The Gospel of Grace

[RichardBurger]

The Gospel of Grace: --- All scriptures from the NKJV

After studying the Scriptures for over 60 years and writing many articles contradicting the writings of those that place their faith in their religions and religious practices, I have concluded that most will not believe what I write here. However, I am going to write what I believe to be the true Gospel of God’s grace based on the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

The true Gospel of Grace is that God has now concluded ALL men are hopelessly lost and are continually sinful in the flesh. Since that is true, based on the law, then God is totally fair in offering salvation based on the work of His Son, Jesus Christ, on the cross. The blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, covers ALL the sins of anyone that will place ALL their belief, faith, trust, confidence, and hope in the work of God on the cross. These are betting their eternal life on the work of God and are made children of God in Christ.

It makes me sad to understand that most men/women do not really do this. They seem to place their salvation on religious activities and their works. They believe in the “social/moral gospel” taught by religions. In reality they place their trust in what they do, not what God has done. They cannot deny themselves and follow Jesus. They will not relinquish control of their salvation to God and, instead, place their bets on what they “do for God“, not on what God has done for them.

The following Scriptures show us that it is the work of God that saves.

2 Cor 1:20-22
20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Rom 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Tim 1:8-12
8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,
9 who 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,
10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

1 Peter 1:3-5
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Cor 15:56-58
56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

All those that place ALL their belief, faith, trust, confidence, and hope in the work of God on the cross are kept by the power of God, not by their own power. Many do not believe this and I, personally, believe them to be hopelessly lost.

 

[Episkopos]

5 who are kept by the power of God (grace) through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

We have victory THROUGH Christ. Christ does not have victory instead of us. The grace (power) of God empowers us through faith on our part to overcome all things.

So we are being saved BY the power of God lived out by faith....unto salvation. As long as we live we are in the race...salvation is at the end of the race...Christianity is a starting line, not a finish line. God has not gone back on the laws of Christ. To overcome WE must fulfill them.

 

[Prentis]

Amen, Episkopos! :)

 

[RichardBurger]

From the book “hard to believe” by John MacArthur.

Man-made and demon-designed systems of religion are based on the assumption that we don't really need a Savior, or aren't fully dependent on Him, because we have the capacity to develop our own righteousness. Just let God give us a little religious environment to aid our natural goodness, dispense a little power to us, or infuse a little strength into us. Give us a few rules, a few religious routines and rituals, and we'll crank up salvation on our own. The lie of human achievement comes under myriad different titles, but it's all the same system, because it's spawned out of the same source: Satan himself. He packages it in different boxes, but it's all the same product. On the other hand, the truth of divine accomplishment is Christianity. And it stands alone.

Tragically, most of humanity is religiously speeding down the wide highway of human achievement, convinced it's headed toward some fabulous heavenly destiny because of its own basic goodness, noble works, and religious deeds. By contrast, Jesus said the only true way to heaven is the narrow pathway of trusting Him alone as Lord and Savior.

The Jews taught that they could make it on their own. That's why it was so shocking when the apostle Paul said, "Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight" (Rom. 3:20). He also said that the law came in order to stop our mouths from any claim to righteousness and to render the whole world guilty before God. The Law came to show us our sinfulness, but when self-righteous, ego-centered man saw that he was sinful by the Law, he didn't want to face his sinfulness. Fallen people set their sinfulness aside and are constantly inventing new systems that accommodate their shortcomings, then affirming that they are okay before their gods, based on their own personal criteria or religious beliefs and behaviors.

 

[Prentis]

Man made a demon-designed system by which he doesn't have to obey God. In this system, either man is not accountable, or God is weak and unable to empower man to overcome.

Tragically most of Christianity has forsaken the faith by which it becomes the light of the world, because it shows to have the love and life of Christ dwelling in it, being the temple of the most high.

Jews justified themselves by their following of the law. Now men justify themselves by their beliefs. Both fail to be wise, obedient, and leave judgment to God. Both seek to save themselves, rather than let God be their saviour and judge.

 

[RichardBurger]

Man made a demon-designed system by which he doesn't have to obey God. In this system, either man is not accountable, or God is weak and unable to empower man to overcome.

Tragically most of Christianity has forsaken the faith by which it becomes the light of the world, because it shows to have the love and life of Christ dwelling in it, being the temple of the most high.

Jews justified themselves by their following of the law. Now men justify themselves by their beliefs. Both fail to be wise, obedient, and leave judgment to God. Both seek to save themselves, rather than let God be their saviour and judge.

