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Some of my favorite warnings to the churches are ...
IF you patiently continue in going good, God will give you eternal life, glory, honor, etc. … Rom 2:7-11
IF you are self-seeking, disobedient, obey unrighteousness, God will give you His wrath … Rom 2:7-11
IF you are a slave of obedience, this leads to righteousness … Rom 6:16
IF you are a slave of sin, this leads to (eternal) death … Rom 6:16
IF you (by the Spirit) put to death the deeds of the body, you will live … Rom 8:13
IF you live according to the flesh, you will die … Rom 8:13
IF you are being led by the Spirit of God, you are a son of God … Rom:14
IF you continue in unrighteous (practicing sin), you will not inherit the kingdom of God … 1 Cor 6:9-10
IF you hold fast that word (the gospel) which was preached to you, you are saved … 1 Cor 15:1-2
IF you are in the faith, or disqualified, is determined by testing and examining yourself … 2 Cor 13:5
IF you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (you will abstain from sin) … Gal 5:16
IF you practice the works of the flesh (sin), you will not inherit the kingdom of God … Gal 5:19-21
IF you have (not) crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, you do (not) belong to Christ … Gal 5:24
IF you sow to the Spirit, you will of the Spirit reap everlasting life, if you do not lose heart … Gal 6:7-9
IF you sow to your flesh, you will reap corruption (do not be deceived, God is not mocked) … Gal 6:7-9
IF you are practicing sin, you have no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God … Eph 5:3-5
IF you are a son of disobedience, let no one deceive you: the wrath of God will come upon you … Eph 5:6
IF you walk as a child of light (exhibiting fruit of the Spirit), you will be acceptable to the Lord … Eph 5:8-10
IF you are holy and without blemish, you will be part of Jesus’ glorious church w/o spot or wrinkle … Eph 5:27
IF you continue in the faith (steadfast), Jesus will present you holy, blameless, above reproach … Col 1:22-23
IF you do not put to death (crucify) your earthly nature, you are a son of disobedience … Col. 3:5-10
IF you do not put to death (crucify) your earthly nature, the wrath of God will come upon you … Col. 3:5-10
IF you hold the beginning of your confidence steadfast, you have become a partaker of Christ … Heb 3:14
IF you obey Jesus, He is the author of your eternal salvation … Heb 5:9
IF you come boldly to the throne of grace (IMO in repentance), you may obtain mercy and grace … Heb 4:16
IF you have partaken of the Holy Spirit and fall away, you can never be renewed to repentance … Heb 6:4-8
IF you have partaken of the Holy Spirit and fall away, your end will be rejection and burning … Heb 6:4-8
IF you do not pursue and possess holiness, you will not see the Lord … Heb 12:14
IF you are tempted and your desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, bringing forth death … James 1:14-15
IF you walk in the light as Jesus is in the light, His blood will cleanse you from all sin … 1 John 1:7
IF you confess your sins, Jesus is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins … 1 John 1:7
IF you confess your sins, Jesus is faithful and just to cleanse you from all unrighteousness … 1 John 1:7
IF you sin, you have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous … 1 John 2:1
IF you keep God’s commandments, you abide in Him, and He abides in you … 1 John 3:24
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you the tree of life to eat from … Rev 2:7
IF you overcome, you will not be hurt by the second death … Rev 2:11
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you some of the hidden manna to eat … Rev 2:17
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you power over the nations, and the morning star … Rev 2:26-28
IF you overcome, you will be clothed in white garments … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, your name will not be blotted out from the Book of Life … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, Jesus will confess your name before His Father and before His angels … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, Jesus will make you a pillar in the temple of His God … Rev 3:12
IF you are lukewarm, you are a spiritual mess, and Jesus will vomit you out of His mouth … Rev 3:16
IF you overcome, as Jesus overcame, He will grant you to sit with Him on His throne … Rev 3:21
IF you keep the commandments of God and believe in Jesus, the dragon will make war with you … Rev 12:17
IF you overcome, you shall inherit all things, Jesus will be your God, you will be His son … Rev 21:7-8
IF you do not overcome from being a sinner, you will have your part in the lake of fire … Rev 21:7-8
IF you are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, you will be able to enter the New Jerusalem … Rev 21:27
IF you do Jesus’ commandments, you will have the right to the tree of life … Rev 22:14-15
IF you do Jesus’ commandments, you may enter through the gates into the City … Rev 22:14-15
Sorry, nothing about receiving God's initial free gift of grace-faith, and then living happily ever after.
I'm still looking for a verse which says this free gift lasts forever, i.e. until our death.
Actually, it's just the opposite ... our faith must last forever, i.e. until our death.
Beyond that, we really need to determine what the NT term "in the faith" really means.
IMO, it does not simply mean "one who is born again".
Note: we also really need to determine what we need to overcome.
IMO ... we need to overcome sin, the flesh, and the Devil ... Jesus did.
That is, IF we desire to be co-heirs with Christ.
On a more positive note, the indwelling Holy Spirit will be your Helper in this. Praise God.
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Some of my favorite warnings to the churches are ...
