Not By Works
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I'm sure that in your daily life you live according to Jesus. That makes you a wise man, so stop worrying.
Hmm.. I guess Paul forgot to mention that in (Romans 3:22-28; 4:5-6; 5:1).
Don't worry, Jesus came to save the vilest of sinners.
Look after yourself and trust in the Lord. God bless.
There are moments my heart can be as dark as tar, and it is during those moments I commit my spirit to the Lord, as always, and I know I am forgiven because I know He doesn’t forsake His children.
But who are His children?
1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Target audience; Romans/ Gentiles
Huddle Paul is trying to overcome; No Jew or Gentile, all are the same according to the promise to Abraham which he received by faith
Underlying message; No one is justified by the works of the law which came for the Jews.
I also repeat the same thing. No one can be justified by the works of the law, we are justified by grace through faith in Christ. This doesn't mean we sit and relax, we still have to obey.
You did not understand a thing I was trying to share with you.
Are you Born Again, and how do you know?
OBEDIENCE is what LOVE produces, while SALVATION has always been a Free Gift of Grace, from before time began.
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
MY OBJECTION TO THE USE OF THE WORD WORKS STILL STANDS.
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Actually many of us agree completely on the OP.
What Paul is addressing here is not even remotely connected to the topic at hand.
Yup and that is the truth we continually defend
No one learns of Jesus apart from truth
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We did, we obeyed Jesus and believed in Him for salvation.
This thread is about justification which is by faith apart from works which cannot be revoked or lost.
The command was to love, how do obey that command? it can not be by believing anything.
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Being persuaded of truth is not an act of your will.
You cannot "will" yourself to believe, you either believe a truth or you do not, it has nothing to do with will power.
The gospel is not make a decision, the gospel is believe.
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Yes.
1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
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