Subject: Inability? |
Bible Note: Emmaus My faith is in Christ, whom I trust. It is no longer I who live, but He who lives in me. It is Him who has justified me, that is, who has made me, an unworthy sinner, righteous before God. If being certain of what I hope for is a contradiction, then the Bible and faith itself is contradictory, for the Scripture says: Heb 11:1 Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen. The only thing arrogant about this discussion is you taking it upon yourself to call me arrogant simply because I have faith as defined in the Bible. It is the Anchor of my soul (Heb 6:19) not because it's something that I mustered up within myself (my faith is not in my faith as you so spitefully assert), but it is rather a gift of God to me that is exercised by the Spirit dwelling within me. Again, it is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me. That's eternal security and absolute assurance. Because of his grace, I will make every effort to work out my salvation with fear and trembling, which is, as I am slowly learning, where God speaks most clearly to those who are His. What you seem to call charity the Bible calls "lukewarm". Some will tolerate sound doctrine, some will not. That doesn't mean we beat around the bush. Now, the way I see it, your faith is in your works and not wholly in Christ. Is that a fair assessment in comparison to yours of me? IN Christ, JIBBS |