IMHO God's grace is like rolling out the red carpet, sending an invitation in the mail. You can come or decline. The red carpet and invitation are for all mankind. SO God provided via his Spirit the red carpet and the invitation. He has a gift for you if you want to accept it. Without the red carpet or invitation, man could not come to God.
Its of Faith so to be of Grace
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Ferris Bueller
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There's no argument there.
That doesn't mean God made you believe, or that he does your believing for you.
It means he cleared the way and gave you the ability to believe, if you want to.
"29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him" Philippians 1:29
"...and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles." Acts of the Apostles 14:27
"...and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles." Acts of the Apostles 14:27
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You have a lot to explain?
Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Phil 1:29
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Hebrews 12:4
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
matt 28:19-20 teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you
and many more
Eternally Grateful
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Not just Believe, But have faith (mere belief is not enough
Repent and believe, No one will have faith until they first repent. Many believe but have yet to repent.
Eternally Grateful
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Someone did a song about this, It was about a train headed for Zion. And your ticket was already purchased, all you have to do is climb on.
"That you believe in Him Whom He has sent" (John 6:29) is applied by Lord Jesus as "this is the work of God" (John 6:29).
"That you believe in Him Whom He has sent" (John 6:29) represents faith/belief of a person in Jesus.
Therefore, faith/belief of a person in Jesus is the work of God (John 6:29).
Provided that we are clear that faith comes by hearing the Gospel (which is the work of God) and the power of the Holy Spirit in convicting and convincing when the Gospel is preached (which is also a work of God). But what Christ really meant is that there is no work that anyone can do for salvation. Faith is NOT a work and work is NOT faith. That was His response to the question posed by the Jews.
Everything else follows saving faith, but it is faith which justifies the sinner and it is faith which results in imputed righteousness. Obviously, this transcends humanistic reasoning.
Eternally Grateful
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Well this Scripture refutes that idea: And [the jailer] brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30,31)
So who does the believing? God or man? WE know where saving faith comes from, and no doubt this jailer had heard the Gospel and heard about Christ: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. (Rom 10:17)
Thats exactly what it means, God makes or causes some to believe by Grace., He gives them Faith
Ones Believing in Christ for Salvation is Gods work. Its not of man ! Man does the believing because God causes it by His Grace.
Its Grace that saves, nothing of our works or conditions, even the Faith that we believe by, is given by God on account of the Grace that saves. See when Salvation is by Grace, the one being saved has not met any conditions.
Grace enables us to be holy, pure, and righteous:
Grace is that attribute of God that “ sees” us as Righteous even though we are sinners...
Grace is that attribute of God that “ sees” us as Righteous even though we are sinners...
We must surrender our free will to conform to God’s will, deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Him:
The only thing we MUST do is to do God's Will......what might that be? “ Believe in the One that He sent”
The only thing we MUST do is to do God's Will......what might that be? “ Believe in the One that He sent”
amigo de christo
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Lets explain this just a bit better for him . If one truly believes in Christ JESUS , they have the LOVE of GOD upon their hearts .
If they have the LOVE of GOD upon their hearts , they would LOVE what GOD calls GOOD and abhor what God has called evil .
They would in fact have the righteouness of the law upon their hearts . The love that comes FROM GOD
would have us walking righteously by the power of the indwelling HOLY GHOST .
The LOVE of GOD does not trangress the righteousness of the law . IT FULLFILLS IT .
Love does not transgress the holy words of GOD , it obeys them . From the heart . Not seeing the law as a means
to be made righteousness nor to be saved , but rather just having LOVE FOR THE TRUTH UPON our hearts .
Folks , IF WE have truly been born again , WE LOVE what GOD loves and we hate what HE hates . TIS that simple .
WE Are NEW creatures , REBORN by the SPIRIT wherein our heart has been truly changed .
If they have the LOVE of GOD upon their hearts , they would LOVE what GOD calls GOOD and abhor what God has called evil .
They would in fact have the righteouness of the law upon their hearts . The love that comes FROM GOD
would have us walking righteously by the power of the indwelling HOLY GHOST .
The LOVE of GOD does not trangress the righteousness of the law . IT FULLFILLS IT .
Love does not transgress the holy words of GOD , it obeys them . From the heart . Not seeing the law as a means
to be made righteousness nor to be saved , but rather just having LOVE FOR THE TRUTH UPON our hearts .
Folks , IF WE have truly been born again , WE LOVE what GOD loves and we hate what HE hates . TIS that simple .
WE Are NEW creatures , REBORN by the SPIRIT wherein our heart has been truly changed .
It was said of Lydia, the seller of purple.....” God opened her heart to receive the Gospel”......why would it be different for anybody else....
amigo de christo
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Its exactly how it happens . It was GOD who flipped me around , GOD who put the desire to love the truth upon my heart
GOD who put me into the holy scriptures and GOD who made me aware by those scriptures of how i direly need JESUS CHRIST
to save me from my own self . That is a fact . The only goodness i have , COMES NOT FROM ME
BUT F ROM GOD . Given us in JESUS CHRIST . ONLY GOD can even draw us to CHRIST . And that is A FACT . A VERY VERY FACT .
To repent means to change your mind......have you gone from Unbelief to Belief? If so, you have done all of the “ repenting” you need to doin order to be Saved....
amigo de christo
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Lets be just a bit clearer so as none falls for the same kind of unbelief i once had . its true i once had that kind of belief
that kind of dead faith . True belief , true faith comes from GOD , so as no man can boast .
But WHEN GOD gives us faith , ITS IN THE JESUS and not in another jesus that many men preach .
WE have the LOVE that comes FROM GOD upon our hearts which has been shed by the HOLY GHOST .
And that kind of love is not the love that many preachers preach on today . ITS the LOVE
of GOD that loves what GOD calls good and abhors the evils that HE calls evil .
Belief and obediance are not seperate . They are one . And as i said the LOVE that comes from GOD
changes the heart and to do the things HE has said are not a burden , BUT JOYOUS .
SIN is deadly and a monster and it can harden a heart . Lusts can choke the word . PRAISE GOD HE KNOWS THIS
and thus Has given us the SPIRIT . My advice is , HEED the SPIRIT and not the flesh .
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