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NASB | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit? |
Subject: chould a preacher question peoples chris |
Bible Note: Greetings, To be sure, the crux of my post is pointed toward the nearly seven thousand people that are known to read or examine this forum during the course of a week. From past experience I have talked with individuals who actually believe they were saved because the took the initiative to go forward in a service of one kind or another; according to Scripture that has never saved anyone to this day! It almost runs hand in hand with asking Jesus to come into your heart. Christ doesn’t come into a sewer as it were. Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Then there are those that say in order to be saved all one needs to do is confess their sins and ask the Lord to forgive them which, with regards to salvation, is more unbiblical garbage. Lest I forget the ones that push, “Make Jesus the Lord of your life.” We can’t make Jesus Lord of anything, He is what He is and He is the Lord God of everything and we can’t make Him Lord of anything. Why everyone feels the need to deviate from the truth of God’s Word in beyond me, unless it is the work of the adversary? (This is Truth) Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. The big problem resides within the confines of the word believe. In the English language the emphasis in believing leans toward just giving “mental assent to something”, and that won’t save anyone. James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble! The Koine Greek of the New Testament i.e. PISTIS or PISTEUO means to fully trust in, have faith in and rely on and object, and the object for salvation “must be TOTALLY” in the person of God’s Son, Jesus Christ the Lord and the work that He “finished” on the cross. Anything that we “try to do for salvation” in addition to what God has already done for us only nullifies God’ plan salvation for our lives!! Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Brother, this was by no means pointed at you; I just saw a great opportunity to expatiate on a point of doctrine that many don’t understand and it could cost them their eternal future! Have a great day, CDBJ |