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NASB | Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:37 And Jesus replied to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [Deut 6:5] |
Bible Question:
Dear ArtS, Greetings in Jesus' name! Then wouldn't any willful rejection of God's will be unto death? But we can repent any time we want to, and be reinstated? So our lives are in our own hands, we decide our fate, right? If this is so, I expect to see a LOT of people saved through deathbed repentance! Just live any way you want, as long as you have a moment to say, "I'm sorry, God!" immediately before you kick the bucket. Friend, don't you see that if any willful rejection after knowing God equals death, then our lives are outside of His grace, and we become the perfecters of salvation. Then we get into an endless treadmill of determining how much rejection is enough to die, and how much is just 'minor.' Occam's Razor would say that this is much to complicated a system to be attributed to a God that loves us. In addition, we would encroach on His sovereignty to assume that we are responsible to 'keep' our salvation. Peace and love to you in Christ Jesus, charis |
Bible Answer: You say: 1) Then wouldn't any willful rejection of God's will be unto death? Yes. If we Reject JEsus, so He rejects us Matthew 10:32 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. 2) But we can repent any time we want to, and be reinstated? I don't see anywhere that there are only certain times that God will open the door for us and the rest of the time He keeps it locked... 3) So our lives are in our own hands, we decide our fate, right? Luke10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He answered: "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, "Love your neighbor as yourself. 28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." We can either do this or not. The choice is ours. Jesus tels the man to DO this and live. 4) If this is so, I expect to see a LOT of people saved through deathbed repentance! Yep, just like the thief on the cross 5) we become the perfecters of salvation Jesus is the "perfecter" of our salvation. If WE then "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind", that's all we can do. He does the rest. Bless...ArtS |