Even grace has "certain conditions".
Even grace has "certain conditions".
I've not misread nor misunderstood the Hebrews letter. It is possible to lose your salvation such as when you denounce Christ after having been enlightened and saved as the Hebrew letter clearly indicates.
One condition.
But He gives greater grace.
Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6
Christ is our savior for one and all times. If we sin and don't repent of the sin and ask forgiveness, we will answer for it in the judgement.
truly yet we must always look to Christ and the gospel for judgement
“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.”
Matthew 18:21-22 KJV
surely God wouldnt teach his disciples to oit do his own mercy but maybe he’s giving us our own judgement we’ll face that day if we believe him ?
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.””
Luke 6:36-38 NIV
Alot of Christian’s would believe things like this and understand what he’s saying but often there comes another’s voice to explain why what Jesus the judge says isn’t the truth or doesn’t apply
what if our judgement can be extremely merciful or extremely strict based on how we treat others ?
““Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Matthew 7:1-2 NIV
what if we believed this and realized he already knows none of us are perfect and we all still need mercy and one of the many things he’s teaching us , is that if we are merciful to other people who he died for and lives when they do us wrong , we can expect that to be multiplied for ourself at judgement based in his declaration in the gospel we’re taught to believe ?
“You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.”
Romans 2:1 NIV
if I’m a lawbreaker because I tell lies , and judge an adulterer it’s just one sinner judging another sinner guilty.
If we can’t forgive others it shows we don’t yet have a grasp on the spirit of Christ or aren’t able to follow the spirit yet
“When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.”
Luke 23:33-34 NIV
“Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.”
Luke 23:46 NIV
“Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.””
Galatians 4:6
truly yet we must always look to Christ and the gospel for judgement
I agree with much of what you say.“When you say that Gentiles are not under the the old covenant. Obviously, your referring to the Mosaic Covenant since Gentiles cannot be physically circumcised.”
well first what prevents a gentile from being circumcised ? The Old Testament allowed for gentiles to convert and be circumcised I don’t think you understand what I’m saying I hadn’t even mentioned circumcision bekng any reason for anything .
youll find what I’m talking about in Galatians three Paul explains it well
the gospel is Abraham’s covenant pertaining to all nations it was first announced to him in genesis chapter 12. Before the law was given to israel through Moses as thier specific covenant
what im saying is a covenant is whatever the word of the covenant says and it’s made with the people it is made with. So this covenant wasn’t made with gentiles but with Israelites is my point but specifically with the chrildren of isreal ( , jacob)
“These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.”
Deuteronomy 29:1 KJV
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.”
Exodus 34:27
So my point is the old covenant made through Moses with israel of found here in Moses words in thier covenant law
“And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people:
and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. ( those distinct fleshly people have now entered a covenant” an agreement “based on what the book of Moses law says to them then the lifeblood of animals that purchased that covenant according to those words is shed )
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.”
Exodus 24:7-8 KJV
My point isn’t about circumcision the New Testament has its own true circumcision based on Jesus death and resurrection. It’s about the covenants themselves and the audiences for both you see how the old was spoken specifically to them ? The gospel is sent to all and is Gods covenant with mankind just as the old was his covenant with Israel which they broke
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
I’m saying if god gave a covenant to israel its based on what it sa and is for who he made it with
and im saying God made a new covenant with israel and he then included gentiles in the audience that the covenant is made for and with . Whereas thenold requires one to convert to Judaism through circumcision and adherence to Moses law
“and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Genesis 12:3 KJV
Galatians three paul explains all of this well it’s worth a good read and even a bit of a study of you believe Paul’s explainations I mean How the gospel came before the law then the law was given and it was broken and then after the law the gospel was fulfilled and that covenant came forth which is the true covenant and not this one which was added after because they sinned worshipping the calf
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
The law was only a bridge to the gospel dealing with man’s sin in between like a rough draft
“But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”
Galatians 3:23-24 KJV
I’m not sure it creates the difficult questions rether than answering them Galatians theee I mean which is what I’m talking about .
as to John the Baptist he is the fulfillment of the ot prophecies of the last prophet of Israel before the messiah would arrive for instance
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Malachi 3:1 KJV
“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”
Mark 1:1-2, 4 KJV
John was soecifically preaching to Israel as was Jesus first.
