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1 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | NewCovenant7777 | 143482 | ||
Greetings, I agree that Scripturally speaking belief and faith are synonymous, the problem is "many" who boast of "believing/trusting in Jesus aren't truly born again, and thus void of faith. If a soul truly believes(has faith) he/she will turn from everything of this world. (Luke 4/Col 2...you can't serve God and Mammon...to love the world is to hate God). My point is, it is possible to believe (even to the point of committing life to HIM/trusting in HIM,(Idolaters do this...) etc...(***Remember there are "many" that praise Him with their lips (singing), but their hearts are far from Him, and think they will be heard for their many words (prayer), and give out of their abundance (tithing), yet still as far as God is concerned be "an unbeliever" because Christ isn't literally living through their soul which is evident by the absence of "any true works of repentance".(They produce counterfeit works. ***Do some research on Tares and Wheat. Tares look like Wheat, but they have no grain and continue to stand erect(proud) whereas Wheat, by the weight of the grain, bows...) Again, I repeat the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob DOES NOT sow or reap in the mammon system/the seen world. If He did, Jesus, the Disciples and all True Christians, and especially those in Hebrews 11 were frauds and awful examples... In conclusion it is possible to Idolize the Bible, Jesus, and the Cross. Many will say, as did I, before God explained it to me, "This is impossible." Well all I can say is that Scripture is clear, "many are called, but few are chosen...the many (they believed, but were faithless) are those who Idolized the Bible, Jesus, and the Cross by using it to inspire them in their works of iniquity in the mammon system/the seen world. Again, "to find your life is to lose it and to lose your life is to find it" (Matt 10:39). The God of the Bible helps no one to find their life here on earth, to the contrary He says "lay it down and hate it" and He faithfully demonstrated this by living a crucified life that in the end He physically carried out... Thanks 4 your response, and I look forward to hearing from you again... |
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2 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 143490 | ||
Taking a wild guess, I would venture that what you are trying to say -- but I'm by no means sure! -- is that there is a difference between saving faith and what James in his Epistle calls "dead" faith, a.k.a., "intellectual" or "historical" faith in Christ. But to argue that faith and belief are not birds of a feather is sawing sawdust. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | NewCovenant7777 | 143491 | ||
Greetings Hank, yes, that is precisely what the Holy Spirit, James, and I are trying to say. Basically "belief" absent of "faith" is not "truly believing" and is therefore dead. Good to hear from you again...nite :-) |
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4 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | NewCovenant7777 | 143493 | ||
Greetings Hank, I think I need to clarify what I have been trying to communicate so there is no more misunderstanding. Can I get an amen to that? Scripturally speaking belief and faith can be and usually are synonyms, however it is the misuse of the word(s), "belief/believe", that is the problem. Belief as it is used in Scripture is synonymous with faith, but again Scriptural belief and faith are dependent on a "foundation of true repentance", otherwise the soul that says "they believe", but there are no true works of repentance (faith) is just giving lip service and "doesn't truly believe" according to the Scriptural definition. "Many" confess Jesus as Lord with their mouth, but the heart is never changed because they refuse to "receive Christ" and be "granted true repentance" which would turn them from "everything of this world". However, again when James says that "even the demons believe", obviously this isn't referring to the use of believe that is synonymous with faith. That is why demons aren't born again and Apostate Christians and them have the same eternal destiny. I hope this clarified things, although I do tend to probably "overexplain" and therefore this may be as clear as mud...LOL |
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