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41 | Is perseverance certain? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187049 | ||
"The trouble with living sacrifices is that they tend to crawl off the alter", I once heard from a pastor. Bottom line: Christ did it all for you. Heb 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. You just need to keep your relationship with your Father who loves you dearly. Trust and obey. |
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42 | Real change? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187048 | ||
John 15:1-11 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. You know the change you have experienced is real by the life that is growing in you. Remember, man is spirit, soul, and body (I Thess. 5:23). The spirit is God-consciousness, the soul is self-consiousness, and the body is world-consciousness. Romans 8 tells us of the dichotomous strugle between the spirit and the flesh that goes on in a believer. We must crucify the flesh so that the spirit may grow into the reflection of Christ. |
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43 | Faith that is self-centered? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 187047 | ||
Rom 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God Rom 12:1-3 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. You must differenciate between your conscience and the accusations of your enemy the devil. You do that by getting to know the Spirit of God through worship and reading His word. |
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44 | Assurance based on performance? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186816 | ||
Assurance based on faith in Jesus' performance. In Christ alone. His heart is not deceitful, His soul is not corrupt, when I am weak - He is strong, I have the mind of Christ, my mind is renewed. |
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45 | What do you say? | Acts 13:39 | Aslans_Friend | 186746 | ||
For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it. But now God has shown us a different way of being right in his sight-not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago. We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law. Rom 3:20-28 The Law of Faith in Christ. |
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46 | reference to sexual nature | Bible general Archive 3 | Aslans_Friend | 186735 | ||
I believe that God has a great sense of humor. The guideline might be, if you told the joke to Jesus, would he laugh? | ||||||
47 | Does chancing it make it? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186732 | ||
Luk 10:25-28 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." Perhaps half-hearted Christians, or Christians serving themselves only, or Christians just serving the Church need to re-vitalize their relationship with Christ to validate their "assurance". |
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48 | Feelings demonstrate the facts? | Matt 7:21 | Aslans_Friend | 186731 | ||
Feelings are very important to us because we are emotional creatures. However, emotions can be deceiving. Man is spirit, soul, and body. Emotions are a part of the soul of man, they reflect the self image. A person who is spiritual, more importantly, one who is born again, is in communion with our heavenly Father through the spirit. During such communication, the Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. External stimulae comes from the flesh and can give no assurance of salvation. You might read THE SPIRITUAL MAN by Watchman Nee. Available entirely online at http://www.ministrybooks.org/ This classic work shows great insight into the nature of man and, at least in my case, helped me realize that salvation is more of a process than an event. On the other hand, the greatest promise I can hold out to you is: Rom 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. I pray this helps. |
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