Not By Works

HAHAHHA nice...........I am thinking about a cup........I rarely eat breakfast and am kind of hungry......it is 730 A.M. here in Missouri....about -10c and looks like clear sky HAHAHHAHAH

Wrong.

"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31)

"For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe." (1 Corinthians 1:21)

"...that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)

"...so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life." (John 3:15)

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

"He who believes in the Son has eternal life;" (John 3:36)

"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." (John 6:40)

"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name." (John 1:12)

"...but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name." (John 20:31)

"Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." (Acts 10:43)

"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:18)

"...and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses." (Acts 13:39)

"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." (John 8:24)

"Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved." (Luke 8:12)

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life." (John 6:47)

"Whoever believes in Him shall not be disappointed" (Romans 10:11)

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." (John 6:29)

Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" (John 11:40)

"...and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. " (1 Peter 1:8-9)

"...for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:10)

Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus." (Acts 19:4)

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." (Romans 1:16)

And especially for you:

"Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone..." (Romans 9:32)

I love you for using CELCIUS like all the rest of the world.

I also use 20:00 etc clock times. But i realize its not common in America and most are americans here so I use the "PM" "AM" gimmick.

I just looked at all 24 verses that speaks to the gifts of or from God....not one states that works are a gift from GOD....WORKS are something DONE not something given as a gift.....man you are embellishing the word to prove a point that does not exist...why would you do that........??

Now that all the works salvationists have left the thread, FOR NOW.

I will ask this question here, since I dont believe it deserves its own thread, atleast now:

1 Samuel 15:11 says God repents making Saul king.

but then LATER ON in the same chapter at verse 29 it says:

"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. "

Well...... He just did.

OY VEY!

What sayeth ye?

Coffee is on!!

Thank you Lady_blue, how bowts some doughnuts with the coffee......

Now that all the works salvationists have left the thread, FOR NOW.

I will ask this question here, since I dont believe it deserves its own thread, atleast now:

1 Samuel 15:11 says God repents making Saul king.

but then LATER ON in the same chapter at verse 29 it says:

"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. "

Well...... He just did.

OY VEY!

What sayeth ye?

Ephesians 4:1-13 and 1 Corinthians chapters 12 and 14

Where did they all go?

Like I said....

S----t----r----e----t----c----h----i---n----g to make a point the word does not make.........works are a by product of FAITH.....FAITH/SALVATION is the GIFT.....works are NOT a gift........the results of the GIFT.........be honest with the truth man.......

The context determines the usage of the word......it does not mean repent as we would repent, nor does it indicate a mistake on God's part..........I look at the word and the context in verse 11 to indicate disappointment......not necessarily in what God had done, but rather the failure of SAUL and in verse 29 the context = God has nothing to be sorry for........One thing we cannot do is to bring God down on our level when it comes to the verbiage God uses to get a point across to us........we must view it with a higher application while understanding (or attempting to understand) God's nature and character......

vs 11.
nacham: to be sorry, console oneself
Original Word: נָחַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nacham
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kham')
Definition: to be sorry, console oneself

vs. 29
nacham: to be sorry, console oneself
Original Word: נָחַם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: nacham
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kham')
Definition: to be sorry, console oneself

Now that all the works salvationists have left the thread, FOR NOW.

I will ask this question here, since I dont believe it deserves its own thread, atleast now:

1 Samuel 15:11 says God repents making Saul king.

but then LATER ON in the same chapter at verse 29 it says:

"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. "

Well...... He just did.

OY VEY!

What sayeth ye?

Like I said....

S----t----r----e----t----c----h----i---n----g to make a point the word does not make.........works are a by product of FAITH.....FAITH/SALVATION is the GIFT.....works are NOT a gift........the results of the GIFT.........be honest with the truth man.......

also notice- all the workers and lawyers break Scripture into pieces and build theology around the pieces, trying to make the Bible contradict.

those of us who know Scripture know that it does not contradict, as long as one keeps it in the grace -faith-works system.

Can't help it you cant see what the verses are saying. Try 1 Cor. 15:10 and Ephesians 3:7-8

If I keep posting these clear scriptures and you keep denying them, that is a bad look for you...

Not really...You made a blanket statement that works were a gift from God....that is false....you have not proven anything other than you have gone to seed on some idea that is not supported by scripture......

The gift is salvation/faith.........NOT works which are the result of the GIFT....so.......just be honest for once and admit your idea is false and the bible does not teach works as a gift from GOD.....it is that simple.......the more you twist the word to say something that it does not say makes you look foolish.......