GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2

[Miz KJV Only]

GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2





Matthew 26;1-2

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.



Mark 15:24-25

And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.



Mark 16:6-7

And He saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.



Acts 4:10-12

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



II Corinthians 13:4

For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.



Acts 28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.



I Thessalonians 5:9-10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.



AMEN

 

[Matthias]

“Then he brought them out and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’”

(Acts 16:30, NABRE)

 

[robert derrick]

GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2





Matthew 26;1-2

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.



Mark 15:24-25

And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.



Mark 16:6-7

And He saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.



Acts 4:10-12

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



II Corinthians 13:4

For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.



Acts 28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.



I Thessalonians 5:9-10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.



AMEN

Jesus dying on the cross didn't save anyone, but only opened the door for them that would do so at His knocking.

No one on earth was saved, nor even counted as a believer, when Jesus died on the cross. All the earth was made void of faith, and in deep darkness. No one believed He was God, nor that He would rise again from the dead, as He said He would. They came to the tomb to wrap His dead body in linen, not to watch Him rise again.

Now, the only ones saved and justified by Christ, are them that love Him and do His will:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Non-doers can be acceptable to themselves all they want, but God only accepts and justifies His doers.

Acceptance by dead faith alone, is nothing but believing that it must be true, because we 'really' want it to be true.

 

[Robert Gwin]

GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2





Matthew 26;1-2

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.



Mark 15:24-25

And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.



Mark 16:6-7

And He saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.



Acts 4:10-12

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



II Corinthians 13:4

For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.



Acts 28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.



I Thessalonians 5:9-10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.



AMEN

Although all who receive salvation is through the ransom sacrifice of Jesus, based on our capabilities only those who do God's will are accepted, according to Jesus anyway as recorded for us at Mat 7:21-23.

 

[Raccoon1010]

Although all who receive salvation is through the ransom sacrifice of Jesus, based on our capabilities only those who do God's will are accepted, according to Jesus anyway as recorded for us at Mat 7:21-23.

Some who can do little will be saved perhaps. So to them that know to do good, it is sin if they do not.

 

[Robert Gwin]

Some who can do little will be saved perhaps. So to them that know to do good, it is sin if they do not.

I fully agree Devin, while it is not a great thing in this world to be incapable, for God to be righteous, they would have to be given the opportunity to come to know Him and choose who they will stand with. That was the whole point of Jesus' parable.

 

[JunChosen]

GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2

It seems the OP and those who made commentaries here are saying that the Scripture references they have quoted are what must happen to occur, instead of reading that these Scriptures are merely principles set forth by God, and never a methodology by which anyone can be saved.

Scripture reads in Romans 3:10-11:
10) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God

If there is none righteous and understands, who then can be saved? NONE-NADA-ZILCH!

However, Romans 5:8-10 reads:
8) But God commanded his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

John 6:44:
"No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."

God is the king maker and NEVER man.

To God Be The Glory

 

[JunChosen]

Jesus dying on the cross didn't save anyone, but only opened the door for them that would do so at His knocking.

The problem is that the person behind the door is spiritually dead and therefore has no capacity, nor the power to open the door, because he is spiritually deaf and can't hear Jesus' knocking!

No one on earth was saved, nor even counted as a believer, when Jesus died on the cross.

Except for the 120 in the Upper Room, 500 in Galilee, and the 3,000 in Jerusalem at Pentecost, and doubting Thomas when he cried "My Lord and my God!"

To God Be The Glory

 

[robert derrick]

The problem is that the person behind the door is spiritually dead and therefore has no capacity, nor the power to open the door, because he is spiritually deaf and can't hear Jesus' knocking!

This is interesting. However, hearing with faith to do the word is only for the born again, who now have ears to hear.

But with Jesus Resurrection, the Spirit is not poured out upon all flesh, to convict all the world of sin.

