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Subject: Grace AND? |
Bible Note: Hank and BradK, I just posted this note to Tim and Emmanus. Just wanted to make sure you saw it. I thought of a few more scriptures that seem to emphasize my and Tim's point, from Jesus Himself: John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 "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. 3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 "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. 5 "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. 6 "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. 7 "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. 9 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. 10 "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. If you remember this illustration, God's depicting us, His children as His vineyard is a very constant, recurring theme throughout the prophets in the OT. Here our Lord makes it very clear, if we're not a part of an active, living and productive portion of God's vineyard producing fruit of Godliness in our lives, we'll be rejected. I don't see how anyone or the Bible could be any clearer on this subject. I'm going to copy this message to Hank and BradK and get their response. And yes, I think Tim is right on target about the equation as he puts it. However, I also think it's very important that we accept God's offer of salvation on His terms, but I guess that's another subject we can tackle at a later date. God bless. --Rowdy |