Do You Value “Achieving” over “ Receiving?” .....You’re on The Wide Path...

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The Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door is the Path Of Grace .....it is the Path being followed by “ Receivers” , not “ Achievers”......The Bible clearly states that it us by GRACE that we are Saved and NOT by the Works, or Achievements that we have accomplished....are you depending on your good behavior, your church attendance , your giving of your money and your time,your ability to abstain from willful sins or your ability to use a Super Memory to remember ALL of your sins before you die and repent from all of them? This will be the mind-set of those outside the gates of Heaven who are actually bragging about what “ they” did to merit Heaven.....These will be the ones hearing Jesus say, “ I Never knew you”

Those on the Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door for Eternal Life are those with a different mind- set......these are the ones depending on Nothing But their Faith in the Gospel to save them.....they are NOT Trusting themselves and their Religion to save them....they know it was the death , burial and resurrection of Jesus and that ALONE was the only thing that Saved them.....they understood the songs that proclaimed , “Nothing of myself I bring, it’s only to the Cross that I cling”...... they understood the Truth Of “ without one plea , except that Thy Blood was Shed for me”...... they understood the song that most of the Sunday Country Clubs sing mindlessly week after week—- “ Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus” for Salvation .....They saw their hopeless, helpless condition before a Holy God and cried out to be Saved .....They understood that the Gospel Found In 1Cor15:1-4 was all about what God did for man and NOT what a man does for God....

There is no room for boasting, but those on the Wide Path , the Religious Church World, They are all about what “ they” did to GET Right and STAY right with God.....it’s all about their “ stellar” Performances.....it’s “ look what * I* did “ , as opposed to “ look at what Jesus did” —- an attitude where Jesus gets ALL of the Glory and you get NONE—— just the way God Wants it.....

If you have this boasting attitude , you will be the one that is on the wrong Path, headed for the Wrong Door.... you completely missed the Gospel and you have excluded yourself from the only thing that ever saved anybody—- GRACE! Grace Plus Nothing.....a Grace purchased FOR you by the Blood Of The Lamb....

If you are on that Wide Path Of Religious Achievement , you need to Repent Of it and come to your senses....Don't put your Faith in your Performance—- put your Trust in His Mercy and Grace and cry out to Him as the Sinful Tax-Collector did- Show the REAL Repentance That Saves —— cry out , “ Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me a Sinner” and Believe the Promise Of The God that can not lie——“ I will show Mercy to ALL of this that ask for it”......

It’s God’s Mercy and it’s God's Grace that has Saved every person that has ever “ been” saved.....you’ll find all of it that you need if you are on the Right Path.....Wake up and find the Way to that Narrow Gate .....it’s Jesus Plus Nothing....” Nothing But The Blood”.....God Bless....
 

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What you don’t get is that after salvation by faith, believers are expected to live a godly and righteous life, and repent when they sin.

And NOT doing something, such as avoiding sexual sins, is not a work, but it IS part of the believers ongoing sanctification:

1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

1Th 4:4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

1Th 4:5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

1Th 4:6 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

1Th 4:7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

1Th 4:8 Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

So in the case of the born again believer it’s what DON’T do that counts - which is the opposite of doing works to remain in Christ and for sanctification.

In fact we are to avoid works, such as the works of the flesh, which is committing sins of the flesh:

Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also warned you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ( won’t make it to heaven).

We indeed aren’t saved by works, and it’s NOT doing works that counts for believers, and avoiding the works of the flesh for our sanctification and to inherit the kingdom of heaven.
 
