Of course not. It is by believing in Him that we know we must be like Him to be saved.
if it is by belief then why would you say Satan doesn't care if we believe?
and the Bible
does not say that we "
must be like Him" to be saved - the Bible says
no one is like Him.
no one is good, but God alone -- Jesus said this.
we are now the sons of God and it has not yet appeared what we shall be ((future tense)) but we know that, when He shall appear we shall be ((future tense)) like Him -- the Spirit of God says this.
if salvation is by us making ourselves like Christ then there is no salvation!
There is no one holy like the LORD,
indeed, there is no one besides You,
nor is there any Rock like our God!
(1 Samuel 2:2)
that Rock was Christ
(1 Corinthians 10:4)
. It is then that we know we cannot be righteous on our own
in which case we are
not like Him because He & He alone is righteous on His own.
Just like
Romans 7:14-25 says the sin in our old nature prevents us from doing what we would like to do, and be what we would like to be.
huh??Romans 7:14-25 is the apostle speaking in
present tense
when he by the Spirit of God writes '
with the mind i myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin' do you imagine he is talking about the unsaved, unregenerate, unbelieving sinner?
do you imagine the unsaved, unregenerate, unbelieving enemy of God who despises righteousness "
serves the law of God with their mind" ???
That is what we repent of - the inability to be righteous in order to BECOME a Christian.
we do not "
repent of our inability to be righteous"
we repent of our
sin recognizing it as
sin and looking to Him for
mercy
being a Christian is
not about what you "
do"
but what you
believe.
it is by grace through faith, not by reward for good deeds.
salvation is
mercy.
That is what triggers us becoming born again with the Spirit of Christ. And in an instant we are freed from the sin nature and our whole like takes an about face. Those who have never experienced this may still have head knowledge but never been changed in their heart. It is so powerful we never forget the time and date. Mine was on February 9, 1977 on a Wednesday evening at church around 8:00 pm.
is that the day you were persuaded to devote your human will to doing good works, because you were given the impression that good works is what gets a person into heaven?
speaking of being born again, have you ever read what John 3 actually says?
Nicodemus asks how can this be so, regarding being born of Spirit -- Christ replies:
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
(John 3:14-15)
where do you see "
salvation is by never stumbling" in that?
how do you get "
Satan doesn't care if we believe in the Messiah as long as we fail at producing a perfect righteousness of works once in a while"??
dear lady, that statement of yours was sin: it was unbelief and false teaching -- so now who will save you from
your body of death?
have you heard the actual gospel?
I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:25)
