brother dave
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as usual you load me down with many questions! so i will start with your first. verse 21 let us look at the Fathers Commandments? as John laid them out in SIMPLICITY!Hi brother dave,
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 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.
I am interested to know how you read v 21. These are the words of Christ. (We are Christians.) Yet the opinion has been expressed during this discussion that because Jesus was speaking during the era of the Mosaic law, His words do not apply to Christians.
This means, therefore, that a Christian does not need to worry about knowing the will of our Father in heaven, or doing it.
Is this your understanding also?
A forum is necessarily limited to our words. That's why one of the ways we can recognise each other - apart from the witness of the Holy Spirit - is through the 'conversation' of our lives as expressed through our words.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Is our speech always 'with grace'?
'Salt' is not sarcasm, mockery, or play-acting (hypocrisy); it is truth, light, life - and the fruit of the Spirit against which there is no law.
Heb 4:12, 13, and I don't mean by that, quoting scripture. I mean, the words that cause the other person to discern difference.
Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
this is only complex because you make it that way by your own efforts!
does His words apply to Christians? i believe every Word that came from His good lips! i would not trade one of His "VERILYS" for this whole world! but just like me and axehead was discussing the other day? the point of the rich young ruler being commanded to give it all away was not to say we all must sell everthing to follow the Lord? but to show the young man that he indeed was breaking the first commandment! covetiousness is idolatry! that was the point your friend had missed until i showed him! so i say every word He spoke is mine to be blessed by and not cursed! For He came to save and not condemn!
and my speech is full of grace to the humble! and salt to those in pride as His words were to the vipers of His day! and Pauls to the foolish and bewithced! who wanted to go back into law! rebuke belongs to those in such error as you and your friends! who attempt to overturn the faith of others by teaching works and self-justification! you deserve much worse!