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The Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door is the Path Of Grace .....it is the Path being followed by “ Receivers” , not “ Achievers”......The Bible clearly states that it us by GRACE that we are Saved and NOT by the Works, or Achievements that we have accomplished....are you depending on your good behavior, your church attendance , your giving of your money and your time,your ability to abstain from willful sins or your ability to use a Super Memory to remember ALL of your sins before you die and repent from all of them? This will be the mind-set of those outside the gates of Heaven who are actually bragging about what “ they” did to merit Heaven.....These will be the ones hearing Jesus say, “ I Never knew you”

Those on the Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door for Eternal Life are those with a different mind- set......these are the ones depending on Nothing But their Faith in the Gospel to save them.....they are NOT Trusting themselves and their Religion to save them....they know it was the death , burial and resurrection of Jesus and that ALONE was the only thing that Saved them.....they understood the songs that proclaimed , “Nothing of myself I bring, it’s only to the Cross that I cling”...... they understood the Truth Of “ without one plea , except that Thy Blood was Shed for me”...... they understood the song that most of the Sunday Country Clubs sing mindlessly week after week—- “ Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus” for Salvation .....They saw their hopeless, helpless condition before a Holy God and cried out to be Saved .....They understood that the Gospel Found In 1Cor15:1-4 was all about what God did for man and NOT what a man does for God....

There is no room for boasting, but those on the Wide Path , the Religious Church World, They are all about what “ they” did to GET Right and STAY right with God.....it’s all about their “ stellar” Performances.....it’s “ look what * I* did “ , as opposed to “ look at what Jesus did” —- an attitude where Jesus gets ALL of the Glory and you get NONE—— just the way God Wants it.....

If you have this boasting attitude , you will be the one that is on the wrong Path, headed for the Wrong Door.... you completely missed the Gospel and you have excluded yourself from the only thing that ever saved anybody—- GRACE! Grace Plus Nothing.....a Grace purchased FOR you by the Blood Of The Lamb....

If you are on that Wide Path Of Religious Achievement , you need to Repent Of it and come to your senses....Don't put your Faith in your Performance—- put your Trust in His Mercy and Grace and cry out to Him as the Sinful Tax-Collector did- Show the REAL Repentance That Saves —— cry out , “ Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me a Sinner” and Believe the Promise Of The God that can not lie——“ I will show Mercy to ALL of this that ask for it”......

It’s God’s Mercy and it’s God's Grace that has Saved every person that has ever “ been” saved.....you’ll find all of it that you need if you are on the Right Path.....Wake up and find the Way to that Narrow Gate .....it’s Jesus Plus Nothing....” Nothing But The Blood”.....God Bless....
How do you know for sure if you're on the narrow road that few find that leads to life? You have the qualities of the Spirit in increasing measure. Your works confirm your calling and election.
 
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"Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie,
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plumb,
And said, "what a good boy am I!"

There's a little bit of Jack Horner in all of us. ;)
 
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"Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie,
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plumb,
And said, "what a good boy am I!"

There's a little bit of Jack Horner in all of us. ;)


Congrats to Jack Horner! “ Good Boys” are vastly preferable to Bad Boys.....let’s just hope that Jack Horner realizes that his “ goodness” is Filthy Rags to God and his morality has nothing to do with getting into Heaven—— Resting in Paul’s Gospel , given to him personally by Jesus and found in 1 Cor15:1-4 accomplishes that —- nothing else.”Nothing But The Blood” the song tells us—- the song has it right...
 

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How do you know for sure if you're on the narrow road that few find that leads to life? You have the qualities of the Spirit in increasing measure. Your works confirm your calling and election.



Pick up a radio- active rock. Put it in your pocket. Keep it with you always.Possessing that Rock is going to change you,like or not ,Believe it or not.....You might not see what it is doing .....others may not see what it is doing .....but it is transforming you and this transformation is not for the good...

