The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation
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what does the Bible say is required to gain the gift of eternal life?
and Do not believe the lie "once saved always saved". If a person returns to sin and will not repent it is the Lake of fire for them. And I thank God for that fact, I have had a belly full of sinful humans.
John 6
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Never make the mistake of using one or two scriptures to form a doctrine.
Christ is clear; no one can choose on their own to accept Him, the Father is the one choosing the Bride Jesus Christ will marry.
Once a person has been called and chosen, they must repent of sinning against the Father, they must be baptized into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and then by the laying of of Hands, the Father places HIS Spirit in that person.
that is not the end; Christ expect a return, you must grow spiritual, allowing God to cut away your human nature and replace it with HIS Divine Nature, the Word calls it bring forth fruit, and that is still not the end -- you must endure until the end. and there is coming more trouble than any would ever dream, it is a time of trouble so bad it has never occurred before or will ever again, It is called "The time of Jacob's trouble"
this is the short answer,
uttering words into the wind is nothing, once spoken they are vanish with the wind.
and Do not believe the lie "once saved always saved". If a person returns to sin and will not repent it is the Lake of fire for them. And I thank God for that fact, I have had a belly full of sinful humans.
John 6
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Never make the mistake of using one or two scriptures to form a doctrine.
Christ is clear; no one can choose on their own to accept Him, the Father is the one choosing the Bride Jesus Christ will marry.
Once a person has been called and chosen, they must repent of sinning against the Father, they must be baptized into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and then by the laying of of Hands, the Father places HIS Spirit in that person.
that is not the end; Christ expect a return, you must grow spiritual, allowing God to cut away your human nature and replace it with HIS Divine Nature, the Word calls it bring forth fruit, and that is still not the end -- you must endure until the end. and there is coming more trouble than any would ever dream, it is a time of trouble so bad it has never occurred before or will ever again, It is called "The time of Jacob's trouble"
this is the short answer,
uttering words into the wind is nothing, once spoken they are vanish with the wind.
Thus, both theism and atheism are unproven opinions or opposite subjective conclusions requiring faith concerning ultimate reality. However, the NT teaches there will come a time—at the resurrection or eschaton—when the proof atheists demand will be provided, and KOTH will end. At that time theism will be revealed as the right or true ideology as souls reap the opposite destinies of heaven and hell in accordance with their moral choices, beginning with their decision whether to love or to disregard God (cf. Matt. 7:24-27) .
The choices involved in making the second watershed decision (the ground of meaning/morality) correspond to the following questions: For a humanist, “Is there any reason I should not be selfish?” [No/Yes, depending on how you feel or what the rulers decree or how the majority votes.] For a karmaist, “Does how I live ultimately matter?” [Not unless you can remember previous lives.] For a naturalist, “Does instinct negate volition? [If not, then why is evil/hatred not equally right or existentially lawful?] And for a theist, “What does God desire?” [That depends upon what message or revelation is from God.]
Which option and opinion is best or most true? Answering this question involves understanding how truth is acquired (epistemology). Some knowledge is gleaned directly from personal experiences and is available to all who seek to know the truth with an open mind (like Socrates or Buddha) by means of reflecting or meditating on experiences logically. The apostle Paul indicated the world reveals God’s “invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature” (Rom. 1:20) and that conscience indicates “the requirements of the law” (Rom. 2:15).
A second possible way of obtaining knowledge is by learning from the insights or inspiration of others. Divinely inspired knowledge was claimed by Jesus (in John 14:9-11), Paul (in Gal. 1:11-12 & Tit. 1:1-3). Insights could be a combination of reflection and inspiration, perhaps taught by God’s indwelling Spirit, who Jesus said would “guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).
In the beginning God created the world as the arena in which to reveal His love for humanity via His Word, incarnate in Messiah Jesus.
A person who perceives God's Word in creation and Christ may cooperate via faith, receive His Spirit, and reflect His Love to humanity.
A person who ignores the Lord's Word/Love/Spirit/Christ as revealed will reap the appropriate destiny after death and be destroyed.
Those who satisfied God's requirement for salvation during their earthly existence will be resurrected to a new heavenly creation.
The details of immortality and eternal bliss have not been revealed, probably because they are beyond human imagination.
All we can do is try to imagine what life would be like in Eden after sanctification on Earth perfected God's plan for man.
A person who perceives God's Word in creation and Christ may cooperate via faith, receive His Spirit, and reflect His Love to humanity.
A person who ignores the Lord's Word/Love/Spirit/Christ as revealed will reap the appropriate destiny after death and be destroyed.
Those who satisfied God's requirement for salvation during their earthly existence will be resurrected to a new heavenly creation.
The details of immortality and eternal bliss have not been revealed, probably because they are beyond human imagination.
All we can do is try to imagine what life would be like in Eden after sanctification on Earth perfected God's plan for man.
The main points of Christian orthodoxy implicit in the credo "Sinners are saved by believing Jesus is Messiah/the Lord incarnate" can be explained or elaborated as follows:
- There is a/one all-loving and just Lord or Creator God (Deut. 6:4, John 3:16, 2Thes. 1:6), who is both able (2Tim. 1:12) and willing (1Tim. 2:3-4, Ezek. 33:11) to provide all morally accountable human beings salvation or heaven—a wonderful life full of love, joy and peace forever.
