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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household: |
Subject: Are Positional and Practical truths true |
Bible Note: You wrote: "But once we bring the law in, self comes in too" This is simply false. So King David, writing his love song to the Law in Psalm 119, is bringing self into it? You have a completely wrong understanding of the Law if you think that obedience to God's law by necessity means effort of the unaided self: "because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God." --Romans 8:7,8 Who subjects himself to the law of God? Not the mind set on the flesh. Who pleases God? Not those in the flesh. Therefore, the one who obeys God's law and pleases him are those who are walking by the Spirit. You wrote: "The old covenant is ALL about us doing things for God. In the new covenant, it's ALL about Christ doing things for us." NO NO NO! God does all things ultimately for His glory, including saving His elect. I want you to do a New Testament search over on the right-hand side of this page and type in the words "for sake" and see how much He has done and we are to do for God's sake or Christ's sake. It is this man-centered "gospel" which is poisoning the church today. You wrote: "we'll enjoy it more when we allow Him to work instead of making ourselves work our transformation." Letting go and letting God? That isn't Paul's point of view. We do indeed work as God enables us to work for His glory: "So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, BOTH TO WILL AND TO WORK for His good pleasure." --Philippians 2:12-13 "Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to HIS OWN LABOR." --1 Corinthians 3:8 "For it is for this we LABOR and STRIVE, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers." --1 Timothy 4:10 "BE DILIGENT to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." --2 Timothy 2:15 "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK." --2 Timothy 3:16-17 "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus FOR GOOD WORKS, which God prepared beforehand SO THAT WE WOULD WALK IN THEM." --Ephesians 2:10 Other passages speak of the same idea: "Therefore let us BE DILIGENT to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience." --Hebrews 4:11 Bottom line: it is God who works in us and through us, but also we work and strive and labor alongside him, by the power of His Holy Spirit. Notice in all these passages who is doing the walking and laboring and striving and working. We are. Under our own power? Absolutely not, but the true Christian walk is not a cake walk. Relying totally on God grace does not mean that we do nothing. God-honoring works are part-and-parcel of every true believer's life: "But someone may well say, 'You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.' You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?" --James 2:18-20 --Joe! |