You are dead WRONG about
LOVE being a work.
You do not even believe the BIBLE. You do not do GODLY LOVE out of a HUMAN EFFORT.
WHAT DO I MEAN BY GODLY LOVE? It is a TYPE OF LOVE that Cannot be produced in the Human Body. It COMES FROM GOD HIMSELF.
Romans 5:5 (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.
Most of us here are VERY FAMILIAR with that kind of
LOVE , in fact it just bubbles out of us. It is like a seed that GOD PLANTED in our Human Spirit or Hearts. IT WILL PRODUCE THE SAME KIND OF LOVE
as the Parent SEED. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LACKING.
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
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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.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
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Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Titus 3:4-8 (HCSB)
4 But when the goodness of God and His love for mankind appeared,
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He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this ⌊Spirit⌋ on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
8 This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.
Galatians 2:16 (HCSB)
16 know that
no one is justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. And we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and
not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will be justified.
Romans 11:6 (HCSB)
6 Now if
by grace,
then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
Romans 4:2-5 (HCSB)
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If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—
but not before God.
3 For what does the Scripture say?
Abraham believed God, and
it was credited to him for righteousness.
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Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.
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But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.
Galatians 3:9-10 (HCSB)
9 So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.
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For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written:
Everyone who does not continue doing everything written in the book of the law is cursed.
Romans 3:20 (HCSB)
20 For
no one will be justified in His sight by the works of the law, because
the knowledge of sin ⌊comes⌋ through the law.
I have asked you TWO TIMES TO EXPLAIN how you think a human being is BORN AGAIN, and How you know it? And quoting a Verse, IS AVOIDING TO AN ANSWER THE QUESTION. I am convince You have never been born again, because of your willfully avoidance to answer the question. That is just Rude,
unless You do not know how to answer the question. Most of us here are Born Again Christians, and Jesus said in
John 3 you cannot get into heaven without being Born Again.
James 4:1-2 (ESV)
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.
You do not have, because you do not ask.
You have a stubborn, divisive nature that YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF. Most one of us will be ready and willing to TEACH YOU how to be Born Again, and how to tell that you REALLY ARE Born Again. But you have to
ASK, with a Teachable Attitude; and then we will be willing to share with you.
One bit of advice that I learned from an older brother a LONG TIME AGO.
Any time you think you have found a Contradiction in the Scriptures, YOU CAN BE SURE YOU HAVE MISINTERPRETED ONE OR BOTH VERSES. There are NO contradictions in GOD's WORD, just Misinterpretations.
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Your definition of repentance left much to be desired.