It’s after they reject him that the same gospel is sent to everyone else
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
Who John was preaching to doesn’t matter nor does circumcision to what I’m saying there are two covenants each is made with a specific people one with Israel’s children and descendants and the other with all creation all mankind of all nations beginning at Jerusalem and spreading to everyone else through the great commission to preach the gospel of the kingdom to all people and invite thoer belief in him
Therefore , no need to Judge or condemn anyone, God has and knows who are his and who will be if not seeing it yet. Amen
Amazing grace to appreciate, if one knows they need God
Yes, since we are reconciled by God through Son Jesus, it be time to be reconciled back in thanksgiving and praise to God seeing there is not law against love, and true love is 1 Cor 13:4-7, imputed in to us, those that believe God and will not deny God
Wow, woe is me as in Isaiah 6:1-7 tells me
I agree with much of what you say.
Though the Abrahamic Covenant had a lineage and that was specific.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the lineage of the promise.
To be a member of the Abrahamic Covenant you had to be circumcised.
To be a member of the Mosaic Covenant, once again, same entry requirement.
That is why Acts 15 singles out circumcision and the law of Moses.
How many nations were the children of Abraham I have no idea. Though I would
lean towards many nations being blessed through God's promise to Abraham.
It matters who John was preaching to. The same as it matters who Jesus was
preaching to. We find in both cases that John and Jesus were sent only to Israel.
If you do not consider the context, the audience being addressed, then one would
basically be teaching a baptism of repentance. With a touch of Jesus thrown in.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not really about a baptism of repentance for eternal life.
Which some folk teach, rather the gospel of Jesus Christ is eternal life granted as a gift.
Given for the simple act of believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Romans 10:9)
Where the confusion occurs is melding John, the law, and the gospel together, or parts
thereof. By grace through faith is what Paul said and not repentance and Jesus, the gospel
comes first and is the instrument that saves.
Then the Christian life follows from the acceptance of the gospel.
I don’t understand brother what your sayingI see presently not must, or have to or else
Rather a choice to choose, and be thankful in this truth, once anyone sees it is worth it, after going through troubles as in James 1 tells me about. A willingness, over a having to, has made a gigantic difference in my freedom given me by God for me and all others also, hoping for all to believe and go through any and all adversities and not deny God either
“Therefore , no need to Judge or condemn “Therefore , no need to Judge or condemn anyone, God has and knows who are his and who will be if not seeing it yet. Amen
Amazing grace to appreciate, if one knows they need God
Yes, since we are reconciled by God through Son Jesus, it be time to be reconciled back in thanksgiving and praise to God seeing there is not law against love, and true love is 1 Cor 13:4-7, imputed in to us, those that believe God and will not deny God
Wow, woe is me as in Isaiah 6:1-7 tells me
Man I honestly do not understand why people feel the need to debate so hard for the weakness of God. I mean this mission to declare Gods power is something we can just walk away from is just beyond me. The only people that I feel can make this argument are people who have not truly experienced the REAL power of God. If you think that you can walk away from Jesus and the truth of what God does when He resurrects our spirits and reconciles it to His, just cannot have actually been confronted with that power in truth.
Even when I was first born again and I also started down this "lose salvation" road, I did have a misunderstanding that drove it. I thought to myself "self, how can I have free will and freely choose Jesus and be born again, and then be made a captive"? It made no sense to me that I was free to choose Jesus, but now I'm not free to choose to walk away from Him? This just didn't mesh in my head at all. But the Spirit lead me to the truth. The truth is that I didn't "choose" Him, and it was not my "choice" that saved me. When I was hitting my knees in repentance it was after 5 years of thinking I was saved when I wasn't.
I thought I was a Christian and in the trial I was enduring at that moment was not helped at all by God or Jesus. I had pretty much relegated them to a nice idea, but no longer thought either was real at all anymore. I hit my knees not crying out His name, but crying "I can't do this anymore". This was Him granting me repentance, I did nothing but break. I know now that He did this for a reason, but at that time I had no idea what had even happen. It was lunch the next day that He reveled Himself to me fully. It was lunchtime the next day at work when it hit me like a ton of bricks, after two solid years of uncontrollable suicidal thoughts every 5 minutes of every day I realized, "I haven't thought about killing myself all day!!!!" It was this moment I KNEW that whatever this was it was from God and I KNEW Jesus was His Son.
So I didn't choose anything in the first place, and as His Spirit guided me and I read as I grew I read Jesus saying that we are slaves of sin or slaves of Him. Even when I was thinking we could lose salvation I always qualified it like "I believe we can choose to walk away from Him, I could never do it and don't see how anyone could, but I believe we have the choice to". Just nonsense like that. So I guess I do understand why some believe this, but when you're trying to sell this idea that you can lose something God gives us for a purpose, you are arguing for a weak, unsure, confused God that really seems to have no clue what He's doing.