The Holy Spirit is like this, but all the transformation is for the good.....if you have this Spirit, you have already changed......you changed from an unbeliever to a Believer.....it was the Holy Spirit that God gifted you with that allowed you to realize the Jesus was who He said He was— God’s Son and your Savior.....That Holy Spirit , as it did in the case of Lydia , the Seller Of Purple talked about in Acts, was what “ opened your heart” so that you not only heard the Gospel but actually believed it.....others in the crowd who heard the same words that you did considered it “ Foolishness” ....” Nobody comes to God lest the Spirit draw him”

If you are simply a Believer, you have enough “ Spirit Quality” to insure your Salvation.....As far as any “ increase” is concerned, that is up to God. ( He will FINISH the work that HE Started) What is “our” task?“ Do like Paul said and continue your Christian Walk the same way you STARTED it —- FAITH! How is the Believer to live ? “ The Righteous shall *LIVE* by Faith ! We do our part by studying the Word and acting on the Promises Of God— THAT is what Faith is ......Practice Faith and God will put His Spirit in you and that SPIRIT will change you.....just like a radioactive rock....the changes may be internal ones that your friendly, neighborhood ,self- Righteous and nosy “ fruit inspector” may not be able to see.....they might be outward changes that are too small to notice.....they may take many, many years for them to manifest themselves....

I Believe that an increasing change for the better will occur in the life of the True Believer ....There is really no serious disagreement about that—— I just maintain that the changes can take time....they can be small...and they may be invisible to others —— let’s let God handle it and mind our own business....I’m sure-you still have lots of stuff that needs to be attended to by God.....Yes , change will happen.....I just also maintain that theoretically it does not HAVE to happen ( refer to the Thief on the Cross) .....the “ change “ from Unbeliever to Believer is enough change to get you Saved and everything else is “ icing on the cake”.....
 
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Pick up a radio- active rock. Put it in your pocket. Keep it with you always.Possessing that Rock is going to change you,like or not ,Believe it or not.....You might not see what it is doing .....others may not see what it is doing .....but it is transforming you and this transformation is not for the good...

The Holy Spirit is like this, but all the transformation is for the good.....if you have this Spirit, you have already changed......you changed from an unbeliever to a Believer.....it was the Holy Spirit that God gifted you with that allowed you to realize the Jesus was who He said He was— God’s Son and your Savior.....That Holy Spirit , as it did in the case of Lydia , the Seller Of Purple talked about in Acts, was what “ opened your heart” so that you not only heard the Gospel but actually believed it.....others in the crowd who heard the same words that you did considered it “ Foolishness” ....” Nobody comes to God lest the Spirit draw him”

If you are simply a Believer, you have enough “ Spirit Quality” to insure your Salvation.....As far as any “ increase” is concerned, that is up to God. ( He will FINISH the work that HE Started) What is “our” task?“ Do like Paul said and continue your Christian Walk the same way you STARTED it —- FAITH! How is the Believer to live ? “ The Righteous shall *LIVE* by Faith ! We do our part by studying the Word and acting on the Promises Of God— THAT is what Faith is ......Practice Faith and God will put His Spirit in you and that SPIRIT will change you.....just like a radioactive rock....the changes may be internal ones that your friendly, neighborhood ,self- Righteous and nosy “ fruit inspector” may not be able to see.....they might be outward changes that are too small to notice.....they may take many, many years for them to manifest themselves....

I Believe that an increasing change for the better will occur in the life of the True Believer ....There is really no serious disagreement about that—— I just maintain that the changes can take time....they can be small...and they may be invisible to others —— let’s let God handle it and mind our own business....I’m sure-you still have lots of stuff that needs to be attended to by God.....Yes , change will happen.....I just also maintain that theoretically it does not HAVE to happen ( refer to the Thief on the Cross) .....the “ change “ from Unbeliever to Believer is enough change to get you Saved and everything else is “ icing on the cake”.....
I love your posts here brother, straight up biblical truth, but there will always be those workers in the vineyard that think the owner is unfair for paying the late entries the same as the early ones.
 
