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Yea I agree with you bro
My point was that, after you're saved, you are still rewarded based on what you do (or more accurately, your heart's intentions). I did not mean to say that we are saved by good works, but rather I meant to encourage us to continue doing good works for God and lead a righteous life. This is not for salvation, but out of love, as a servant of God.
Romans 6:13
"Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness."
1 John 2:29
"If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him."
I Cor 3:12-15
"If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames."
As you have rightly pointed out, we are saved by grace, and by what Christ has done for us on the cross. That is the foundation, as highlighted in bold above. What I'm trying to say is that it is also beneficial to take it a step higher by doing good works for God, not for salvation, but out of love, for His kingdom.
That being said, thanks for pointing out that we are indeed NOT saved by works, but by grace alone. My phrasing in that previous post might have been easy to misunderstand.
Peace
Yea I agree with you bro
My point was that, after you're saved, you are still rewarded based on what you do (or more accurately, your heart's intentions). I did not mean to say that we are saved by good works, but rather I meant to encourage us to continue doing good works for God and lead a righteous life. This is not for salvation, but out of love, as a servant of God.
Romans 6:13
"Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness."
1 John 2:29
"If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him."
I Cor 3:12-15
"If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames."
As you have rightly pointed out, we are saved by grace, and by what Christ has done for us on the cross. That is the foundation, as highlighted in bold above. What I'm trying to say is that it is also beneficial to take it a step higher by doing good works for God, not for salvation, but out of love, for His kingdom.
That being said, thanks for pointing out that we are indeed NOT saved by works, but by grace alone. My phrasing in that previous post might have been easy to misunderstand.
Peace
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