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The Bible can be a VERY Dangerous Book!
As you do have your opinion.That is, again, your opinion.
At the very least, what we can judge is whether the person has the spirit of truth or the spirit of error (1 John 4:6).
I think it to be true that if someone has the spirit of error, they are not currently born again.
While even those who have not yet been born again may have good things in their hearts (1 Corinthians 4:5, Isaiah 57:12).
Well you can judge yourself as you please and think of yourself like so. That’s you. That’s your attitude and that’s how you look at yourself.Read the entire post (Hebrews 10:26-31).
I have the right attitude for one who has been perfected: that I believe that I have room to grow.
Whether I really have room to grow or not is for the Lord to judge. I consider that I have room to grow; and because I have this attitude, I am a candidate for the office of being one who has been perfected.
God only knows.
See 1 Corinthians 4:4.
I did a pretty good job of keeping those 613 commandments ( please don’t mention those “ Sins Of Omission, though...Gulp! )...
..I was “ Lucky” enough to Repent of ALL of my Sins before I kicked the Bucket ,
and I NEVER committed any “ Willful” Sins
Yes, who sounds more like Cain and who sounds the most like Abel?
12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 1 John 3:12Works DO matter. They show whether you are really saved or not, just as the righteous deeds of Abel distinguished him from his evil brother Cain.
7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8The one who practices sin is of the devil... 1 John 3:7-8
Not for the righteous.
Mic 2:7, O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Jesus paid the price for your sins.The only “ Righteous Deed “ That Abel performed was following God’s orders.....which were to offer Him the Shed Blood Of an Innocent. I recommend that you do the same......
What, exactly, was your point?Thanks again, for proving my point....
Yes works do matter. And why they matter depends on each person. Like as for you, they matter because for you, they show whether you are saved or not. And that is not at all wrong. For it gives you comfort. I would guess that you do good works to show yourself that you are saved.Yes, who sounds more like Cain and who sounds the most like Abel?
12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. 1 John 3:12Works DO matter. They show whether you are really saved or not, just as the righteous deeds of Abel distinguished him from his evil brother Cain.
7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8The one who practices sin is of the devil... 1 John 3:7-8
I read it in the spirit. Common sense is not the way to go. That sense is common to man, believer or unbeliever. When an unbeliever read scriptures, he read with common sense. That’s why he understand according to that and if not at all times, he most of the time, don’t get the message of what he reads.Read it with common sense.
Not for those who have the Holy Spirit.Not for the righteous.
Mic 2:7, O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
It seems to me that God would be thankful to you that you did that. Or would you thank God that you did that?Jesus paid the price for your sins.
But if you do not give Him your sins in exchange for that price, no transaction has been made; you are still in your sins.
I would thank God that I did that.It seems to me that God would be thankful to you that you did that. Or would you thank God that you did that?
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Obviously...those who have the Holy Spirit are counted righteous by the Lord.Not for those who have the Holy Spirit.
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R1721
Why would you be who should thank God and not Him thanking you for what you did?I would thank God that I did that.
Most certainly, God is not benefited by the fact that He has taken my sins upon Himself. I am benefited by that.
He died because of it.
Those who have the Holy Spirit were those He justified.Obviously...those who have the Holy Spirit are counted righteous by the Lord.
I read it in the spirit
I am guessing, did you do the works of Jesus?Did you do greater works than Jesus?
No, I do not teach the grace of God as works. Justification by grace is exactly opposite and diametrically opposed to justification by works of merit. Works of the law can not earn justification-because 1) you can not keep the law faithfully, and 2) it can not forgive all sin, and 3) it does not impart righteousness.You've not yet understood the Grace of God.
You teach it as works.
So, you have no qualification to be trying to teach anyone, when you have not even yet understood the most basic fundamental of the Faith.
You've not yet understood the Grace of God.
Because the ministry and sacrifice of Christ continues forever and never ends and so it is always interceding on behalf of the believer clinging to it in faith.....Here let me prove it to you.
Explain why the blood of Jesus that Saved you, always keeps you saved.....
It's not 'no matter what'. It's 'as long as you hold unswervingly to the hope you profess'...........no matter what.