5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Hebrews 4:1-2
[1] Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of
entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. [2] For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached
did not profit them, not being
mixed with faith in them that heard it .
“...did not profit them...” = flesh with no Spirit. The flesh is unprofitable. It is the Spirit which brings Life. “...mixed with faith...” = Spiritual “faith” given of God in a child born again. “His seed”. This is not “1 Corinthians 13:2 faith without love. “though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
“I am nothing”
“Unprofitable”
flesh withOUT the fruit of the Spirit(love) which is fulfillment of the Law. Apart from Entering into His rest at: it is no longer I, but God who works in me.
How then condemn someone for lacking when it is “the fruit of the Spirit of God” which fulfills the Law ...not works of the flesh or of man. THE FRUIT of the Spirit...He(God) produces the very fulfillment of the requirements that FULLY satisfy the two commands Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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You want to talk about faith that is NOT dead. BY the Fruits of the Spirit (Mixed with faith) the entire Law is fulfilled by the LIVING God: Galatians 5:22-23
[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Faith without miraculous works...is dead.
faith without the fruit of the Spirit is dead. Belief without being “mixed with faith” or faith to move mountains but no love...is nothing. Seems reasonable then when He said “you will know them by their fruit.” —the Spiritual fruits listed in the word. Where there is the Spiritual fruit of God who works in and through a child (as Paul) there is Living faith (Spirit)that saves.
Paul didn’t do the miracles...the Spirit did the miracles. We don’t plant our own righteousness; we plant His righteousness. We don’t plant our “namesake”; we plant “His namesake”...”anything you ask in ‘My Name’ the Father will give it. We don’t establish our own righteousness; we establish His righteousness.
Not that He needs the children to establish His righteousness but ‘in and through the Holy Spirit within the child’ His Kingdom is prospered...increased.
2 Corinthians 10:5
[5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The children establish “the obedience of Christ.” The Children bring every thought captive, submitting themselves unto the
righteousness of God.
Romans 10:3-4
[3] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. [4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.