not of works, but created in Christ unto good works
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In my experience and understanding, I believe you are right.
I've heard all too long that God separates Himself from us when we sin, will fully or not. God knows I've had my battle with sin, I'm not ashamed to admit that, I will boast about my weakness!
But I have found that when I sought God, He was ALWAYS there. And I was always surprised because my mind tells me He had abandoned me because what I had done, which leads to more shame, more discouragement, less feeling worthy enough to seek Him.
The teaching of God abandons you to your sin leads man down a deeper hole.
Not that I condone or justify sin in any way.
But I believe some people think they are better fathers to their children than our Good Father Himself!
I've heard all too long that God separates Himself from us when we sin, will fully or not. God knows I've had my battle with sin, I'm not ashamed to admit that, I will boast about my weakness!
But I have found that when I sought God, He was ALWAYS there. And I was always surprised because my mind tells me He had abandoned me because what I had done, which leads to more shame, more discouragement, less feeling worthy enough to seek Him.
The teaching of God abandons you to your sin leads man down a deeper hole.
Not that I condone or justify sin in any way.
But I believe some people think they are better fathers to their children than our Good Father Himself!
GOD IS not the author of confusion so then "work out your own Salvation" would have to be talking about
Romans 12:1-2
King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
GOD IS a SPIRIT and those who worship HIM MUST worship HIM In Spirit and In TRUTH.
Grace is Grace
Work Is work
Romans 12:1-2
King James Version
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
GOD IS a SPIRIT and those who worship HIM MUST worship HIM In Spirit and In TRUTH.
Grace is Grace
Work Is work
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By your words of your faith, I perceive that you are a born again child of God. You are among those in John 6:38 that God gave to Christ to die for and will spend eternity in heaven. Christ died to pay for our sins, period, it's a done deal. any sin that we commit will separate us from fellowship with God until we repent, but it will not separate us from heaven.
The salvation (deliverance) we work out as we sojourn here on earth is not our eternal deliverance, but a deliverance we receive here on earth. After we are born again we struggle to follow the commandments that God has given us and sometimes we do yield our bodies through our lust to the things of this world. When we do this, we do not lose our eternal inheritance, only our fellowship with God. God pricks our heart and we feel guilty and repent. When we repent and God forgives us, we have been delivered (saved) from the results of our sin. That is how we work out our own salvation (deliverance).
Eternal salvation (deliverance) is irrevocable. We must learn how to rightly divide the salvation (deliverance) scriptures. We are delivered many times as we repent of our sins here on earth. Our eternal deliverance is not affected by the sins we do, because Christ died and paid for every one of them.
John 6:38, plainly states that Jesus died to pay for the sins of only those that His Father gave him, which was not all of mankind, and said that all he died for will live with him in heaven. Did he pay for King David's sin of murder adultery? Yes and he will live in heaven. The Church is directed to not receive any elect child of God who are actively participating in a sin. If I am not mistaken, Paul instructed one of the churches to exclude a man for having sex with his mother. I may be wrong on that, because I did not take time to look it up. Please correct me if I am wrong.
repent once for salvation and then by the mercies of GOD after Salvation present your bodies which Includes your mind a LIVING sacrifice renewing your mind to the new creation you have become not to conform to the world but be transformed so that you can Prove what Is that good and acceptable perfect will of GOD and all the law and the prophets are summed up In one word,Love.
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If they have been born again, and are actively participating in sin the church is instructed to exclude them from the church, but God will not exclude them from eternal life in heaven, because if they have been born again Christ payed for their sins. God elected a people before the foundation of the world, Eph1, because he saw by his foreknowledge that no one would seek him, no, not one, Psalms 53:2, and sometime after their natural birth God quickens them to a spiritual life.
The natural man will not repent of breaking a spiritual law, because he cannot discern spiritual things, 1 Cor 2:14, Only those that have been born again will repent of breaking a spiritual law. Yes, even after we are born again, we still sin, but our sin will not keep us out of heaven, because those that Christ died for, God's elect, their sins have been paid for and they will live in heaven.