Not By Works

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Translation:

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector
I’m telling you, with each passing day on CC, the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector becomes increasingly more profound to me.
 
Oh the irony.. you believe being submersed in water saves... too funny!!
Romans 4:5 - But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works.
 
I’ll ask you; why do you think people lose faith?

Yudges13:18 ducking the question:

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"Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds— They are higher than you. If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him? If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man."

Job 35:5-8 ( NKJV )
 
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This is fun. I always enjoy myself here. His will really is good, pleasing and perfect. I leap for joy, as He said to do!

As it is written, “The prophet is considered a fool and the spiritual man insane because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.”
 
This is fun. I always enjoy myself here. His will really is good, pleasing and perfect. I leap for joy, as He said to do!

As it is written, “The prophet is considered a fool and the spiritual man insane because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.”
Your own words convict you of your lost, sinful, heretical nature. Jesus takes no joy or pleasure in condemning people, and He definitely takes no joy or pleasure in seeing false prophet wolves like you wrongfully condemning His children. But I digress; carry on, yet beware of Matthew 12:36-37.
 
Your own words convict you of your lost, sinful, heretical nature. Jesus takes no joy or pleasure in condemning people, and He definitely takes no joy or pleasure in seeing false prophet wolves like you wrongfully condemning His children. But I digress; carry on, yet beware of Matthew 12:36-37.
Lol, as you falsely condemn a slave of Jesus Christ the Lord. Bless His holy name. He has delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling so that I walk before Him in the light of life.
 
Lol, as you falsely condemn a slave of Jesus Christ the Lord. Bless His holy name. He has delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling so that I walk before Him in the light of life.
No you’re not, otherwise you wouldn’t condemn anyone who has placed their unmitigated faith in Jesus Christ. FACT!
 
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This is works

Its called receiving the gift in faith. and perfecting that gift by the deeds of the flesh

In Gal 3. Paul calls this foolish

Paul was admonishing the Galatians because they wanted to be UNDER the law, not under FAITH.

What the Galatians did not seem to realize is that we through faith ESTABLISH the law and do it from the heart, not as a mental exercise.

He told the Galatians that by walking in the Spirit the deeds of the law are fulfilled because walking in the Spirit produces the things that are required in the law. He explained to them that walking in the flesh produces the things that are contrary to the law.
 
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Paul was admonishing the Galatians because they wanted to be UNDER the law, not under FAITH.

He was admonishing them for trying to add works to the gospel of Grace (ie faith plus works) which is why he asked if they were so foolish, having begun in the spirit, are now they trying to be perfected in the flesh (works)

What the Galatians did not seem to realize is that we through faith ESTABLISH the law and do it from the heart, not as a mental exercise.

He told the Galatians that by walking in the Spirit the deeds of the law are fulfilled because walking in the Spirit produces the things that are required in the law. He explained to them that walking in the flesh produces the things that are contrary to the law.

Yes, But that is not why he called them foolish. He called them (those who were tryign to add works) foolish for thinking they can add anything to the grace of God and being saved in the spirit to perfect their salvation. (keep themselves saved)
 
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You have shown me your biased interpretations of the Bible and your faulty human logic, but you are not fooling me.
You really don't need to make these kinds of posts to me.
Same for 11th hour.

What you need to do is bring a Biblical argument that doesn't change what the Bible says or lift scripture out of context of the whole.
I will give careful thought to a post like that.