, who came into existence in the beginning, hence why he is called the “firstborn of creation”. He issued commands in the beginning, which began with “let there be light” on day one, hence why because of these commands it is also declared, “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God”. This light that came into existence radiated forth from himself, since the sun nor the moon nor the stars existed till the fourth day, which became “the glory I had with you before the world began” and “Yehovah wraps himself in light as with a garment”, where he literally became the “the light of the world”. All life was created through him, which is also why he is called “only son”, because unlike all other sons of God that were created through Yeshuah, which were angels and man, only Yeshuah was created directly by the Father. John 3:16, Colossians 1:15, Psalm 2:7, Genesis 6:2, Galatians 3:26, Proverbs 8:22-25, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:24, John 1:1-2, John 17:5.
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Again you answer is severely lacking. You fail to include MOTIVE, and without it is still just FILTHY RAGS.
According to you these DEMONS could be considered Christians.
Mark 5:6-8 (ASV)
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
Here it is in another version:
Mark 5:6-9 (NIV)
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7 He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
8 For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."
A Roman Legion was 6000 men, so there had to be a minimum of 2000 Demons.
The spokes person for that group of 2000 - 6000 Demons was Legion, and HE cast them into the herd of 2000 pigs.
So assuming the position of worship and works, is NOT TRUE WORSHIP.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT GOD GIVEN LOVE IN YOU HEART, FLOWING OUT OF YOU TOWARDS GOD, AND THE BRETHREN, FOR IT TO COUNT.
TRUE OBEDIENCE IS PART OF GOD'S LOVE IN YOU, AND NOT PART OF SALVATION.
According to you these DEMONS could be considered Christians.
Mark 5:6-8 (ASV)
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
Here it is in another version:
Mark 5:6-9 (NIV)
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7 He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
8 For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."
A Roman Legion was 6000 men, so there had to be a minimum of 2000 Demons.
The spokes person for that group of 2000 - 6000 Demons was Legion, and HE cast them into the herd of 2000 pigs.
So assuming the position of worship and works, is NOT TRUE WORSHIP.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT GOD GIVEN LOVE IN YOU HEART, FLOWING OUT OF YOU TOWARDS GOD, AND THE BRETHREN, FOR IT TO COUNT.
TRUE OBEDIENCE IS PART OF GOD'S LOVE IN YOU, AND NOT PART OF SALVATION.
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Everyone in this world does a few good works and a few sinful works. Rom. 3:12 "They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." We all need Jesus Christ.
Everyone needs to repent of the sinful works and strive to sin no more. Those that know not Christ need to believe and accept Him.
Everyone needs to repent of the sinful works and strive to sin no more. Those that know not Christ need to believe and accept Him.
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Have you asked HIM for Understanding?
James 1:25 (CSBBible)
25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who works??—??this person will be blessed in what he does.
Psalm 19:7-11 (ESV)
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
8 the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
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I hate being controlled, it is humiliating with sense of danger as in "submit" during the time that someone angrily declare that I should submit
I might be exaggerating, but I do "feel like a prey" at that situation
I hate being a prey, I want to be powerful like a predator
but this animal like thinking reveal that "prey" is wounding, while "predator" is the desire to overcompensate for our insecurities
and we know that the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God
I might be exaggerating, but I do "feel like a prey" at that situation
I hate being a prey, I want to be powerful like a predator
but this animal like thinking reveal that "prey" is wounding, while "predator" is the desire to overcompensate for our insecurities
and we know that the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God