IBeMe said:
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williemac: You quoted that whoever does His will enters into life. I agree.
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If you really agree with what Jesus says, then why do you try to obnubilate the will of my Father which is in heaven?
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williemac: Keeping His ten commandments are not what gets us into heaven.
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But, it's necessary to keep the commandments to get into heaven.
... if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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Obnubilate? Never heard of that. Why do you on the other hand ask me why I am doing what I am not doing? You have drawn conclusions that dismiss and ignore my heart on this matter.
And now we see a contradiction in your mindset. Here are some things Jesus said:
Math. 19:
16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if
thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18He saith unto him,
Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,
Who then can be saved?
26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them,
With men this is impossible; but with
God all things are possible.
Luke 10:
25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26He said unto him,
What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29But he,
willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
If you will notice, the above scriptures plainly show that Jesus referred to the keeping of the commandments that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai. In fact, He even rightly called it
"the law".
You have insisted over and over that the Mosaic law was done away with and we are not under it. But if we follow the above passages, Jesus said otherwise. He not only validated those same commandments, He confirmed that they were to be obeyed for everlasting life.
However, why do you leave out the part where Jesus said this was
impossible with men?
As I said before, since Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to convict the unbelieving world of sin, how is it you cannot fathom that He Himself would think to do the same while on earth? Jesus gave the bad news:
with men this is impossible. Then He followed it with the TRUTH>
With God, all things are possible.
This is seen in Rom.5, where Paul reveals that it was Jesus who kept the commandments on our behalf, so that we could receive the
FREE GIFT of life and the
FREE GIFT of righteousness,
made possible by ONE MAN------
God in the flesh.
People are delusional if they think that God is going to go over His Son's head and reward men with life based on their own efforts. Who is attempting to justify himself other than they who do not believe or understand that life is a free gift? There is
ONE who is good.