10 different NT warning-types against eternal security

[redleghunter]

Year after year after year, you're hopelessly making excuses, after excuses, after excuses!
I've had enough for 2019 ... see you again in 20.

It’s not hard to find.


21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

 

[redleghunter]

So, let's get this straight ... Do you believe in grace (with faith) only?
While we're at it ... Who produces the faith, you or God?

Ephesians chapter 2 has your answer.

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

Try the end of Matthew 25 on for size ... no works, and it's in the everlasting fire with you!

Jesus told those stories to remind the Jews of their own Law, which, because they keep on breaking, shows them how sinful they are, and that they are under the curse of God.

Paul said if a person is depending on the good works of the Law for salvation, they he has to follow them to the letter, without fault. One fault and the whole Law is broken and the curse of is upon that person.

This means that every one of us has broken the Law countless times since our youth, so we are all under the curse of God, and are subject to the penalty and wrath of God for breaking His Law.

If a person wants to have faith in Christ, and obey the commandments at the same time, they have to obey every single commandment without one single fault. It is not a matter of obeying just a few commandments and thereby satisfying the standards of God. You have to obey all of them perfectly, otherwise the curse of God is upon you. This means that faith in Christ means nothing, it is just empty words for the person who is attempting to follow the commandments as well.

There are only two ways of achieving salvation:
1. Obey every single command of the Law and of the commands that Christ made in the gospels, or:
2. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and put our faith in His finished work alone without any personal attempt to follow the commands.

There is no other way. The two cannot be mixed. If a person is able to follow all the commands perfectly, without fault from youth, then the finished work of Christ on the cross is unnecessary for that person, because there is no sin to be atoned for.

But that is not the reality for any of us. We all have sinned and therefore are subject to death, and unless we have faith in Christ alone apart from works, we remain under the curse of God.

Paul is quite clear about that in Romans and Galatians.

 

[BCsenior]

Here I am again dealing with people who think that loving Jesus is a work!
Jesus says to LOVE Him and OBEY Him.
This another one of your duties, which is "your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1).
But, you say your reasonable service is just to believe and have faith.
There are many reasonable services in the NT, which you refuse to do!

 

[BCsenior]

Paul is quite clear about that in Romans and Galatians.

What He's very clear about is read below ...

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

So, let's get this straight ... Do you believe in grace (with faith) only?
While we're at it ... Who produces the faith, you or God?

God does. The Scripture says, "By grace we are saved through faith, not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any should boast in them." That comes right from the Holy Spirit inspired writing of Paul. You can't get it clearer than that! You either believe Paul's inspired words, or not.

 

[MDC]

Year after year after year, you're hopelessly making excuses, after excuses, after excuses!
I've had enough for 2019 ... see you again in 20.

You cannot answer the question because you must include your own righteousness as the basis for salvation

 

[Greg Merrill]

Great ... are you a child of the devil?
Sadly, I can ask this of almost anyone.

“Little children, let no one deceive you.
He who practices righteousness is righteous,
just as He is righteous … In this the children of God
and the children of the devil are manifest:
Whoever does NOT practice righteousness is NOT of God,
NOR is he who does NOT love his brothers/sisters.”
(1 John 3:7-10)

Is this passage overboard, or is God serious?
Is this for real? ... Is the Bible for real?
If you cannot believe this passage,
can you say you believe in the Bible?

It is one thing to believe, it is another to misinterpret and get the wrong understanding.

 

[devin553344]

You cannot answer the question because you must include your own righteousness as the basis for salvation

Were told in scripture to edify? I'm not sure that fits into the OP though.

 

[Greg Merrill]

God does. The Scripture says, "By grace we are saved through faith, not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any should boast in them." That comes right from the Holy Spirit inspired writing of Paul. You can't get it clearer than that! You either believe Paul's inspired words, or not.

It is the salvation that is not of ourselves, not the faith. A lot of good people don't realize that and teach that the faith is a gift of God. There was a gift of faith, but that was different from the faith this is speaking of.

 

[Presbyterian Continuist]

It is the salvation that is not of ourselves, not the faith. A lot of good people don't realize that and teach that the faith is a gift of God. There was a gift of faith, but that was different from the faith this is speaking of.

Every sinner before conversion is blinded by the god of this world so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of Christ. That included us. Every person in the world, past and present has the curse of God on them because of their failure to keep the Law perfectly.

The gospel can be preached to a group of people 99 times and not be understood, because of the blindness to it. It is only when the voice of the Holy Spirit speaks through the preaching, that the scales fall off people's eyes and they see what the gospel of Christ is all about.

This is what causes most people's eyes to glaze over when we share the gospel with them. They argue against it and oppose it because the Holy Spirit has not opened their eyes to be able to see it. Then, we share the gospel with maybe the most unlikely person, and they suddenly see it, and get converted to Christ! We then praise God because the Holy Spirit has penetrated the blindness and the light of the gospel has shone into the person's heart.

 

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