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1 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | DocTrinsograce | 173763 | ||
"The new birth is solely the work of God the Spirit and man has no part or lot in it. This from the very nature of the case. Birth altogether excludes the idea of any effort or work on the part of the one who is born. Personally we have no more to do with our spiritual birth than we had with our natural birth. The new birth is a spiritual resurrection, a 'passing from death unto life' (John 5:24) and, clearly, resurrection is altogether outside of man's province. No corpse can reanimate itself. Hence it is written, 'It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing' (John 6:63). But the Spirit does not 'quicken' everybody -- why? The usual answer returned to this question is, because everybody does not trust in Christ. It is supposed that the Holy Spirit quickens only those who believe. But this is to put the cart before the horse. Faith is not the cause of the new birth, but the consequence of it. This ought not to need arguing. Faith (in God) is an exotic, something that is not native to the human heart. If faith were a natural product of the human heart, the exercise of a principle common to human nature, it would never have been written, 'All men have not faith' (2 Thessalonians 3:2). Faith is a spiritual grace, the fruit of the spiritual nature, and because the unregenerate are spiritually dead -- 'dead in trespasses and sins' -- then it follows that faith from them is impossible, for a dead man cannot believe anything. 'So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God' (Romans 8:8) -- but they could if it were possible for the flesh to believe. Compare with this last quoted scripture Hebrews 11: 6 -- 'But without faith it is impossible to please Him.' Can God be 'pleased' or satisfied with any thing which does not have its origin in Himself?" --A. W. Pink | ||||||
2 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | koscheiman | 173798 | ||
I totally disagree with your analysis of the Scriptures. I believe that man plays a part in his salvation thru his obedience to the commands of God. Jesus said, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned" (Mark 16:16). |
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3 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | Searcher56 | 173808 | ||
koscheiman Are belief and obedience the same thing? Searcher |
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4 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | koscheiman | 173833 | ||
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5 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 173834 | ||
So wrong my friend. James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. WOS |
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6 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | koscheiman | 173998 | ||
Indeed man is not justified by works of the law, but I am not advocating works of the law. Do you not know there are three types of works referred to in the Bible (1) works of the law (2) works of the flesh (3) works of obedience. The first two are spoken agaist as not being able to save but James says "Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself." (James 2:17) Jesus said in John 6:29 that faith is a work. |
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7 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | Morant61 | 174005 | ||
Greetings Friend! I have heard this attempted justification of salvtion by works before. There is at least one major problem with this approach. Eph. 2:8-9 does not qualify the word 'works' in any way. It does not say: We are not saved by works of Law! We are not saved by works of obedience! Or, that we are saved by works of faith! The passage simply says, "NOT BY WORKS!!" - Any kind of works! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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8 | Faith AFTER | John 5:24 | koscheiman | 174062 | ||
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