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NASB | Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, |
Bible Question: I find this an interesting question because many times I hear people say "I am a good person, I don't need to learn more" but the fact is, salvation is a GIFT. What becomes of the those who belive in God but do not accept the GIFT? I agree with your statement about being apart from God. Anyone who has truly known God, wants always to be with God. To be apart from God is hell in itself. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Bbq, and welcome to the forum. I like your comment about people saying that they are good, but the word good is actually a relative term. When people make a statement like that they usually mean that they are good compared to someone else, and they always pick out someone who doesn’t appear good according to “their” personal standard to measure themselves by; that's a hoot! The real question is how do they measure up to God’s standard? God has a standard that everyone must attain in order to spend eternity with Him. Matthew 5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. There is only one way that a person can be that perfect! Speaking of Jesus; 2 Cor. 5:21 For he (God) hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; (speaking of Jesus) that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. People that claim to be good are literally placing their good on the balance beam of God’s justice and Jesus in on the other end of the scale and everyone comes up short or lacking according to God’s standard. We live in a society that doesn’t believe in the free lunch and everybody believes that they have to do something for their salvation. God says that He has done everything necessary for mans salvation in the person of His Son Jesus the appointed one, but most aren’t willing to trust what God did for them and give up trying. Ephes. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9] Not of works, lest any man should boast. Grace means we can't earn it no matter how good "we" think we are. The ones that have trusting in the finished works of Christ have given up trying to be “good”, as it were, and are just relying on Jesus; they have come to the end of their “good” works. Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. [13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. The word “believe” doesn’t mean to just acknowledge that Jesus existed; It means to rely on and trust in the person of God’s unique Son Jesus and what He did on the cross for us. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Have a great day and enjoy the forum, CDBJ |