God draws us, He saves us, and He keeps us, we are to just do our best to glorify Him in gratitude. Brothers and sisters please rethink this idea that we have ANYTHING at all to do with any of it, and praise His name we don't, all glory and credit is His and teaching that we can lose the GRACE He's given us is a lie. He does not put the burden on us, He does not put us on heavens probation.
I hear you... It seems to be the meat of God's word that many cannot accept. No one can come unless God draws them and those He draws WILL come. We did not choose Him... He chose us. Not by the will or power of man, but by God's... due to His great everlasting love and mercy.Man I honestly do not understand why people feel the need to debate so hard for the weakness of God. I mean this mission to declare Gods power is something we can just walk away from is just beyond me. The only people that I feel can make this argument are people who have not truly experienced the REAL power of God. If you think that you can walk away from Jesus and the truth of what God does when He resurrects our spirits and reconciles it to His, just cannot have actually been confronted with that power in truth.
Even when I was first born again and I also started down this "lose salvation" road, I did have a misunderstanding that drove it. I thought to myself "self, how can I have free will and freely choose Jesus and be born again, and then be made a captive"? It made no sense to me that I was free to choose Jesus, but now I'm not free to choose to walk away from Him? This just didn't mesh in my head at all. But the Spirit lead me to the truth. The truth is that I didn't "choose" Him, and it was not my "choice" that saved me. When I was hitting my knees in repentance it was after 5 years of thinking I was saved when I wasn't.
I thought I was a Christian and in the trial I was enduring at that moment was not helped at all by God or Jesus. I had pretty much relegated them to a nice idea, but no longer thought either was real at all anymore. I hit my knees not crying out His name, but crying "I can't do this anymore". This was Him granting me repentance, I did nothing but break. I know now that He did this for a reason, but at that time I had no idea what had even happen. It was lunch the next day that He reveled Himself to me fully. It was lunchtime the next day at work when it hit me like a ton of bricks, after two solid years of uncontrollable suicidal thoughts every 5 minutes of every day I realized, "I haven't thought about killing myself all day!!!!" It was this moment I KNEW that whatever this was it was from God and I KNEW Jesus was His Son.
So I didn't choose anything in the first place, and as His Spirit guided me and I read as I grew I read Jesus saying that we are slaves of sin or slaves of Him. Even when I was thinking we could lose salvation I always qualified it like "I believe we can choose to walk away from Him, I could never do it and don't see how anyone could, but I believe we have the choice to". Just nonsense like that. So I guess I do understand why some believe this, but when you're trying to sell this idea that you can lose something God gives us for a purpose, you are arguing for a weak, unsure, confused God that really seems to have no clue what He's doing.
God draws us, He saves us, and He keeps us, we are to just do our best to glorify Him in gratitude. Brothers and sisters please rethink this idea that we have ANYTHING at all to do with any of it, and praise His name we don't, all glory and credit is His and teaching that we can lose the GRACE He's given us is a lie. He does not put the burden on us, He does not put us on heavens probation.
I agree with much of what you say.
Though the Abrahamic Covenant had a lineage and that was specific.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the lineage of the promise.
To be a member of the Abrahamic Covenant you had to be circumcised.
To be a member of the Mosaic Covenant, once again, same entry requirement.
That is why Acts 15 singles out circumcision and the law of Moses.
How many nations were the children of Abraham I have no idea. Though I would
lean towards many nations being blessed through God's promise to Abraham.
It matters who John was preaching to. The same as it matters who Jesus was
preaching to. We find in both cases that John and Jesus were sent only to Israel.
If you do not consider the context, the audience being addressed, then one would
basically be teaching a baptism of repentance. With a touch of Jesus thrown in.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not really about a baptism of repentance for eternal life.
Which some folk teach, rather the gospel of Jesus Christ is eternal life granted as a gift.
Given for the simple act of believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Romans 10:9)
Where the confusion occurs is melding John, the law, and the gospel together, or parts
thereof. By grace through faith is what Paul said and not repentance and Jesus, the gospel
comes first and is the instrument that saves.
Then the Christian life follows from the acceptance of the gospel.
I agree with much of what you say.
Though the Abrahamic Covenant had a lineage and that was specific.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the lineage of the promise.
To be a member of the Abrahamic Covenant you had to be circumcised.
To be a member of the Mosaic Covenant, once again, same entry requirement.
