1) Mat 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
2) Mat_19:21 (+ Mrk 20:21)
"Jesus Said unto him, IF thou wilt be perfect, go and
SELL that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me."
@Ernest T. Bass,
IF you have NOT obeyed this yet, how is it that you
claim you are
perfect and have
God's Salvation, "As God Says"?
or, as
man says, only need to "believe, repent, confess, baptized"
without obeying the
rest, "picking and choosing" what one will obey,
And NOT obey? What Excuse is there
for this kind of
confusing theology?
3a) The
early church DID NOT have this
problem, and was
perfect,
OBEYING Christ
perfectly to the letter! - Acts 2:44-45:
"And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And SOLD their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,
as every man had need. " (+ Acts 4:34-37)
Correct? Don't you and others ALWAYS
remind us, ad nauseum:
"faith WITHOUT works is DEAD"?
3b) Do disobeyers/
Deceivers who "believed/repented/confessed/baptized" have
Salvation?
"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a
certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the
price of the land?
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in
thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou
hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and
great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men
arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing
what was done, came in. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye
sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said
unto her,
How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold,
the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry
thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost:
and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth,
buried her by her husband." (Acts 5:1-10)
Under
God's Program of prophecy/covenants/"works" of the LAW For
Israel
Rightly Divided (
2 Timothy 2:15) From “Things That
Differ” (
online)
God's Other Program Of Mystery/GRACE, For The Body Of Christ, With
God's ETERNAL Salvation Now:
"BY GRACE Through faith are ye SAVED!..."
(Eph 2:8-9; 1Co 15:3-4; Rom 3-5)
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@Ernest T. Bass, so
which is it?
Salvation by "works"/Law? OR:
"Rightly Divided From: GRACE/No "works"?
You say "context
Matters"? Or do
prefer to stay with the 2000 year old
homogenization
of the two,
Causing Massive Confusion?:
1Co 14:33 "For God is not the author of confusion, but of Peace, as in
all churches of the saints.
Grace, Peace, And JOY In Christ,
And In
ALL His Word Of Truth,
Rightly
Divided!