I`m quitting this site so this is the last you will hear from me.
There was another Christian forum I used to post at which was a rougher place to be in my opinion. At the time I posted at this other forum (a long time ago), they called me bad names and they were not penalized for it. So this forum is a walk in the park by comparison. But I know how you feel. There are times I wanted to walk away from these forums, too. But I find that discussing the truth with God's Word keeps me engaged more in the Word, and it helps me to connect with other believers at times. I know certain posters may not have made your time here easy. If that is the reason, just know that anything good in life involves some kind of hardship.
You said:
The garment is the righteousness of Jesus which covers all those who believe. You can not gain it by works. It`s the blood on the door that causes the death angel to pass us by. That blood only comes from the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:7 says, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
So we have to walk in the light in order for the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from sin.
What is walking in the light mean?
It's defined for us by the use of indirect wording in 1 John 2:9-11.
Walking in the light is loving your brother.
In other words, we have to love our brother in order for the shed blood of Jesus to continue to cleanse us from all sin. Also, I believe the wedding garment that the Gentile believer did not have on in the Parable of the Wedding Banquet in Matthew 22:12 is the fine linen that the saints wore in Revelation 19:8. This fine linen is described as the righteousness of the saints. I believe this to be Christ working through the believer to obey God. For Revelation 22 says,
“Blessed
are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without
are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” (Revelation 22:14-15).
For we Gentile believers are told that if we do not continue in his goodness, we can be cut off like the Jews were cut off (See: Romans 11:21-22).
“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” (1 John 3:3).
“And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.” (1 John 3:5).
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfil the lusts
thereof.” (Romans 13:14).
Notice here in this above verse. It says put ye (you-all) on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the lusts thereof. Meaning, putting on Jesus Christ means that we can overcome mortal sin in this life. For Jesus was manifested to take away our sins (1 John 3:5). For everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself. But those believers who think they can sin and still be saved think they will always sin in this life. So for these kind of believers: Purifying oneself is pointless because one will always sin and be dirty. But that is not what the Bible teaches. For he that has this hope (i.e. JESUS) in him purifies himself as Christ is pure.
You said:
The righteous are scarcely saved and are only saved by the blood of Jesus which you apply to your door by surrendering to Him.
Lets read the actual passage.
18 “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls
to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” (1 Peter 4:18-19).
Notice the context?
Verse 19 talks about the keeping of one's soul in well doing as a part of the righteous being scarcely saved. The question implies that the ungodly and the sinner will not appear. Meaning, those who continue to live ungodly and or continue to be a sinner will not appear in God's kingdom.
You said:
For this reason, I oppose those who promote works for salvation in all its forms.
Then I am sorry to say that by this statement, you then oppose the Bible, my friend (Whether you realize that fact or not).
For after we are saved by God's grace, we need to enter the Sanctification Process as a part of God's plan of salvation (According to the Bible). For...
- We are justified by works and not by faith alone (James 2:24).
- Faith without works is dead (James 2:17).
- A person can deny God by a lack of works (Titus 1:16).
- Jesus agreed with the lawyer that to love God, and to love your neighbor is a part of inheriting eternal life (Luke 10:25-28).
- Those who have done good, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, shall come forth unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:29).
- We have to continue in His goodness, otherwise we can be cut off [just like the Jews were cut off] (Romans 11:21-22).
- Helping the poor, and the unfortunate relates to inheriting the Kingdom (Matthew 25:34-40), and not helping the poor, and the unfortunate relates to going away into everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:41-46).
- Whoever does not righteousness or does not love his brother is not of God (1 John 3:10).
- Whoever does what Jesus says is likened unto a wise man who built his house upon the rock, and when a storm came, it did not fall, (Matthew 7:24-25), but the person who does not do what Jesus says is likened unto a fool who built his house upon the sand, and when a storm came, great was the fall of that house (Matthew 7:26-27).
- Abiding in Jesus will bear much fruit, but if a person does not abide in Jesus [thereby being unfruitful], they are cast out [or cut off] like a branch to be burned in the fire (John 15:5-6).
- If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing (1 Peter 4:18-19).
- Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14) (NKJV).
Now, if you what you say is true, you should be able to explain these verses with the context. But in all my time in posting verses like these, nobody who believes as you do was able to properly explain them using the Bible. Some have suggested the original languages say something different. Others just ignore these verses. But nobody has supported what these verses say plainly in the English.