The Gospel Plus Nothing

Robert Pate · Jan 15, 2011

If it is the Gospel plus something it is no longer the Gospel.

It is NOT the Gospel plus....
Baptism
Tongues
Catholicism
Calvinism
Religion

The Gospel is not really about us. We are the benefactors of the Gospel, but we didn't have a part in it. The Gospel is about Jesus Christ and what he has done to redeem fallen humanity.

The Gospel is totally and completely outside of us, it is so far outside of us that it took place over 2000 years ago. I like to call it "The Historical Gospel" because it is based a past historical event, it is also known as "The Christ Event."

The Gospel is about how Jesus Christ has reconciled the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18,19. The Gospel is best understood in the frame work of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is a record of man's failure to please a Holy God. All of the prophets and patriarchs confessed that they were unworthy sinners.

The apostle Paul confirmed this when he wrote..."For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23.

The question arises, How can sinful man become just before a Holy God? The answer is found in the Gospel.

Man would like to go back to the Garden of Eden from which he has come. Many believe that religion is the way back to the garden. The thinking is that if I do good works and I am obedient to God's law, I will be accepted. If that were true Jesus Christ lived and died in vain.

God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. Humanity is void of any righteousness that God will accept. Religion is not the way. Isaiah said, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all of our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we do fade as a leaf, and all of our iniquities, like the wind has taken us away," Isaiah 64:6.

The Bible knows nothing of an infused righteousness that will make a man holy, nor does the Bible know of an election of certain individuals to salvation. From man's birth to his death he is a sinner in need of God's grace. We are saved by grace through faith.

The Gospel allows man to be a sinner and to be saved because the Gospel is outside of him, he had nothing to do with it.

In the Gospel God in the person of Jesus Christ clothes himself in human flesh and becomes one with us, but not one of us. By his sinless life he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience to his law. He does this in our name, and on our behalf, just like we did it ourselves, Romans 5:18.

By his death on the cross He puts to death our sinful nature and atones for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2.

Jesus Christ has perfected fallen humanity and has taken it to heaven. He is the new creation, Romans 5:17. When God accepted Jesus back into heaven we were accepted in Him, Colossians 3:3. This is the Gospel. This is "The Good News," In Jesus Christ we have been justified, sanctified, and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. We now stand perfect and complete "In Christ." Hebrews 10:14. This is why it is, "The Gospel Plus Nothing."

heymikey80 · Jan 15, 2011

If the Gospel is completely and totally outside us, then the Gospel plus us ...?

Jpark · Jan 15, 2011

Robert Pate said:
If it is the Gospel plus something it is no longer the Gospel.

It is NOT the Gospel plus....
Baptism
Tongues
Catholicism
Calvinism
Religion

Baptism should be spiritual.
Tongues do not determine if one is of God or not.

Rom. 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

Rom. 8:9 does not speak of the indwelling but of obedience to the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:14). Those who obey the Holy Spirit are of God.

I don't really know much about Catholicism so no comment.
I don't really know much about Calvinism so no comment.
I agree about religion.

Robert Pate said:
The Gospel is totally and completely outside of us, it is so far outside of us that it took place over 2000 years ago. I like to call it "The Historical Gospel" because it is based a past historical event, it is also known as "The Christ Event."

It's still relevant to us. It was for the Gentiles and Jews.

Robert Pate said:
The Gospel is about how Jesus Christ has reconciled the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18,19. The Gospel is best understood in the frame work of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is a record of man's failure to please a Holy God. All of the prophets and patriarchs confessed that they were unworthy sinners.

The apostle Paul confirmed this when he wrote..."For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23.

I think it's time I address 2 Cor. 5:18-19...

2 Cor. 5:18-19 (NASB) Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation (Acts 17:30).

You know what this really means? It means this.

Eph. 2:13, 14 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

Basically, 2 Cor. 5:18-19 is saying God granted the Gentiles repentance by His blood and He crushed the distinction between Jews and Greeks (Rom. 10:12; Col. 3:11). Basically, Jesus died to grant the Gentiles opportunity to be saved through faith (without Jesus, the only possible way they could be saved is by God's intervention or by God's decision at their death (1 Samuel 16:7)).

Take note of the last part of Col. 3:11:

but Christ is... in all.

This is true. He exists in all. Consider Jeremiah 23:24 and 2 Chronicles 6:18. However, only the obedient can feel His presence.

