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NASB | Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, |
Bible Question:
A question has been asked: "How do you anticipate that God is going to distinguish between christians and other sinners on that Day?" (Judgment) Mommapbs asks: Does our anticipation determine God's standard of judgment or might it be something else? (please support your answers) |
Bible Answer: Hi, Mommapbs! I read through the thread... I think that part of the problems we (Christians) have is that we come to Scripture and take away different understanding of what God is saying because we breakdown Scripture to individual passages and subpassages that support our personal views... I look at Scripture as a whole... sometimes it seems that Scripture contradicts Scripture... but that is only if seen from a limited perspective... ie: We find Scripture that tells us that those who call on the Lord will be saved! ...so many people run with that particular verse/s and any others that support it... Yet Jesus Himself tells us that not all who call Him Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven! So... are we saved if we call Him Lord or are we not saved?... Jesus further explains that only those who do as He commands can be saved... and He offers a comparison with those who merely claim to know Him and those who actually obey Him (Matthew 7:21-27; Luke 6:46; Matthew 25:31-46). Clearly, we ourselves can do nothing to merit Salvation but our faith is not mere chanting of words because they are found in Scripture, we must be doers of the Word (James 1:22) and the call of the Word is that we humbly obey Christ and His Command (Matthew 17:5). Obeying Christ is doing His Will and His Will is quite clear (Luke 22:25; Matthew 5:20; 25:31-46). God Bless! Angel |