That is why Acts 15 singles out circumcision and the law of Moses.
How many nations were the children of Abraham I have no idea. Though I would
lean towards many nations being blessed through God's promise to Abraham.
It matters who John was preaching to. The same as it matters who Jesus was
preaching to. We find in both cases that John and Jesus were sent only to Israel.
If you do not consider the context, the audience being addressed, then one would
basically be teaching a baptism of repentance. With a touch of Jesus thrown in.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not really about a baptism of repentance for eternal life.
Which some folk teach, rather the gospel of Jesus Christ is eternal life granted as a gift.
Given for the simple act of believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Romans 10:9)
Where the confusion occurs is melding John, the law, and the gospel together, or parts
thereof. By grace through faith is what Paul said and not repentance and Jesus, the gospel
comes first and is the instrument that saves.
Then the Christian life follows from the acceptance of the gospel.
I don’t understand brother what your saying
Man I honestly do not understand why people feel the need to debate so hard for the weakness of God. I mean this mission to declare Gods power is something we can just walk away from is just beyond me. The only people that I feel can make this argument are people who have not truly experienced the REAL power of God. If you think that you can walk away from Jesus and the truth of what God does when He resurrects our spirits and reconciles it to His, just cannot have actually been confronted with that power in truth.
Even when I was first born again and I also started down this "lose salvation" road, I did have a misunderstanding that drove it. I thought to myself "self, how can I have free will and freely choose Jesus and be born again, and then be made a captive"? It made no sense to me that I was free to choose Jesus, but now I'm not free to choose to walk away from Him? This just didn't mesh in my head at all. But the Spirit lead me to the truth. The truth is that I didn't "choose" Him, and it was not my "choice" that saved me. When I was hitting my knees in repentance it was after 5 years of thinking I was saved when I wasn't.
I thought I was a Christian and in the trial I was enduring at that moment was not helped at all by God or Jesus. I had pretty much relegated them to a nice idea, but no longer thought either was real at all anymore. I hit my knees not crying out His name, but crying "I can't do this anymore". This was Him granting me repentance, I did nothing but break. I know now that He did this for a reason, but at that time I had no idea what had even happen. It was lunch the next day that He reveled Himself to me fully. It was lunchtime the next day at work when it hit me like a ton of bricks, after two solid years of uncontrollable suicidal thoughts every 5 minutes of every day I realized, "I haven't thought about killing myself all day!!!!" It was this moment I KNEW that whatever this was it was from God and I KNEW Jesus was His Son.
So I didn't choose anything in the first place, and as His Spirit guided me and I read as I grew I read Jesus saying that we are slaves of sin or slaves of Him. Even when I was thinking we could lose salvation I always qualified it like "I believe we can choose to walk away from Him, I could never do it and don't see how anyone could, but I believe we have the choice to". Just nonsense like that. So I guess I do understand why some believe this, but when you're trying to sell this idea that you can lose something God gives us for a purpose, you are arguing for a weak, unsure, confused God that really seems to have no clue what He's doing.
God draws us, He saves us, and He keeps us, we are to just do our best to glorify Him in gratitude. Brothers and sisters please rethink this idea that we have ANYTHING at all to do with any of it, and praise His name we don't, all glory and credit is His and teaching that we can lose the GRACE He's given us is a lie. He does not put the burden on us, He does not put us on heavens probation.
naturally, law and grace do not mix in a glass, just sitting still. Seal it, shake it up, the two appear mixed, once settled down, resting the two separate and is easily seen as do not naturally mix.
such as it is between God (oil) and water (flesh)
see now what getting excited does to us?
pride is what the enemy of God wants, if can’t get pride then goes after guilt, either way, it is to keep us out of the true love and mercy of God for us through Son to us. Enemy is defeated, now flesh first birth of flesh and blood being defeated, is defeated, just not seen by many still. Hebrews 1
under Law, I must do is the curse to the flesh nature, that flesh can’t do perfectly ever. Which is why God sent Son to take our deserved death place. To then give us new life in the risen life of Son Jesus, and no longer be under Law. Now in the law of liberty to learn new.
and then agree with God, God only knows the best for each of us personally. Having a relationship with God and you personally, thus one being new can’t harm anyone, even if struggling with wanting to, just cant when the rubber hits the road.
at least this I now see to not be under law that brought out sin in me. Standing in this amazing grace given me and everyone else too. Trusting Father to sort it all out as in Romans 14 tells me about trust
God's condition.One condition.
But He gives greater grace.
Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6