Robert Pate said:
The question arises, How can sinful man become just before a Holy God? The answer is found in the Gospel.

Not necessarily. The answer is in the Bible. The OT and NT. The clean person can come before God (Heb. 10:22; Psalm 24:3-5).

Who are the clean? Those who have His blood, obey Him, and know Him. Who were the clean in the OT? Those who obeyed God and knew Him and also, those who had good in them.

Robert Pate said:
Man would like to go back to the Garden of Eden from which he has come. Many believe that religion is the way back to the garden. The thinking is that if I do good works and I am obedient to God's law, I will be accepted. If that were true Jesus Christ lived and died in vain.

Religion neglects the blood, which enables the person to keep the commandments genuinely (1 Peter 1:22).

Robert Pate said:
God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. Humanity is void of any righteousness that God will accept. Religion is not the way. Isaiah said, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all of our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we do fade as a leaf, and all of our iniquities, like the wind has taken us away," Isaiah 64:6.

Acts 10:35 but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.

Robert Pate said:
The Bible knows nothing of an infused righteousness that will make a man holy...

Holiness is granted by God.

Robert Pate said:
In the Gospel God in the person of Jesus Christ clothes himself in human flesh and becomes one with us, but not one of us.

No, He became one of us (John 1:14 Codex Sinaiticus And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us...). He was not appearing as a human. He was human.

How do you explain Matt. 27:46? God has repeatedly promised that those who obey Him will not be forsaken. Furthermore, Jesus stated several times that He was abiding in the Father. Finally, Phil. 2:8 states that Jesus obeyed God the entire time. So how could He feel forsaken yet know that God was with Him? Because He was human.

Robert Pate said:
By his sinless life he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience...

Exactly. He was obedient to the point of death.

Robert Pate said:
By his death on the cross He puts to death our sinful nature and atones for our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2.

No. God wants us to put to death our flesh (Gen. 4:7; Rom. 8:13). Jesus did not put to death our sinful nature on the cross. Rather, He "abolished (did away with) in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances...".

Jesus put to death the letter (2 Cor. 3:6). Of course, the letter is not the same as the Law, which will not be abolished until heaven and earth pass away, until all is accomplished (Matt. 5:18). The letter means "written code" and that is what we see in religion, and even in Christianity.

God seeks true worship (John 4:23). What is true worship of the Father? Phil. 3:3, 9, 10 and John 17:3 have the answer. To know the Father is to worship Him truly.

Robert Pate said:
Jesus Christ has perfected fallen humanity and has taken it to heaven. He is the new creation, Romans 5:17. When God accepted Jesus back into heaven we were accepted in Him, Colossians 3:3. This is the Gospel. This is "The Good News," In Jesus Christ we have been justified, sanctified, and redeemed, 1 Corinthians 1:30. We now stand perfect and complete "In Christ." Hebrews 10:14. This is why it is, "The Gospel Plus Nothing."

No, He has provided the provisions through which man can be perfected. Man is granted perfection when God sees obedience. They were not perfected upon His death. Col. 3:3, 1 Cor. 1:30, and Heb. 10:14 are directed at those who were abiding in Him, not at everyone.

Robert Pate · Jan 16, 2011

Jpark said:
Baptism should be spiritual.
Tongues do not determine if one is of God or not.

Rom. 8:9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

Rom. 8:9 does not speak of the indwelling but of obedience to the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:14). Those who obey the Holy Spirit are of God.

I don't really know much about Catholicism so no comment.
I don't really know much about Calvinism so no comment.
I agree about religion.

It's still relevant to us. It was for the Gentiles and Jews.

I think it's time I address 2 Cor. 5:18-19...

2 Cor. 5:18-19 (NASB) Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation (Acts 17:30).

You know what this really means? It means this.

Eph. 2:13, 14 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

Basically, 2 Cor. 5:18-19 is saying God granted the Gentiles repentance by His blood and He crushed the distinction between Jews and Greeks (Rom. 10:12; Col. 3:11). Basically, Jesus died to grant the Gentiles opportunity to be saved through faith (without Jesus, the only possible way they could be saved is by God's intervention or by God's decision at their death (1 Samuel 16:7)).

Take note of the last part of Col. 3:11:

but Christ is... in all.

This is true. He exists in all. Consider Jeremiah 23:24 and 2 Chronicles 6:18. However, only the obedient can feel His presence.

Not necessarily. The answer is in the Bible. The OT and NT. The clean person can come before God (Heb. 10:22; Psalm 24:3-5).

