I appeal to you in love. One way we can know that you are misapplying these Scriptures is the huge swaths of Scriptures they cause you to ignore, such as the many I have referenced which such doctrine opposes. I believe in eternal security but not if one trifles with the warnings of Scripture. As Bonhoeffer said, "If we are not willing to hear the Word of God against ourselves we will never be true servants of God."
It may seem odd to you but one way Christians display this false ideology is with their own bodies. They are free to continue in the works of the sinful nature. One consequence is very many are overweight. Why? Gluttony. Whereas the slave of Christ who has offered his body as a living sacrifice has lost his own life and denies himself and eats by faith, whereby not overeating b/c that is never God's will (and only he who does God's will will enter the Kingdom of Heaven), members of a religion are free to eat what and when they want since they haven't denied themselves, and for many, it becomes compulsive, even demonic, and they are enslaved... in Egypt. But Jesus came to free us! They have not "ceased from their own works." But instead, if you wish to take that Scripture your referenced in context, what is being talked about leading up to that is the warning that we not repeat the error of Israel. "Today, if you hear His voice (and that's how His sheep live and walk, on every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God) do not harden your hearts" as they did. The Sabbath-rest for the people of God in the Kingdom of God is glorious. He is King, our king. That makes us kings. A kingdom of priests! Which is what God was always after.
And I'm just referencing one of the many acts of the sinful nature that true disciples of Christ are not permitted to go on in and don't since they have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Living in the Spirit with Christ as their head, they can't do those things. The wolves have to stand back from His rod and staff. Which leads in to what faith really is, since most of your list is predicated on the word believe.
We see in Matthew's Gospel, 21:22 I think it is, but that whatever we ask for in prayer, believing, we receive. That's one example. Also, in 1 John, that anyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and that no one who is born of God sins (dead to sin, just like your list says!) Believe means to adhere and cleave to Jesus. That's why I'm talking about this life of faith which depends on Him, which stays near Him, which even places Jesus before the believer: I have set the Lord before Me continually. We wait upon Him all the day! Seeking His Kingdom and righteousness first, He is faithful to add everything unto us that the pagans run after. And that is our testimony since 1996. He has been awesome.
Wanna know how to distill the whole Bible down? We can't go on sinning. (That's why we needed a better sacrifice that could free us, instead of just forgiving us.) And the things we do have to be done at God's direction. Those 2 points are true to Jesus and for us are death and resurrection; passing through the Red sea then getting the pillar of fire. Can you see it? It's glorious when you see what the shadow was from! This simplicity in Christ is what Churchianity kept from me. I never heard the Gospel of the Kingdom so I never had the government of God over me. I hadn't taken His yoke upon me. I couldn't follow in His steps as Peter tells us to, the first point of which is "He committed no sin". Everything Jesus taught is about what we do.
Perfect Bible distillation Scripture: "Obey My voice and I will be your God and you will be My people and walk only in the way that I command you so that it may go well with you." Simple. But because it's not so simple to do ("difficult the way") religion had to make up silly rules and doctrines to widen the gate (a lot of times for money) but it ultimately leads to destruction. I don't want them destroyed.
The prophet is a fool and the spiritual man is insane because of the greatness of your sin and great enmity, it is written. The Bible is totally up to date. These signs shall follow them that believe.
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