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1 | Real change? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 186925 | ||
CDBJ, 1. Have not people successfully changed their lives that were not professing to be Christians? 2. Were there not Christians who after confessing that it was Jesus who changed their lives proved, after awhile, reverted back and showed the change to be unsuccessful? 3. If the above questions are admitted "yes", how does one know for certain that the change they experienced is genuine? |
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2 | Real change? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187048 | ||
John 15:1-11 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. You know the change you have experienced is real by the life that is growing in you. Remember, man is spirit, soul, and body (I Thess. 5:23). The spirit is God-consciousness, the soul is self-consiousness, and the body is world-consciousness. Romans 8 tells us of the dichotomous strugle between the spirit and the flesh that goes on in a believer. We must crucify the flesh so that the spirit may grow into the reflection of Christ. |
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3 | Experience with performance? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187083 | ||
Then, are saying that experience ("the change you have experienced") accompanied with performance ("We must crucify the flesh") are evidences of genuine salvation? | ||||||
4 | Experience with performance? | Matt 7:21 | stjohn | 187122 | ||
one must experience the performance! | ||||||
5 | Experience with performance? | Matt 7:21 | Lookn4ward2Heavn | 187263 | ||
Is that a "yes"? | ||||||