Who are the clean? Those who have His blood, obey Him, and know Him. Who were the clean in the OT? Those who obeyed God and knew Him and also, those who had good in them.

Religion neglects the blood, which enables the person to keep the commandments genuinely (1 Peter 1:22).

Acts 10:35 but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.

Holiness is granted by God.

No, He became one of us (John 1:14 Codex Sinaiticus And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us...). He was not appearing as a human. He was human.

How do you explain Matt. 27:46? God has repeatedly promised that those who obey Him will not be forsaken. Furthermore, Jesus stated several times that He was abiding in the Father. Finally, Phil. 2:8 states that Jesus obeyed God the entire time. So how could He feel forsaken yet know that God was with Him? Because He was human.

Exactly. He was obedient to the point of death.

No. God wants us to put to death our flesh (Gen. 4:7; Rom. 8:13). Jesus did not put to death our sinful nature on the cross. Rather, He "abolished (did away with) in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances...".

Jesus put to death the letter (2 Cor. 3:6). Of course, the letter is not the same as the Law, which will not be abolished until heaven and earth pass away, until all is accomplished (Matt. 5:18). The letter means "written code" and that is what we see in religion, and even in Christianity.

God seeks true worship (John 4:23). What is true worship of the Father? Phil. 3:3, 9, 10 and John 17:3 have the answer. To know the Father is to worship Him truly.

No, He has provided the provisions through which man can be perfected. Man is granted perfection when God sees obedience. They were not perfected upon His death. Col. 3:3, 1 Cor. 1:30, and Heb. 10:14 are directed at those who were abiding in Him, not at everyone.

You believe that salvation is something that God does in the life of the believer. This is basically Roman Catholicism or Pentecostal holiness.

The Bible does not teach a holiness doctrine.

Jesus said that he came into the world to save sinners. Are you a sinner? If you are not then you don't qualify.

Jesus did not come into the world to show us the way. He came into the world to be the way. He said, "I am the way."

He is the new Adam and representative of the human race. All that Jesus Christ is, and all that he has done, was for us, and was done in our name, and on our behalf. He is our justifier.

heymikey80 · Jan 16, 2011

Robert Pate said:
You believe that salvation is something that God does in the life of the believer. This is basically Roman Catholicism or Pentecostal holiness.

The Bible does not teach a holiness doctrine.

To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Rom 1:7

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Godthis is your true and proper worship. Rom 12:1

created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10

it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Pp 2:13

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 1 Th 2:10

Jpark · Jan 16, 2011

Robert Pate said:
You believe that salvation is something that God does in the life of the believer. This is basically Roman Catholicism or Pentecostal holiness.

Jesus said that he came into the world to save sinners. Are you a sinner? If you are not then you don't qualify.

Jesus did not come into the world to show us the way. He came into the world to be the way. He said, "I am the way."

He is the new Adam and representative of the human race. All that Jesus Christ is, and all that he has done, was for us, and was done in our name, and on our behalf. He is our justifier.

How do you explain Titus 3:5 then?

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Salvation is something that God does in the believer's life.

However, it can sometimes be conditional, since He can also base His judgment on works (Rev. 20:12-13) and words (Matt. 12:36-37), essentially the heart (1 Samuel 16:7), which is the source of evil in man (Matt. 15:18-20).

Everyone is born with sin but no one is born as a sinner. And of course I'm a sinner. But only when I don't repent. I am eligible for maturity (possibly) and for heaven if I continuously repent with His blood, which enables me to keep His commandments (1 Peter 1:22), and immediately obey Him when given commandments (1 Samuel 15:22). For those who keep His commandment are in His love (John 14:21, 23).

Jesus came to show the way to the Father and to be the way to the Father.

Except creation. God created the universe for His Son (Col. 1:16).

Robert Pate said:
You believe that salvation is something that God does in the life of the believer. This is basically Roman Catholicism or Pentecostal holiness.

The Bible does not teach a holiness doctrine.

Heb. 5:9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

Robert Pate · Jan 16, 2011

The Bible makes it very clear that man is a hopless sinner.

John said, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us," 1 John 1:8.

The law demands that you be not like Christ, but Christ himself. "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness." The reason that he is the end of the law is because he is the law of God incarnate in human flesh.

To keep the law you would have to be Christ.

What you holiness folk don't understand is that the law is spiritual, it searches the desires and the intents of the heart. "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin," Romans 7:14.

