James 2:14-18
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
Matthew 5:17-18
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Our sins are forgiven only when we ask for forgiveness. Our Lord and Savior has yet to return in White in all of His glory where every knee shall bow. The time is at hand, and it's time to put on the armor of righteousness and go out and work.What is written in the Word is everything, not the Words of man. You can proclaim "Lord, Lord" all you want, but some will be turned away? Will it be you? That's between you and God and no judgment I will dare make, but I do take issues with these threads because we all like to seem to sit around and revel in some basic statement, but love to throw out the meat of the Word because it's hard or we don't like it.All is not over, and we, as the faithful servants - Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21 - still have work to do.Isaiah 61:1-2
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Luke 4:17-21
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Do you folks understand the message there? Notice where Yeshua the Christ stopped reading - for it was for a very important reason. The Day of Vengeance comes, all Scripture is not fulfilled. Christ has won the victory, but Satan still works, sheep are still lost.