Subject: I just started reading the Bible and.... |
Bible Note: Dear Cheri, You say keeping the Torah will not save you, but Jesus says in Matt 19:17, "...But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." He also says in John 14:15, "If you love Me, keep my commandments." Are you saying that if you are sincerely doing the best that you can, you will be exempt? Well, I guess it falls in line with the merciful nature of God, but what if there was something you could do and knew it but didn't? Would you be judged adversely? Would you be lost? For example Jesus teaches in Matt 19:21, "If you want to be perfect, go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Now, selling all that you own shouldn't be that hard to do and everyone knows the Lord will provide as fluently promised by Jesus in Matt 5:25-34, so how would you be judged if you still owned stuff when Jesus returns? Yours in Christ, Pete |