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The Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door is the Path Of Grace .....it is the Path being followed by “ Receivers” , not “ Achievers”......The Bible clearly states that it us by GRACE that we are Saved and NOT by the Works, or Achievements that we have accomplished....are you depending on your good behavior, your church attendance , your giving of your money and your time,your ability to abstain from willful sins or your ability to use a Super Memory to remember ALL of your sins before you die and repent from all of them? This will be the mind-set of those outside the gates of Heaven who are actually bragging about what “ they” did to merit Heaven.....These will be the ones hearing Jesus say, “ I Never knew you”

Those on the Narrow Path That leads to the Narrow Door for Eternal Life are those with a different mind- set......these are the ones depending on Nothing But their Faith in the Gospel to save them.....they are NOT Trusting themselves and their Religion to save them....they know it was the death , burial and resurrection of Jesus and that ALONE was the only thing that Saved them.....they understood the songs that proclaimed , “Nothing of myself I bring, it’s only to the Cross that I cling”...... they understood the Truth Of “ without one plea , except that Thy Blood was Shed for me”...... they understood the song that most of the Sunday Country Clubs sing mindlessly week after week—- “ Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus” for Salvation .....They saw their hopeless, helpless condition before a Holy God and cried out to be Saved .....They understood that the Gospel Found In 1Cor15:1-4 was all about what God did for man and NOT what a man does for God....

There is no room for boasting, but those on the Wide Path , the Religious Church World, They are all about what “ they” did to GET Right and STAY right with God.....it’s all about their “ stellar” Performances.....it’s “ look what * I* did “ , as opposed to “ look at what Jesus did” —- an attitude where Jesus gets ALL of the Glory and you get NONE—— just the way God Wants it.....

If you have this boasting attitude , you will be the one that is on the wrong Path, headed for the Wrong Door.... you completely missed the Gospel and you have excluded yourself from the only thing that ever saved anybody—- GRACE! Grace Plus Nothing.....a Grace purchased FOR you by the Blood Of The Lamb....

If you are on that Wide Path Of Religious Achievement , you need to Repent Of it and come to your senses....Don't put your Faith in your Performance—- put your Trust in His Mercy and Grace and cry out to Him as the Sinful Tax-Collector did- Show the REAL Repentance That Saves —— cry out , “ Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me a Sinner” and Believe the Promise Of The God that can not lie——“ I will show Mercy to ALL of this that ask for it”......

It’s God’s Mercy and it’s God's Grace that has Saved every person that has ever “ been” saved.....you’ll find all of it that you need if you are on the Right Path.....Wake up and find the Way to that Narrow Gate .....it’s Jesus Plus Nothing....” Nothing But The Blood”.....God Bless....
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The Bible clearly states that it us by GRACE that we are Saved and NOT by the Works, or Achievements that we have accomplished..
True. And IMMEDIATELY AFTER that the Bible says that those who are justified by grace are ordained unto good works -- in other words good works must follow salvation. So you have created a false dichotomy. Christians are to be BOTH receivers and achievers.
 

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True. And IMMEDIATELY AFTER that the Bible says that those who are justified by grace are ordained unto good works -- in other words good works must follow salvation. So you have created a false dichotomy. Christians are to be BOTH receivers and achievers.


“Receivers” *ONLY* when it comes to Salvation....NOTHING but the Blood.....go beyond that and you risk being a “ Boaster”.....you have added to the Gospel.....you have “ fallen from Grace” ——- not good—— Perhaps MUCH worse than many people think.....many excellent teachers say that “ adding to the Gospel “ Of Pure Grace with ANY of your works or boasting, is tantamount to Damnation......me? I’m not so certain about that, but why risk it ? BELIEVE the song you so mindlessly sing Sunday after Sunday—— “ Nothing But The Blood” ...

AFTER you get that settled—— “ Then “ will be the time for Achieving....for a Blessed life down here and to build up more Rewards “ Up There”....
 

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Pick up a radio- active rock. Put it in your pocket. Keep it with you always.Possessing that Rock is going to change you,like or not ,Believe it or not.....You might not see what it is doing .....others may not see what it is doing .....but it is transforming you and this transformation is not for the good...