Therefore, all men can now be convicted by God to draw them to Himself to be forgiven through Jesus Christ: He is the propitiationand advocate for the whole world.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Scriopture says that faioth comes by hearing, so once having heard the gospel of Jesus, the faith is immediately sown in the hearts of all hearers. It is only them that recieve the faith to do it, that the seed of Christ remains. Wayside hearers are those that hear and obey not, and so the faith is immediately taken from their hearts by Satan.

The grace of God now is upon all flesh to be convicted by the Spirit, and to have the seed of Christ sown upon hearing, not upon obeying.

Those obeying the faith open the door, not the hearers only, which is the first obedience to Christ any man can do.

Except for the 120 in the Upper Room, 500 in Galilee, and the 3,000 in Jerusalem at Pentecost, and doubting Thomas when he cried "My Lord and my God!"

To God Be The Glory

This was after the resurrection. For three days on earth, no man on earth believed in God, nor that Jesus was Lord and God, nor that He would rise from the dead.

Jesus prophesied it in John 16:32, confirmed with Romans 11:32.

None came to His tomb to watch Him rise, but only to anoint His dead body.

Mary is the first recorded saved believer in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and was the first added to His new church on earth.

His disciples and chosen apostles weren't even believing the witness reports of His resurrection, until they also saw Him.

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

 

[JunChosen]

This is interesting. However, hearing with faith to do the word is only for the born again, who now have ears to hear.

Yes indeed. Only for the born again who were alive then BEFORE the foundation of the woreld1

But with Jesus Resurrection, the Spirit is not poured out upon all flesh, to convict all the world of sin.

Indeed, the Spirit was poured out at Pentecost to signal the way that now God has begun to evangelize the world.

Therefore, all men can now be convicted by God to draw them to Himself to be forgiven through Jesus Christ: He is the propitiationand advocate for the whole world.

Only to those who were named before the foundation of the world.

Scriopture says that faioth comes by hearing, so once having heard the gospel of Jesus, the faith is immediately sown in the hearts of all hearers.

Not quite. Only those who were chosen and elected by God before the foundation of the world can hear.

This was after the resurrection. For three days on earth, no man on earth believed in God, nor that Jesus was Lord and God, nor that He would rise from the dead.

Jesus did say that He will rise again after three days.

None came to His tomb to watch Him rise, but only to anoint His dead body.

True. But there was one who was curious to see if what Mary told the disciples was true.

Mary is the first recorded saved believer in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and was the first added to His new church on earth.

Not quite. Don't forget the Old Testament believers.

His disciples and chosen apostles weren't even believing the witness reports of His resurrection, until they also saw Him.

Isn't that amazing even after Jesus told them these things will happen? Just as today nobody believes Jesus to be God even after reading from Scripture that He is?

To God Be The Glory

 

[DJT_47]

GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do. It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2





Matthew 26;1-2

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.



Mark 15:24-25

And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.



Mark 16:6-7

And He saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.



Acts 4:10-12

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.



II Corinthians 13:4

For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.



Acts 28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.



I Thessalonians 5:9-10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.



AMEN

Are you inferring that no one has to do anything at all to he saved? If so, you are very wrong. We too have a few things that are required of us to achieve salvation. We must obey the gospel which places some burden on us as well.

 

[JunChosen]

Are you inferring that no one has to do anything at all to he saved? If so, you are very wrong. We too have a few things that are required of us to achieve salvation. We must obey the gospel which places some burden on us as well.

I agree with @Miz KJV Only. God, in eternity past and before the foundation of the world, predestinated, named, elected and chosen those whom He wanted saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9 reads:
8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

We obey the Gospel only as the RESULT after having become saved!

To God Be The Glory

 

[DJT_47]

I agree with @Miz KJV Only. God, in eternity past and before the foundation of the world, predestinated, named, elected and chosen those whom He wanted saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9 reads:
8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9) Not of works, lest any man should boast.

We obey the Gospel only as the RESULT after having become saved!