IF you patiently continue in going good, God will give you eternal life, glory, honor, etc. … Rom 2:7-11
IF you are self-seeking, disobedient, obey unrighteousness, God will give you His wrath … Rom 2:7-11
IF you are a slave of obedience, this leads to righteousness … Rom 6:16
IF you are a slave of sin, this leads to (eternal) death … Rom 6:16
IF you (by the Spirit) put to death the deeds of the body, you will live … Rom 8:13
IF you live according to the flesh, you will die … Rom 8:13
IF you are being led by the Spirit of God, you are a son of God … Rom:14
IF you continue in unrighteous (practicing sin), you will not inherit the kingdom of God … 1 Cor 6:9-10
IF you hold fast that word (the gospel) which was preached to you, you are saved … 1 Cor 15:1-2
IF you are in the faith, or disqualified, is determined by testing and examining yourself … 2 Cor 13:5
IF you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (you will abstain from sin) … Gal 5:16
IF you practice the works of the flesh (sin), you will not inherit the kingdom of God … Gal 5:19-21
IF you have (not) crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, you do (not) belong to Christ … Gal 5:24
IF you sow to the Spirit, you will of the Spirit reap everlasting life, if you do not lose heart … Gal 6:7-9
IF you sow to your flesh, you will reap corruption (do not be deceived, God is not mocked) … Gal 6:7-9
IF you are practicing sin, you have no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God … Eph 5:3-5
IF you are a son of disobedience, let no one deceive you: the wrath of God will come upon you … Eph 5:6
IF you walk as a child of light (exhibiting fruit of the Spirit), you will be acceptable to the Lord … Eph 5:8-10
IF you are holy and without blemish, you will be part of Jesus’ glorious church w/o spot or wrinkle … Eph 5:27
IF you continue in the faith (steadfast), Jesus will present you holy, blameless, above reproach … Col 1:22-23
IF you do not put to death (crucify) your earthly nature, you are a son of disobedience … Col. 3:5-10
IF you do not put to death (crucify) your earthly nature, the wrath of God will come upon you … Col. 3:5-10
IF you hold the beginning of your confidence steadfast, you have become a partaker of Christ … Heb 3:14
IF you obey Jesus, He is the author of your eternal salvation … Heb 5:9
IF you come boldly to the throne of grace (IMO in repentance), you may obtain mercy and grace … Heb 4:16
IF you have partaken of the Holy Spirit and fall away, you can never be renewed to repentance … Heb 6:4-8
IF you have partaken of the Holy Spirit and fall away, your end will be rejection and burning … Heb 6:4-8
IF you do not pursue and possess holiness, you will not see the Lord … Heb 12:14
IF you are tempted and your desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, bringing forth death … James 1:14-15
IF you walk in the light as Jesus is in the light, His blood will cleanse you from all sin … 1 John 1:7
IF you confess your sins, Jesus is faithful and just to forgive you of your sins … 1 John 1:7
IF you confess your sins, Jesus is faithful and just to cleanse you from all unrighteousness … 1 John 1:7
IF you sin, you have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous … 1 John 2:1
IF you keep God’s commandments, you abide in Him, and He abides in you … 1 John 3:24
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you the tree of life to eat from … Rev 2:7
IF you overcome, you will not be hurt by the second death … Rev 2:11
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you some of the hidden manna to eat … Rev 2:17
IF you overcome, Jesus will give you power over the nations, and the morning star … Rev 2:26-28
IF you overcome, you will be clothed in white garments … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, your name will not be blotted out from the Book of Life … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, Jesus will confess your name before His Father and before His angels … Rev 3:5
IF you overcome, Jesus will make you a pillar in the temple of His God … Rev 3:12
IF you are lukewarm, you are a spiritual mess, and Jesus will vomit you out of His mouth … Rev 3:16
IF you overcome, as Jesus overcame, He will grant you to sit with Him on His throne … Rev 3:21
IF you keep the commandments of God and believe in Jesus, the dragon will make war with you … Rev 12:17
IF you overcome, you shall inherit all things, Jesus will be your God, you will be His son … Rev 21:7-8
IF you do not overcome from being a sinner, you will have your part in the lake of fire … Rev 21:7-8
IF you are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, you will be able to enter the New Jerusalem … Rev 21:27
IF you do Jesus’ commandments, you will have the right to the tree of life … Rev 22:14-15
IF you do Jesus’ commandments, you may enter through the gates into the City … Rev 22:14-15
Sorry, nothing about receiving God's initial free gift of grace-faith, and then living happily ever after.
I'm still looking for a verse which says this free gift lasts forever, i.e. until our death.
Actually, it's just the opposite ... our faith must last forever, i.e. until our death.
Beyond that, we really need to determine what the NT term "in the faith" really means.
IMO, it does not simply mean "one who is born again".
Note: we also really need to determine what we need to overcome.
IMO ... we need to overcome sin, the flesh, and the Devil ... Jesus did.
That is, IF we desire to be co-heirs with Christ.
On a more positive note, the indwelling Holy Spirit will be your Helper in this. Praise God.
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