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1 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | Inquisitor | 225009 | ||
Beja, I can only respond with more words from Jesus... Jn 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. 19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me. Just trying to make sense out of the whole NT. How do you interpret Jesus' Words above? God bless, Inquisitor. |
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2 | Will Jews make it to heaven? | Rom 9:1 | srbaegon | 225047 | ||
Inquisitor, God's insistence on obedience is well-documented in scripture. Besides what you have given of the Lord Jesus' words, I add the following: Deut 10:12-13 (ESV) And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good? The crux of the matter is in the purpose for obedience. What I mean by that is this: do we obey in order to gain or curry God's favor, or do we obey because of God's favor? As one follows the plan of redemption through holy writ, one thing stands clear--God is the initiator of grace toward his creation and desires, even expects, a response demonstrating our acknowledgment. So in the verses you and I cited, the obedience shown is a proper return of gratefulness to the Lord for his abundant favor. One obeys because he believes on God and his mighty acts. This continues on through the Lord Jesus' great act of redemption on the cross. For those who believe will demonstrate it by obedience--imperfectly in the beginning, of course, but better as he or she grows in grace. For those who refuse to acknowledge it by way of belief, there is judgment. Steve |
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