To God Be The Glory

You are way off the mark. The gospel is the good news that saves. After hearing the gospel abd only after can you then take action to obey it. The great commission will confirm that without going into any more detail than that

Mark 16:15-16

15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Salvation requires
1. Belief and faith
2. Confession of your belief
3. Repentance
4. Water baptism for the remission of your sins

 

[Ernest T. Bass]

"GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do."

"But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Acts 10:35

"....whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God...." 1 Jn 3:10




"It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You = Matthew 26;1-2"

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

Even though Christ died for you, me and every man, yet every man will not be saved meaning that Christ's death is God's part in man's salvation with man's part being 'working righteousness' in obeying Christ (Heb 5:9).

 

[Titus]

Will God accept me if I do not love Him in return?
Let the Bible give the answer,

1Corinthians 16:22
-If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord come!

 

[robert derrick]

Yes indeed. Only for the born again who were alive then BEFORE the foundation of the woreld1

The elect are preknown, not predetermined. All souls are created the same by Christ, and lightened by Him coming into the world, with the same power to choose good or evil, to believe or disobey God.

God's omniscience is that the Word watches all things from high above the heavens, even as they happen, so that God with Him at the beginning, knows beforehand all things that will happen unto the end.

That is perfect knowledge in the beginning, of what will happen unto the end. That is not predetermining who will and who won't believe and obey Him unto the end.

Not quite. Only those who were chosen and elected by God before the foundation of the world can hear.

This is where predeterminism falls apart:

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

All who hear the gospel, have heard the gospel.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Upon hearing the gospel, the seed of faith is sown in the heart of the hearer. If the word heard is not obeyed, then that sown faith is taken away.

It is not predetermined who will and will not hear the word of God, and have His faith sown in their hearts. Nor is it predetermined who will obey Him or not.

And both Isaiah and Paul speak of how all have heard, both the report of the God of Israel in olden times, and the gospel of Jesus Christ today.

Not quite. Don't forget the Old Testament believers.

True, but I was speaking of Jesus' new church on earth, not the righteous of old in Abraham's bosom, who indeed were the first of His church to be led to heaven.

On earth, there was none that believed, no, not one.

Isn't that amazing even after Jesus told them these things will happen? Just as today nobody believes Jesus to be God even after reading from Scripture that He is?

It's the mystery of iniquity. Behind all unbelief, is the unwillingness to obey God only and do His righteousness.

The lying promise of being as gods forever, doing evil and good, still entices the vain imagination of men today.

 

[Scott Downey]

Are you inferring that no one has to do anything at all to he saved? If so, you are very wrong. We too have a few things that are required of us to achieve salvation. We must obey the gospel which places some burden on us as well.

Of course, people must believe to be saved, but only those God has predestined to be conformed to Christ will believe as only they are granted by God to come to Christ, this is only for those God has foreknown as His people, That upward calling is what God has placed on us, and given to us before time began, but obviously not given to all people as not everyone believes the message of salvation.

The faith you have, is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
In Romans Paul is writing here to the church of believers, not all mankind.
If you have that faith then you will believe.

Romans 12:3​

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3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Truth is those who have no faith, do not believe. Their minds are blinded to the light of the gospel of Christ by Satan.

2 Corinthians 4
3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

v6, God did that for us who then have faith and believe, HE has shone that light in our hearts

 

[Scott Downey]

Never pit scripture against scripture, that is foolishness. All scripture is inspired of God.
Saying this one means that another scripture then seemingly implying something else and has no meaning is a kind of blasphemy as God spoke, men wrote them down, and they are all therefore in agreement as God is not the author of confusion, but men and the devil most certainly are.

 

[marks]

Never pit scripture against scripture, that is foolishness.

Such a practice merely reveals a lack of understanding about what the Scriptures are saying.

Much love!

 

[Scott Downey]

Such a practice merely reveals a lack of understanding about what the Scriptures are saying.

Much love!

And people do it all the time.