Paul confessed that he was "The Chief of Sinners," If Paul confessed that he was a sinner where does that leave you and me?

heymikey80 · Jan 16, 2011

Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:4-6

Robert Pate · Jan 16, 2011

heymikey80 said:
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. 1 John 2:4-6

The only way that you can keep the Commandments is to be "In Christ"

If you are "In Christ" God sees you as perfect and complete "In Christ"

However if you are trying to keep the commandments or the law you are in the flesh and are under condemnation.

"Knowing this that a man is NOT justified by the works of the law," Galatians 2:16.

Hammster · Jan 16, 2011

Robert Pate said:
The only way that you can keep the Commandments is to be "In Christ"

If you are "In Christ" God sees you as perfect and complete "In Christ"

However if you are trying to keep the commandments or the law you are in the flesh and are under condemnation.

"Knowing this that a man is NOT justified by the works of the law," Galatians 2:16.

But that's okay. Everyone is reconciled to God. It's all good.

Robert Pate · Jan 16, 2011

Hammster said:
But that's okay. Everyone is reconciled to God. It's all good.

There will be a judgment.

Not all are going to be found "In Christ"

Yes, God has reconciled the world unto himself. Sin, death, and the devil have been overcome and defeated, "Jesus is Lord"

Jesus Christ is Lord over all things, even the lost belong to him. He is now free to judge them as he sees fit.

AndOne · Jan 16, 2011

Robert Pate said:
There will be a judgment.

Not all are going to be found "In Christ"

Yes, God has reconciled the world unto himself. Sin, death, and the devil have been overcome and defeated, "Jesus is Lord"

Jesus Christ is Lord over all things, even the lost belong to him. He is now free to judge them as he sees fit.

When wasn't He free?

Jpark · Jan 16, 2011

Robert Pate said:
The only way that you can keep the Commandments is to be "In Christ"

If you are "In Christ" God sees you as perfect and complete "In Christ"

However if you are trying to keep the commandments or the law you are in the flesh and are under condemnation.

"Knowing this that a man is NOT justified by the works of the law," Galatians 2:16.

But how does one become "in Christ"? God grants access to His presence when He sees obedience. It's conditional.

1 John 3:23-34 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

So then, God making His presence known in a person's life is conditional. Obedience precedes the arrival of the presence of God.

Furthermore, no one can feel His presence or have His continuous active intervention until they are clean. Man is not made clean by the work of the Holy Spirit alone. He is also made clean at the same time by the blood of Jesus. And Scripture clearly indicates that we are to apply it (1 Peter 1:22). In other words, repent. We are not saved by works, but works are evidence to God (1 Samuel 16:7; Rev. 20:12-13).

heymikey80 · Jan 17, 2011

Robert Pate said:
The only way that you can keep the Commandments is to be "In Christ"

If you are "In Christ" God sees you as perfect and complete "In Christ"

However if you are trying to keep the commandments or the law you are in the flesh and are under condemnation.

"Knowing this that a man is NOT justified by the works of the law," Galatians 2:16.

Yeah. So? "holiness ... without which no one will see the Lord"

Robert Pate · Jan 17, 2011

Behe's Boy said:
When wasn't He free?

The word "Redeem" or "Redemption" is used throughout the New Testament. We have been redeemed from sin, We have been redeemed from the law. We have been redeemed from satan.

Satan was the ruler of the world. Christ has redeeemed us and has set us free from the law and the devil.

Redeem means to buy back.

Robert Pate · Jan 17, 2011

Jpark said:
But how does one become "in Christ"? God grants access to His presence when He sees obedience. It's conditional.

1 John 3:23-34 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

So then, God making His presence known in a person's life is conditional. Obedience precedes the arrival of the presence of God.

Furthermore, no one can feel His presence or have His continuous active intervention until they are clean. Man is not made clean by the work of the Holy Spirit alone. He is also made clean at the same time by the blood of Jesus. And Scripture clearly indicates that we are to apply it (1 Peter 1:22). In other words, repent. We are not saved by works, but works are evidence to God (1 Samuel 16:7; Rev. 20:12-13).

Your doctrine is not according to the Gospel. It is holiness doctrine that leaves out the redemptive work of Christ.

In the Gospel God in the person of Jesus Christ clothes himself in human flesh and comes into the world to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves. He is our savior.

In your name and on your behalf he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience to the law. It is this life that justifies you. He is your savior.

