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1 | Who makes the rules? | 1 John 3:9 | Baptistbred | 94735 | ||
John, In my furthur studies I have found some verses that have really shed some light on the subject of 1 John 3:10. 1 Timothy 5:24-25: 24 Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. 1 Corinthians 3:13 13 Every man’s work SHALL be made MANIFEST: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 4:5 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will MAKE MANIFEST the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. Also in 1 John there are hints to the effect of our imperfection here such as in: 1 John 2:28 "ashamed before him at his coming." This in essence says that many WILL have shameful lives at his coming. 1 John 3:2 "it doth not yet appear what we shall be" speaks also of our present imperfection. I am still studying and hoping to understand better, but this really helped.I still by no means believe that one can go on live wickedly here and hope to go to heaven. As for my gluttonous friend, I just used him as an example. I don't condemn him as an unsaved person. Let me know if you can shed more light on 1 JOhn 3:10 and it's meaning. Thanks. |
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2 | Who makes the rules? | 1 John 3:9 | bronx hulk | 94844 | ||
Dear Baptist, It sounds to me that you do have the answer to your own question. You said that you do not condemn your friend, yet he is gluttonous. Why do you not condemn him? Because you can see that he has a heart to serve God. I think that we all understand that we might not repent of every sin before we die. If not, will God condemn us to hell? NO! Why not? Because our whole walk, we have tried to serve God with our ALL. I know I listed these scriptures before, but it is what Jesus said that the scripture in 1 John 3:10 elaborated on. Matt 7:15-23 They shall be known by their fruits!! Read those scriptures very carefully and you will receive your answer. Now when I say that it is the matter of the heart I mean this: If you look at the Pharisees and Sadducees, it seemed outwardly that they served God. They appeared to follow the law as strict as possible. Matt 23:23-28 28 "Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity". So how do we tell the difference between someone who is only outwardly appearing righteous and the true children of God? You look at the motives of why they are doing the things they are, i.e. the heart. Are they self righteous or are they doing it for God? As Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matt 23:5-7 5 "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments," Sometimes it might take a while for you to discern who is in it for God and who is in it for themselves. But their motives will be revealed through their actions (fruits). In Matt 24:42-51 It clearly points out that we must be serving God or we will not inherit eternal life, even as Christians. Rom 6:15-16 15 "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under GRACE? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" So just because we are under grace does not mean that we have a one way ticket to heaven. We must now use the Spirit to serve God. But what about those Christians that have so much trouble serving? Again...are they trying with their ALL? Rom 14 entire chapter explains about those who are weak in the faith. Also in Matt 13:8 it talks about the seeds in good ground and it says "But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold." Here, Jesus says the ones in good ground will have different levels of bearing fruit. Some will bear fruit 30 times over, some 60 and some 100. We need to accept those that are not bearing as much fruit as the others, but are still bearing fruit. Does any of this make sense or help you in your quest for your answer? I'm sorry if I didn't answer your question. I am really trying!! :o) May God bless you brother, Matt 5:6, 7:7 Sal |
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