So works can't bring salvation but they can prevent you from salvation?
Our works do nothing for nor against eternal salvation.
Christ's finished work at Calvary, on the other hand, accomplished it all for us.
So works can't bring salvation but they can prevent you from salvation?
Our works do nothing for nor against eternal salvation.
Christ's finished work at Calvary, on the other hand, accomplished it all for us.
Are our works just for others to judge if we are saved or not?
I don't know any Christian who hasn't. And, I might add, I never heard it was even up for discussion until reading the GON spiritual forum.
Galatians 3:3
How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?
But if it doesn't take human effort?
Ezekiel 18:24
"But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
The biggest problem today about repentance is that we automatically insert "of sin" anytime we see the word repentance in the Bible. The true definition as I understand it is to change you mind or direction. There are places where the Bible say to repent of a specific sin. ex. Acts 8:22 where Peter tells Simon to repent of wanting to buy the power of the Holy Spirit. But, if you look at Genesis 6:6 or Exodus 32:14 in the KJV you will see that God repented. Obviously He didn't turn from sin, He changed his mind. This is how it should be read in the rest of the bible. So, everytime you see the word repent, or repentance, read it as "change my mind about". It will clear things up.
Let's look at one example. Acts 17:29-31
Acts 17:29-31(NIV)
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
This word "repent" should be read as "change their mind about".....about what?...about thinking that God was an image carved out of gold, silver, or stone by human hands.
Dr. Mike Halsey wrote an excellent book called "Truthspeak" it's available on Amazon and addresses this issue and several others. I suggest taking a look at it.
https://www.amazon.com/Truthspeak-C...4093&sr=8-4-fkmr1&keywords=truth+speak+halsey
Ha. of course not.
Good works are for the glory of God, not man.
Then God glorifies Himself in His works through man?
What does that say of the reprobate, what is God doing through them?
... but you can't compare God (Who is incapable of sin) to man (whose nature is to sin). Yes, repentance is changing our mind -- about sin! Look at Zacchaeus. He didn't change his mind about "who Jesus is". He changed his mind about his sin.
Luke 19:3
And he was trying to see who Jesus was, and he was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
Does “short of stature” refer to height, or was Zacchaeus short on social stature, therefore unable to penetrate the crowd
I think it was both, reading it almost makes me think that Zac Might have had a form of dwarfism. This would have put him at the bottom of the social structure and then that was compounded by his position as a tax collector.
It's hard not to study Zacchaeus without humming that song we all learned in Sunday school
What brother Israel said...
And this...
Psalm 76:10
10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain
I've looked at this psalm a few times and I just can't seem to get the context into our discussion. I think I understand what you're saying, that both the righteous and unrighteous glorify God?
I'm just not sure how the unrighteous glorify God since their own demise is to perish. Not worthy of being in the presence of God.
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