Salvation doesn't come by being "doers" of the law.
Men have their own adopted religions Bob. Paul said "The "Doers" of God's Law shall be saved, not the Transgressors of the Law". Transgressors of the Law must repent and "Put on" the New Man that "
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.. Not in this world's religions of course, in this world's religions that you are promoting, a man can reject any of God's Judgments and Commandments that might get in the way of their lusts and desires of this world, and it doesn't matter. Since I believe in the Biblical God, and the Jesus "of the bible", I no longer adopt the philosophies of the religion you are promoting and choose instead to "Yield myself" servants to obey God as the
entire Bible instructs.
I get that your religion is seductive, and easy to adopt and followed by and promoted by "many" who come in Christ's Name, as Jesus Prophesied. Nevertheless, as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.
Paul was very adamant about that. It is and always was Salvation by faith.
Yes, but not "Faith" in the religions of this world. Rather, the Faith that was in Christ which was towards His Father. Faith in the God that Jesus Teaches us how to worship, Pray to, etc. That this same Jesus "of the Bible" said to know was "Eternal life".
That fact is more fully understood in the New Testament, New Covenant. If any of us were trying to become righteous by our works Heaven would be a very lonesome place.
This is true. According to Paul, "
For by (God's) grace are ye saved through faith; (Belief in things not seen) and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of "God": 9 Not of (Mans) works, lest "any man" should boast.
10 For we are his (God's) workmanship, created in Christ Jesus "unto good works", "which "God" (Not the religions of this world you have adopted) hath before ordained that we should "walk" in them.
Paul tells you where these "Good works" are found. But you have been convinced, as was Eve, and by the same voice, that they are not worthy of man's honor and respect.
2 Tim. 3:
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (Good Works, according to your Creator)
And why do His People need the Holy Scriptures?
17 That the man of God may be perfect, (As the Jesus "of the Bible" instructs) throughly furnished unto all "good works". As defined by the Creator of Good works. And why do we need to know what God's "Good Works" are?
Because the One True God "
will render to every man according to his deeds".
Rom. 2:
7 To them who by patient continuance "in well doing" seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
The deceiver would have us believe that man can reject God's Program, and create their own way into internal life, as your religious philosophy implies. The Bible shows by example, that although this philosophy is adopted by "Many", and it is seductive and easy to follow, the end results in everlasting death, not everlasting life.
I reply to your posts on occasion, to show other reading along, what the scriptures actually say, should they be interested in the God "of the Bible" and HIS Son, the Jesus "of the Bible". I understand that you will not be persuaded. Jesus told me so.
The standard for Sabbath observance is found in Is 58:13
“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
Tell me you meet those standards. Are you able to go for the 24 hours without thinking or doing your own pleasure. I couldn't and I do not believe anyone else is able. Even pastors tell stories that are anything but Holy.
Serving God is something a man does from the heart. If I am called to serve God in Righteousness, but I am addicted to unrighteousness, what shall I do? If I truly Love God and am truly sorry (Repentant) for my dishonor and disrespect for Him, will I not "Press Toward the Mark of the Prize of Righteousness"? Will I stumble and fall as I learn to "Put on" the New man, "
which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness? Sure, isn't that how men learn to "walk"?
And then what if I do stumble, and my mind wanders on God's Holy Sabbath? Shall I be like you and this world's religions, and preach to the world that the reason why men stumbled and fell, is Because "GOD" is a tyrant and created LAWS so egregious, so impossible to follow, that it is impossible to keep them? That God lied to men, and told men to keep a Sabbath impossible to keep, and then slaughtered thousands who didn't keep them? What hubris Bob!! What if, and I know "many" who call Jesus Lord, Lord, cannot even consider such a thing, but what if the problem is not God at all, or His Instruction in Righteousness"? What if the problem is the hubris of men, and the wickedness in their hearts, as the Bible actually teaches? What if the reason why you and others promote such philosophies, is because when they knew God, they didn't Glorify Him as God, and their foolish heart was darkened?
In the Scriptures, what happened to "Faithful" men who stumbled and fell?
Do they accuse God of lying to them, as you do? Do they accuse God of creating unjust, unreasonable, impossible to keep laws, like you do? Did they reject God and create their own or adopt a religion which "omits" the Judgments and Commandments of God they struggled in?
No Bob, the Pharisees did this. The Wicked Kings of Israel did this. The RCC did this, Her Daughters did this. You did this. But the Examples of Faithful men, given us in Scriptures did not do this?
When they stumbled and fell, they acknowledged their sin, wiped their eyes and, as Paul teaches "
but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. If they fell again, they repented and "Labored" that they might be accepted by God. And what did God do to them? Chastise them, Yes? Forgive them, Yes? And what did god do to those who judged Him and rejected His instruction?
In the Scripture you referenced, the benefits of the Sabbath "Fast" from the world is shown to us.
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
If you were truly exercised by God's Instruction, you could never judge God and His instruction in the way that you do.
And now you have created your own religion, or adopted one which has erased God's Judgments and Commandments that don't suit you, but that's not enough is it? No, now you must demean others who believe what is actually written and convince them to Judge God and His Instruction with your judgments.
For this reason, I reply to your posts once in a while. To show others that the religious philosophies "many" are promoting here, are from this world's religions, not what the scriptures actually promote.
It was not that all the Bible characters you mentioned were holy, their works didn't save them, it was their faith just like Abraham. Everyone of us are sinners and when we accept Jesus as Savior, by His grace we are He alone forgives our wrong doing.
"Rejecting" and/or convincing others to reject God's Commandments and Judgments is wrong Bob. I know this world's religious businesses and sects imply that you can reject God's commandments and Judgments that don't suit you, as long as you do so "in Christ's Name", or while "calling Jesus Lord, Lord".
But that is a falsehood. At least according to the Jesus "of the Bible".