- Human beings are selfish or sinful (Rom. 3:23, 2Tim. 3:2-4, Col. 3:5), miserable (Gal. 5:19-21), and hopeless (Eph. 2:12) or hell-bound at the judgment (Matt. 23:33 & 25:46) when they reject God’s salvation (John 3:18, Rom. 2:5-11).
- Jesus is God’s Messiah/Christ and incarnate Son, the way that God has chosen (John 3:16, Acts 16:30-31, Phil. 2:9-11) of providing salvation by means of his atoning death on the cross for the payment of the penalty for the sins of humanity (Rom. 3:22-25 & 5:9-11), followed by his resurrection to reign in heaven (1Cor. 15:14-28).
- Thus, every person who hears the NT Gospel needs to repent and accept God’s grace or justification in Jesus as Christ/Messiah the Lord or Supreme Commander (Luke 2:11, John 14:6, Acts 16:31), at which moment God’s loving Holy Spirit of Christ indwells/baptizes the believer into the church (Rev. 3:20, Rom. 5:5, 1Cor. 12:13).
- Loving Christ Jesus as Lord (Luke 2:11), God the Son (Matt. 16:16) or God in the human dimension (Col. 2:9) means reflecting divine love as empowered by the Holy Spirit, thereby obeying His command to love one another (Matt. 7:21, 22:37-40, John 13:35, Rom. 13:9)—forever (Matt. 10:22, Psa. 113:2), which will eventually achieve spiritual maturity on earth and heaven after Christ returns at God’s resurrection (John 14:6, 17&26, Rom. 8:6-17, Gal. 6:7-9, Eph. 1:13-14, Phil. 3:12-16, Heb. 10:36, 12:1, Jam. 1:2-4).
The following was posted to warn readers about the TULIP heresy that contradicts the Gospel:
TULIP contradicts #1 (God is just/does not show favoritism, loves humanity, and willing to provide all morally accountable human
beings salvation), because it says God only wants to save some (thereby showing favoritism), hating the non-elect and contradicting
the Scriptures that are cited as well as Eph. 6:9, Col. 3:25, 1Pet. 1:17; John 3:16, 1John 4:7-12, Rom. 5:8, Matt. 5:44&48, Gal. 5:6&14, Eph. 3:17b-19, Eph. 5:2 1Tim. 2:3-4, Tit. 2:11, Ezek. 33:11, Deut. 30:19, Matt. 23:37, etc.
The entire Bible was written to reveal how to be saved, which all heresies contradict,
because that is how heresy is properly defined.
A systematic study of the verses tulipists cite as prooftexts for their dogma harmonizes them with these.
Yes it is his words that are truth and life, ALL his words not just a few we like, but All his words which teach baptism for the remission of sin and giving of the holy ghost ( the new birth) are also HIS WORDS. Plenty of scripture to back this up if you will let the scriptures (his words) do the talking. Jesus did indeed teach baptism see John 4:1 and Matthew 28:18-20 He even said is was a salvation issue see
Mark 16:16
Gladly. Romans 2:14-16 indicates that those unfamiliar with the NT or even the OT are still accountable to God for their sins,
because God gives every normal human adult common sense/moral conscience--probably derived from the basic logical principle or golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Thus, no one can plead not guilty because of ignorance of GW.
I agree to some extent.
Having understood the Christ from the scripture and the internal conviction therein of His nature.
Knowing also that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the perfect attributes, reflection of God's nature.
Therefore, we know that Jesus is, above all, divinely perfect and unconditional in His love!
The two greatest commandments in the law focus on love of God and love of man.
So now we know what sin that mankind commits everyday and that is the rejection of Jesus.
Which is the rejection of unconditional, agape love, of both God and man.
It is not common sense or a troubled conscious it is a thinly veiled revelation of Jesus that mankind rejects.
That is why when you use the name of Jesus persecution will really begin.
I would suggest that you look up the meaning of the word "saved" as explained in the Strong's concordance, which means delivered. The same definition applies to the word "saved" in Rom 10:1. Consider exactly what they are delivered from. Paul states that Israel has a zeal (ardor) of God, but not according to knowledge. All scriptures must agree with each other in order to reveal the truth of Christ's doctrine. All three of your references of believing in spiritual things does not harmonize with 1 Corinthians 2:4 witch states that the natural man cannot believe in spiritual things. Eph 2:1-5 tells us how the natural man has to be quickened from being dead in sin to alive in Christ before he can believe in spiritual things.
If any actions are required to receive eternal deliverance it is a doctrine of works. there is a deliverance by works that the eternally saved people receive here on earth when they obey God's commandments.God's Requirement For Salvation. GRFS.
If you actually reply to our tag me I'll see your response. If you don't, you can expect that I won't.
Yes, if by "thinly veiled" you are acknowledging that for pre-OT&NT folks rejecting the God revealed per Romans 1:20
and the Golden Rule via moral conscience per Romans 2:14-16 is the equivalent of rejecting the preincarnate Christ.