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1 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | Rowdy | 133574 | ||
I just plugged in the words "dead works" into the Search Engine and came up with the following verses. Heb 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? James 2:17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. James 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. It seems James devotes the whole of Chapter 2 of his letter to this topic. Basically, I gather from his discussion that our works must be genuine and of real value both to our fellow man and our God and Father above. What do you think? Good question and God bless. Rowdy |
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2 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | Mommapbs | 133589 | ||
Rowdy, what makes our "works" worthy? This is what I think: From God's perspective, our "righteous" works are no more worthy than filthy rags. (Is 64:6) Compare this to Is 61: 10 "I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." It is the righteousness of Christ that makes us worthy. It is the righteousness of Christ which enables us to bring glory to God. How can sinful man do this apart from Christ? Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? (Ps 23:4)There is but One. And when we are IN Christ, we stand as holy and blameless too. (Col 1:22 et al) It is Christ at work in us that makes our "good deeds" God Deeds. We are God's workmanship, created in Christ, unto good works which He prepared in advance for us to do. Eph 2:10. The fruit of self-effort or anything done apart from Christ (John 15:5) will be burned up as dross in the refiner's fire. (1 Cor 3:11-15) Blessings, mommapbs |
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3 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | Rowdy | 133595 | ||
I like the attitude of your first paragraph. We absolutely MUST not think that ANYTHING we do or say could possibly be more than "filthy rags;" I agree wholeheartedly. HOWEVER that does NOT mean that we can think for a single moment that we get into Heaven without doing them. Our "faith without works is dead" per James 2. So we must reconcile this conundrum by doing the works BUT with a proper attitude as if we were slaves, mere servants to our Lord for that's what we are. He bought and paid for us with His Own Dear and Precious Blood. His was the only thing that could have been used to make such a purchase. So we owe Him everything we are, everything we own and everything we can hope to be or to accomplish. That brings us back to doing good deeds in His name as we're commanded. Col 3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. I hope this helps and God bless. Rowdy |
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4 | What is a repentance from dead works? | Heb 6:1 | Mommapbs | 133616 | ||
Greetings Rowdy, can we agree to disagree here? God loves me unconditionally; He loves me even when I was alienated by sin from Him. (Romans 5:8) There is nothing that I can do to make Him love me more or less than He does right now. There is nothing that I can DO to get into Heaven except BELIEVE in what Jesus Christ has already DONE. It is on the basis of HIS work that God credits me with HIS righteousness. Again, Jesus said, "Apart from Me, you can DO nothing." (John 15:5) We've gone round and round about this on other threads, you believe that salvation requres Grace "and" - I believe that my salvation is a gift that I do nothing to earn or keep - it is by God's Grace alone that I am saved. Blessings, mommapbs |
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