By his death on the cross he atones for your sins and the sins of the whole world. He is your savior.

When Christ was accepted into heaven you were accepted in him. He is your savior.

You, my holiness friend are trying to participate in your own salvation.

God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ. We are accepted only in him.

Jpark · Jan 17, 2011

Robert Pate said:
Your doctrine is not according to the Gospel. It is holiness doctrine that leaves out the redemptive work of Christ.

In the Gospel God in the person of Jesus Christ clothes himself in human flesh and comes into the world to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves. He is our savior.

In your name and on your behalf he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience to the law. It is this life that justifies you. He is your savior.

By his death on the cross he atones for your sins and the sins of the whole world. He is your savior.

When Christ was accepted into heaven you were accepted in him. He is your savior.

You, my holiness friend are trying to participate in your own salvation.

God does not accept the works or the obedience of sinners. God only accepts the works and the obedience of Jesus Christ. We are accepted only in him.

You haven't addressed anything I said and have even ignored the Scriptures I provided that disprove some of your statements. And you have repeated what you have said earlier. Acts 10:35 plainly says that "the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him".

So then, seeing as you won't be persuaded, I'm done. I'll be leaving this thread soon.

But before I go, how do you explain Matt. 7:21?

Matt. 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Works do not save us, but they are what God is looking for!

More specifically, God is looking for clean hearts (1 Samuel 16:7) from which good works according to His will proceed from (Matt. 15:18-20).

And 1 Peter 1:22, James 4:8, and 1 John 3:3 indicate that God does not apply His blood to us (rather, we are granted His blood to clean ourselves with) and that the Holy Spirit does not work alone in cleansing. The Spirit works with the blood of Jesus. Man has no role in salvation, but in cleansing.

heymikey80 · Jan 17, 2011

Robert Pate said:
What you holiness folk don't understand is that the law is spiritual, it searches the desires and the intents of the heart. "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin," Romans 7:14.

Paul confessed that he was "The Chief of Sinners," If Paul confessed that he was a sinner where does that leave you and me?

Talk amongst yourselves ...

Benefactor comments on holiness

Robert Pate · Jan 17, 2011

Jpark said:
You haven't addressed anything I said and have even ignored the Scriptures I provided that disprove some of your statements. And you have repeated what you have said earlier. Acts 10:35 plainly says that "the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him".

So then, seeing as you won't be persuaded, I'm done. I'll be leaving this thread soon.

But before I go, how do you explain Matt. 7:21?

Matt. 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Works do not save us, but they are what God is looking for!

More specifically, God is looking for clean hearts (1 Samuel 16:7) from which good works according to His will proceed from (Matt. 15:18-20).

And 1 Peter 1:22, James 4:8, and 1 John 3:3 indicate that God does not apply His blood to us (rather, we are granted His blood to clean ourselves with) and that the Holy Spirit does not work alone in cleansing. The Spirit works with the blood of Jesus. Man has no role in salvation, but in cleansing.

The only way that you can do the will of God is to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ, Matthew 7:21.

It most certainly is not by works. "Lord, Lord, didn't we... Matthew 7:22.

Acts 10:35, The key to this scripture is "worketh righteousness" we work righteousness when we accept Jesus as our savior.

You are trying to get around the Gospel. The apostle Paul taught that he was a sinner saved by grace.

Jpark · Jan 17, 2011

Robert Pate said:
The only way that you can do the will of God is to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ, Matthew 7:21.

It most certainly is not by works. "Lord, Lord, didn't we... Matthew 7:22.

Acts 10:35, The key to this scripture is "worketh righteousness" we work righteousness when we accept Jesus as our savior.

You are trying to get around the Gospel. The apostle Paul taught that he was a sinner saved by grace.

So all I have to do to go to heaven is trust in Jesus' words and accept Him as my Savior?

So I don't have to obey Him?

I don't have to accept Him as Lord and Master over my life?

I don't have to do anything. Just believe?

Then what's 1 Peter 2:12-15?

1 Peter 2:12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 2:15 For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Peter equates "good deeds" with "doing right". So then, how is "doing right" accepting Jesus as Savior?

Doing right means to do good deeds that are according to God's will.

Also consider 1 Peter 3:15-17.

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

Doing what is right also refers to behavior.

If what you said is true (that doing right is merely trusting in Jesus and accepting Him as Savior), I don't have to live peaceably with people? I don't have to show them love? I don't have to demonstrate my allegiance to Jesus?

Just believe?

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