If a person does not believes the gospel of grace that was given to Paul then they are disobedient in the eyes of God.

Obedience is believing God and it is God that HAS reconciled us to Himself. All your works will not do that.

Only the shed blood (which you never mention) can cover our sins of the flesh. Do you believe that only the shed blood of Jesus reconciles us to God??????????????

 

[Prentis]

If a person does not believes the gospel of grace that was given to Paul then they are disobedient in the eyes of God.

Obedience is believing God and it is God that HAS reconciled us to Himself. All your works will not do that.

Only the shed blood (which you never mention) can cover our sins of the flesh. Do you believe that only the shed blood of Jesus reconciles us to God??????????????

Believing we are reconciled makes us reconciled? You base everything on 'believe it and you have it'!

The reality is that if we are reconciled, which if we repent and believe we are, then we must move on to sanctification.

What you say amounts to sitting in the wilderness, and saying 'when we die, God will magically place us in the Promised Land', and so on the basis of this you say that anyone, like Joshua and Caleb, who would move on to conquer the Promised land does not have faith! But this kind of faith is dead, the faith of Joshua and Caleb is alive and pleases God.

The shed blood is the reconciliation, the faithful walk is what is expected after. The talent is freely given, but taken away if we do not bear fruit.

 

[RichardBurger]

Believing we are reconciled makes us reconciled? You base everything on 'believe it and you have it'!

The reality is that if we are reconciled, which if we repent and believe we are, then we must move on to sanctification.

What you say amounts to sitting in the wilderness, and saying 'when we die, God will magically place us in the Promised Land', and so on the basis of this you say that anyone, like Joshua and Caleb, who would move on to conquer the Promised land does not have faith! But this kind of faith is dead, the faith of Joshua and Caleb is alive and pleases God.

The shed blood is the reconciliation, the faithful walk is what is expected after. The talent is freely given, but taken away if we do not bear fruit.

Sorry to see that you do not really believe the shed blood HAS paid for yours sins, all of them.

Sanctifcation is not the work of Man. It is the works of the Holy Spirit and according to the scriptures a child of God is not only sanctified but also justified """by the Spirit of our God as soon as he/she places their faith (belief) in the work of God on the cross.

1 Corinthians 6:11
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
NKJV

Ephesians 1:11-14
11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
NKJV

But you turn a blind eye to these scriptures because you are determined to have your works save you.

Since you have hardened you heart to the gospel of grace obtained by the blood of Jesus on the cross I see that you will not believe.

Galatians 5:1-6
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
NKJV
The reigious think that our salvation is based on whether we love others based on verse 6. But verse 6 is a reference to the love of God, "our faith working through God's love for us. -- Don't bother, I know you will insist that we must love other to be saved when you know very well that your love for others is seriously lacking in substance.

Romans 5:8-11
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
NKJV

2 Corinthians 5:18-21
18 Now all things are of God, who HAS reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and HAS given us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
NKJV

Colossians 1:19-23
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He HAS reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight —
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
NKJV

You have not only moved away but also trample on the blood of Christ as if it has no power for salvation to those who BELIEVE.

Hebrews 10:28-31
28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The Lord will judge His people."
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
NKJV

 

[FHII]

Good verses Richard! Here are a few more:

Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

 

[Prentis]

Again...

You will only believe verses that give one side of things, that Christ has done his part, and given us more than enough. You will not consider nor understand the part about our having to run a race, those verses you just find a way to explain away.

If one is not willing to see, he will not see...

 

[FHII]

LOL! You haven't given any verses to consider in this thread.

 

[jiggyfly]

Again...

You will only believe verses that give one side of things, that Christ has done his part, and given us more than enough. You will not consider nor understand the part about our having to run a race, those verses you just find a way to explain away.

If one is not willing to see, he will not see...

But that is typical of 99% of those here, especially concerning reconciliation of all things. :)

 

[Duckybill]

To those who believe everyone will be saved: Why are you wasting your time here?

 

[jiggyfly]

To those who believe everyone will be saved: Why are you wasting your time here?

I don't consider everyone here a waste.

 

[Duckybill]

I don't consider everyone here a waste.

Neither do I.

 

[Prentis]

LOL! You haven't given any verses to consider in this thread.

James 1:21
Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls (This is said to brothers)

[sup]5[/sup] But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, [sup]6[/sup] to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, [sup]7[/sup] to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. [sup]8[/sup] For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [sup]9[/sup] For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
[sup]10[/sup] Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; [sup]11[/sup] for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

To he who overcomes, I will give to eat of the tree of life.

There's 3! :)