The Holy Spirit is like this, but all the transformation is for the good.....if you have this Spirit, you have already changed......you changed from an unbeliever to a Believer.....it was the Holy Spirit that God gifted you with that allowed you to realize the Jesus was who He said He was— God’s Son and your Savior.....That Holy Spirit , as it did in the case of Lydia , the Seller Of Purple talked about in Acts, was what “ opened your heart” so that you not only heard the Gospel but actually believed it.....others in the crowd who heard the same words that you did considered it “ Foolishness” ....” Nobody comes to God lest the Spirit draw him”

If you are simply a Believer, you have enough “ Spirit Quality” to insure your Salvation.....As far as any “ increase” is concerned, that is up to God. ( He will FINISH the work that HE Started) What is “our” task?“ Do like Paul said and continue your Christian Walk the same way you STARTED it —- FAITH! How is the Believer to live ? “ The Righteous shall *LIVE* by Faith ! We do our part by studying the Word and acting on the Promises Of God— THAT is what Faith is ......Practice Faith and God will put His Spirit in you and that SPIRIT will change you.....just like a radioactive rock....the changes may be internal ones that your friendly, neighborhood ,self- Righteous and nosy “ fruit inspector” may not be able to see.....they might be outward changes that are too small to notice.....they may take many, many years for them to manifest themselves....

I Believe that an increasing change for the better will occur in the life of the True Believer ....There is really no serious disagreement about that—— I just maintain that the changes can take time....they can be small...and they may be invisible to others —— let’s let God handle it and mind our own business....I’m sure-you still have lots of stuff that needs to be attended to by God.....Yes , change will happen.....I just also maintain that theoretically it does not HAVE to happen ( refer to the Thief on the Cross) .....the “ change “ from Unbeliever to Believer is enough change to get you Saved and everything else is “ icing on the cake”.....
Then why does God blot some people OUT of the Book of Life?

You are only written into the Book the moment your salvation process begins; not everybody from birth is in this Book. Revelation 17:8

Only those who don't sully their garments, who are worthy and who endure and overcome will God NOT blot their names from the Book of Life.
Revelation 3:4
Revelation 3:5
 

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If I rob a bank and get thrown in prison, is that God's chastisment, or is that experiencing the consequence of robbing a bank?



It would be a Form Of God's Chastisement.....Going to the electric chair would be a Form of chastisement for committing murder.....
 

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Then why does God blot some people OUT of the Book of Life?

You are only written into the Book the moment your salvation process begins; not everybody from birth is in this Book. Revelation 17:8

Only those who don't sully their garments, who are worthy and who endure and overcome will God NOT blot their names from the Book of Life.
Revelation 3:4
Revelation 3:5


According to the Word: “ Who is it that Endures....it is he that Believes that Jesus is the Son Of God”...... I believe that, therefore God has promised to see that I both “ endure” and “ overcome”...God has promised to “Finish the work that He began”...... that’s why I don’t worry about it....I believe that God keeps His Word.....that is what Faith is all about....the Faith that gets you Saved...
 

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It would be a Form Of God's Chastisement.....Going to the electric chair would be a Form of chastisement for committing murder.....
I think it depends on how you look at it. If I rob a bank and get thrown in prison, how can I blame that on God?
 

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According to the Word: “ Who is it that Endures....it is he that Believes that Jesus is the Son Of God”...... I believe that, therefore God has promised to see that I both “ endure” and “ overcome”...God has promised to “Finish the work that He began”...... that’s why I don’t worry about it....I believe that God keeps His Word.....that is what Faith is all about....the Faith that gets you Saved...
You ignored the 'blotting out names from the Book of Life' part. That was the main point of the post.

You can't counter those verses in any way.

They stand.

Revelation 3:4-5
Revelation 17:8