A Freeman
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Read Romans 4 and Galatians 5
If you think these parts of the letters of Paul contradict what Paul said elsewhere in the same letters, or somehow contradict and supersede what Christ has clearly stated in Matthew 5:17-20, then you are obviously in error.
Also, understand that you are mixing salvation (which is by Christ's work and our faith in His finished work) with discipleship (which comes after we are saved, born again, passed from death to life and then able to walk in the good works that He has prepared for us)
Christ told us to make disciples of all nations NOT Christians, so your attempt to create a false dichotomy is not only illogical, but a man-made doctrine found nowhere in Scripture. Do you understand this please?
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them with the Holy Spirit: in the name of the Father, by the teachings of the Son.
Christ didn't command us to be disciples and make disciples of all nations because it wasn't the path to salvation; it should be self-evident He commanded us to be and make disciples because there is no other way to be saved.
Believe Him.
Also, you are mixing salvation with eternal rewards. The Bible does speak of heavenly rewards, but salvation is not one of them. Salvation is entirely by grace through faith in what Christ has done. We have done nothing to earn it and we can do nothing to keep it, for it is not a reward for the good things we have done. Christ alone is perfect and His sacrifice was absolutely enough to purge our sins.
Salvation is forever and there couldn't be a greater reward than salvation. So what you've stated above is yet another false dichotomy derived from man-made doctrine (the "traditions of men") that is found nowhere in Scripture.
Christ's sacrifice did atone for our PAST SINS (Rom. 3:25), but it most certainly did not grant us the freedom to sin with impunity. Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life (John 14:6) so unless someone is following His Example and His TRUE Teachings, found in the Gospels there is no hope of salvation.
We are the children of Whom/whom we choose to obey. If we obey Father (God) and The Master (Christ), then we are Their children. If we continue to obey Satan (continue in sin, i.e. continue breaking The Law, then we are Satan's children.
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
As for the accusation you are making that I am actually encouraging people to break the commandments and disobey God; I have never once said such a thing. You can read every single post I've ever made on this forum in the 13 years I've been a member, and you will see I have not.
Anyone telling people that it's okay to sin/break God's Law, and that they will be rewarded for being habitual criminals (law-breakers) is doing exactly that, whether they realize it or not.
From cover-to-cover the Bible is FILLED with a single unambiguous message: obey God ONLY.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the "I AM" thy God, to walk in His Ways, and to keep His Commandments and His Statutes and His Judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the "I AM" thy God shall bless thee in the land where thou goest to possess it.
30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, where thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
30:20 That thou mayest love the "I AM" thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He [is] thy Life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the "I AM" sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob/Israel, to give them.
Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the [other] Apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Believing IN Christ is NOT enough; the devil (Lucifer/Satan) believes in Christ, i.e. knows He exists. Lucifer/Satan/the devil doesn't however obey God and Christ, and neither do his (Satan's) children.
What I have said (and what Scripture teaches) is that our good works will not save us, because we have not kept the Law perfectly, all have sinned. To say otherwise is to suggest we really don't need a Saviour at all, because we can just get to Heaven on our own merit and by our own "righteousness."
IF properly read and understood, Scripture teaches that there is no such thing as faith without works (James 2:17-26), there is no hope of salvation without obedience to God and His Law, and that anyone claiming differently doesn't know what they're talking about and certainly doesn't know Christ.
I John 2:1-6
2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2:2 And he is the atonement for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, IF we keep His Commandments.
2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth NOT His Commandments, is a LIAR, and the truth is NOT in him.
2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John 3:4-10
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also The Law: for sin is the transgression of The Law.
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our (past) sins; and in him is no sin.
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he (Christ) is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the Beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever DOETH NOT righteousness is NOT of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
The ones that come before Jesus and say "Lord, Lord", are those who bring their own works and merits to Him, asking Him, "didn't we do many wonderful works in you name?" And Jesus will reply, "depart from Me, I never knew you."
WRONG. That warning was directed specifically toward Christians. The Muslims do not call Christ Lord, nor do the Jews, nor do the members of any other organized religion. Only Christians call Christ Lord, and then refuse to DO what Christ teaches.
The New Covenant in Christ has the same terms and conditions as the Old Covenant: obedience to The Law/Commandments of God. Period.
All other interpretations are satanic in nature, and a blatant attempt to get people to believe the dangerous and completely illogical notion that God actually wants us to disobey Him so He can then "save us". The New Covenant is clearly defined in both the Old and New Covenants so that there is absolutely NO doubt that The Law is still in effect today, and that it is the centerpiece of the New Covenant in Christ.
Jeremiah 31:31-34
31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the "I AM", that I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel, and with the House of Judah:
31:32 Not according to The Covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; My Covenant which they broke, although I was an husband unto them, saith the "I AM":
31:33 But this [shall be] The Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel; After those days, saith the "I AM", I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people.
31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the "I AM": for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the "I AM": for I will forgive their inequity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Hebrews 8:10-12
8:10 For this [is] the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put My Laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people:
8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest.
8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
None of us are righteous, but there are a precious few who are genuinely repentant and humble enough to realize God knows better than all of us combined, and that His Laws are just and fair in all things.
God gave us The Law to protect us from evil and keep us free, and it is because we haven't kept The Law that we find ourselves in the mess we have today.
We have a government full of pedophiles and war-mongers, who make up unlawful legislation as fast as they can to make themselves rich and everyone else poor. All of which is a capital offense under God's Law.
That's why Christ taught The Law and why He said heaven and earth would pass before The Law did. THAT is the Gospel Truth, which is why it is found in the Gospels.
Christ also promised in the Gospel of John (John 16:25) that during His Second Coming He would no longer speak in proverbs and parables but instead speak plainly of Father (God) and that His Disciples could expect Him to be here NOW, during these end-times (Matt. 24:32-34).
On The Way to Emmaus Again
Stop listening to the blind guides of organized religion, and start listening to Christ and His Gospel (Good News) message to YOU before it's too late.
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