quietthinker
Well-Known Member
I've met quiet a few who assume to be master mechanics.....they dissemble and reassemble infinitum.....so often in fact I wonder whether the vehicle actually gets to run on the road.Readers ....
Let me give you a quick lesson on : THE Faith that God accepts.
Let say you are in my class.
and you ask.....".so, whose faith does God accept.""""
Well, its more then just yours,= in this context......
= "Jesus. the AUTHOR and FINISHER of your faith".....
Now.....
Do you see......'"""FINISHER""""?
Finisher of what, Reader?
=YOUR FAITH.
"'"""so what are you showing me,?""
IM showing you that :
Philippians 1:6, says that """"God who started salvation is all the born again, will HIMSELF be faithful to complete it".""""
"complete what, ?/?????
= Your SALVATiON..
"but i thought I was to complete it"....>"thats what the heretic who taught me led me to believe"..
I know.
See, a deceived heretic told you that "working out your salvation" means to complete it, and so, you were lied to, again.
Listen, only God can complete the GIFT He gives....>"the gift of Righteousness".."the GIFT of Salvation".
Now..... Salvation is not your faith.... Salvation is Jesus's Blood, and THAT is GOD's Blood, and THAT is why it starts your salvation and completes it, for you. Philippians 1:6
"but what about my faith"...
well, What about it?
"dont i have to hang onto my faith, and grit my teeth, and endure to the end, so that my Faith can keep me saved as long as its not DEAD"?
No
"Really?
Yes.
See, God is the Savior......not your faith.
Its "GRACE THROUGH Faith".....>Not Faith as GRACE.
For example, if you were at the Pearly Gates, and Jude was there, and He said....>"what are you trusting in to get you past me, and into Heaven".
And you said...>"my Faith"......
Jude would say...."Depart fool".
But if you said....>"im only trusting in CHRIST to save me and keep me saved"...... Then Jude says......."that's right, you are saved and kept saved by Christ, who is the "author and finisher of your faith".........and not you. Hebrews 12:2
"enter into the Joy of the Lord".
Time has shown me it was the children, the ones dismissed, had a handle on what matters but I never saw them in the so called workshop.......strange, don't you think?