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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Asis | 187172 | ||
Believing (our faith in God)that God is, is not the obedience that results in a right relationship with our Lord. Abraham "believed God" and it was credited to him as righteousness (Romans 4:3). We need to believe God as Abraham did. Abraham believe the what God told him would be so, believed in His promises and that is the condition that brings about righteousness. I am forgiven because of Christ's blood sacrifice. Not because of obedience. If it was by my obedience that I was forgiven of all my sins then I would have reason to boast. God wants all the credit. Our job is to surrender our lives to Him, believe and let Him live through us (Galatians 2:20). | ||||||
2 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187176 | ||
'God wants all the credit.' He has all the credit. We still have the freewill. Listen to the spirit, obey in the soul, and you will not reap corruption in the flesh. God provided the way, we must walk in it. Justification is only through Christ. Let us not confuse faith in the existence of God with faith in the Way of God. |
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3 | Christians? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187177 | ||
Following up with Galatians 2:21 I am not one of those who treats the grace of God as meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, then there was no need for Christ to die. and Romans 8:1-4 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. For the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the requirement of the law would be fully accomplished for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit. [obedience to the Spirit] |
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