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1 | What constitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Mommapbs | 123967 | ||
What constitutes a "righteous act?" How might this verse be compared to Mt 2:11? | ||||||
2 | What constitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Mommapbs | 123969 | ||
correction Mt v22:11 | ||||||
3 | What constitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Country Girl | 123970 | ||
Matt 22:11 "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, Matt 22:12 and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. Matt 22:13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' I see your obvious point in comparing these two verses from Revelation and Matthew but the more pressing issue is your question "What constitutes a righteous act?" I would have to submit the following verses from the same speaker Matt 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy[3] angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 37"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40And the King will answer and say to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' 41"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' 44"Then they also will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' 45Then He will answer them, saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Jesus words seem very clear to me. We are to follow His example and be kind and thoughtful to all with whom we come in contact. If we see a need, we should do our very best to fulfill that need. It'll be like "storing up treasures in Heaven." Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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4 | What consitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Mommapbs | 123971 | ||
What consitutes a "righteous act?" - Is there anything "righteous" that we do on our own? | ||||||
5 | What consitutes a "righteous act?" | Rev 19:8 | Country Girl | 123972 | ||
I don't see how. Like I mentioned, we're following the lead of Savior. He set a whole standard of behavior for the whole world. I'm convinced if it hadn't been His influence in this world, it would probably have been destroyed again by now. It's just not in the nature of mankind to stay up with God's standard of doing anything decent and righteous for very long. We're just too prone to choosing the easier path as He talked about with the straight and narrow gate to Heaven. What do you think? Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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6 | What is the "straight and narrow gate"? | Rev 19:8 | Mommapbs | 123992 | ||
Country Girl, Jesus did more than "set a whole standard of behavior for the whole world." Was it really "His influence" that has preserved the world to date? What is "the straight and narrow gate to Heaven?" You indicated the possibility for man to "stay up with God's standard of doing anything decent" - is this ever possible according to God's Wotd, ie our righteousness is as "filthy rags" (Is 64:6)in God's sight. There is no one who does good (Ps 14:3) Rom 3:23 No one has met God's standard at any time (except One!). This being the case, how is one clothed with "fine linen?" Note, "It was GIVEN to her to clothe herself in fine linen" Where do our righteous acts come from? See John 15:5 What do you think will happen to the "good" things a believer does on his/her own initiative? Blessings, mommapbs |
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7 | What is the "straight and narrow gate"? | Rev 19:8 | Country Girl | 124016 | ||
I think you probably have already figured out I was trying to say that Jesus "set a whole NEW standard for the world to imitate." I see your point as well as Angel's and Emmanus' points. Believe me, I'm not saying we can even come close to earning our salvation as there's ABSOLULTELY no way that can be done. But just like a good, loving parent invests his/her lifetime in a rearing a child or children and then hopes that child(ren) behave like they've been reared, in the same way our God wants us to behave like we've been bought and paid for by His Son. We should wear His Name somewhat proudly like Apostle Paul did while minimizing our measly acts of kindness as weak, feeble attempts to imitate Paul or even better Christ Himself. I don't think God keeps a score card on us and compares us to each other, again learning from our earthly parenting experience. He just wants us to stay in contact with Him through prayer and constant study of His Word because even the most mature christian needs a boost now and again to keep fighting the battle with the Devil and avoid the temptations of this world. As we mature in this spiritual relationship with our Father, we should realize our needs and priorities aligning themselves closer and closer with His. And then I think we'll realize more and more of His answers to our prayers. We should all strive to see things in this world as He does, listen to our fellow christians, seek to encourage them and love them in spite of their shortcomings and ask for their forgiveness for our shortcomings. Part of the unpleasant duties of a christian is to be an influence for good even to those that don't appreciate it. Sometimes we may even feel compelled by God to do what we can to correct some of the wrongs in this world BUT we MUST do so in love and show that we really do love people's souls like He does, without condition. We must show them over and over again and again, that whatever we say and do, we say and do so in the Name of the Lord. Your reference to John's words are good words as they make it plain that we are indeed dependent on Christ for His guidance and sustanance. Only by His representing us to His Father, can we hope to live with Him forever. But the toughest item of controversy as I've noticed it in the Forum is this battle between faith and works. As you've stated, our righteous acts counts as absolute zeros in the final judgments but that DOES NOT mean we should stop doing them. Jesus makes this very plain in the scriptures I referred to earlier. We MUST see ourselves as the debtor set free and go and share the good news, spreading the Word everywhere we go AND we MUST behave like we have a Father above watching us. He expects us to dispense acts of kindness and goodness not because we're earning our salvation but we must prove to the world we have it. Otherwise, how will the world know our christianity, our salvation is real and genuine? Hopefully, this may clear up some questions for you. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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8 | What is the "straight and narrow gate"? | Rev 19:8 | Morant61 | 124027 | ||
Greetings Country Girl! This was a much better explanation. The easiest way to understand the relationship between faith and works is this: We 'work' because we are saved! Our 'works' do not save us, nor do they keep us saved. What do they do then? They demonstrate our salvation. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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9 | What is the "straight and narrow gate"? | Rev 19:8 | Country Girl | 128570 | ||
Of course I agree but I MUST add emphasis as the Lord does through His representative, James. We CANNOT possibly go to Heaven without acts or works of kindness, acts of obedience. A faith without these is a dead faith, no value to us, Him or anyone else. Blessings to you. Country Girl |
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