Clare: " It is our faith which God works in us. (Philippians 2:13)."
Yes, I thought I might answer more on peoples idea that they have the faith, and that it is not given by God ?
No breaches in the spirit are acceptable, that is why we need the Spirit of God to replace our tongue/reasoning.
Then God puts His Spirit within us, which causes us to walk in His statutes, to keep His judgments and to do them, or we did not have the faith/faithfulness to come near to God at all, hence why Romans testified, none sought God, not one, who also instead of the wholesome tongue, their tongues all being open sepulchers, this declares for us the STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE, AS NONE DID GOOD, AND NONE SOUGHT GOD..
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Then we understand ( given to believe) that it is the Lord calling the remnant, they then can call on the name of the Lord, as witnessed in the Apostles, called, and chosen, they did not choose Him, He chose them and ordained them, enabling them, then the Son is revealed in the Lord's Apostles..
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
1 Timothy 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
No man can approach to the light that is Christ by their own strength/faith, no man can see Him and live, except the Father draws him, even the words are Spirit, and some believe not ( must be given eyes to see with, ears to hear with and a heart to perceive with) and Jesus told many of the disciples except it was given to them of the Father no man can go to the Son, then many disciples went away to never return...
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
So no man can know the Father, only the Son does( as He is Him) and the Son will reveal the Father and the Son to them, as the Son was revealed to the Apostles ( told just above Galatians 1:15-16)
The calling then is the Lords, or nobody goes in the righteousness of Christ at all, only the ones naught, and despised, are chosen, ans the mighty and wise are rejected, so that no flesh can glory in His presence, for by our own strength ( mans own faith) no man shall prevail ( nor ever did prevail or find God)..
Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Now Deuteronomy 29:4 above, highlights how the heart was missing for Israel ( this is the new Spirit and the new heart given through putting in Christ if called)
Hebrews 4, how the word preached did not profit Israel, as they had no faith for it ( no ears to hear with given yet) and the works of Gods creation are done through His faith, until He rested from those works.
Then for the rest, we labour to not fall after that same example of unbelief ( unbelief is in not labouring and doing works of evil) ..
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Hebrews 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
God will show that it is not of anyone who wills, as nobody can approach and nobody has the heart to approach also, only the only begotten Son of God can and does, and that is by Gods mercy, others are hardened ion the deceitfulness of sin ( which they insist is their doctrine to sometimes sin)
But finally, regarding faith and whose it is, faith is a fruit of the Spirit of God, we need t have the same Spirit of faith, to believe, and to speak faithfully..
Romans 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
Yes, I thought I might answer more on peoples idea that they have the faith, and that it is not given by God ?
No breaches in the spirit are acceptable, that is why we need the Spirit of God to replace our tongue/reasoning.
Then God puts His Spirit within us, which causes us to walk in His statutes, to keep His judgments and to do them, or we did not have the faith/faithfulness to come near to God at all, hence why Romans testified, none sought God, not one, who also instead of the wholesome tongue, their tongues all being open sepulchers, this declares for us the STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE, AS NONE DID GOOD, AND NONE SOUGHT GOD..
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Then we understand ( given to believe) that it is the Lord calling the remnant, they then can call on the name of the Lord, as witnessed in the Apostles, called, and chosen, they did not choose Him, He chose them and ordained them, enabling them, then the Son is revealed in the Lord's Apostles..
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
1 Timothy 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
No man can approach to the light that is Christ by their own strength/faith, no man can see Him and live, except the Father draws him, even the words are Spirit, and some believe not ( must be given eyes to see with, ears to hear with and a heart to perceive with) and Jesus told many of the disciples except it was given to them of the Father no man can go to the Son, then many disciples went away to never return...
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
So no man can know the Father, only the Son does( as He is Him) and the Son will reveal the Father and the Son to them, as the Son was revealed to the Apostles ( told just above Galatians 1:15-16)
The calling then is the Lords, or nobody goes in the righteousness of Christ at all, only the ones naught, and despised, are chosen, ans the mighty and wise are rejected, so that no flesh can glory in His presence, for by our own strength ( mans own faith) no man shall prevail ( nor ever did prevail or find God)..
Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Now Deuteronomy 29:4 above, highlights how the heart was missing for Israel ( this is the new Spirit and the new heart given through putting in Christ if called)
Hebrews 4, how the word preached did not profit Israel, as they had no faith for it ( no ears to hear with given yet) and the works of Gods creation are done through His faith, until He rested from those works.
Then for the rest, we labour to not fall after that same example of unbelief ( unbelief is in not labouring and doing works of evil) ..
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Hebrews 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
God will show that it is not of anyone who wills, as nobody can approach and nobody has the heart to approach also, only the only begotten Son of God can and does, and that is by Gods mercy, others are hardened ion the deceitfulness of sin ( which they insist is their doctrine to sometimes sin)
But finally, regarding faith and whose it is, faith is a fruit of the Spirit of God, we need t have the same Spirit of faith, to believe, and to speak faithfully..
Romans 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
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