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^^^ teaching of a man.You say:
These are man-made teachings, not taught in Scripture. God reveals no such thing in His Word.
- A person must be regenerated so he can believe.
- A person must be born again so he can believe.
You have a choice to make, whether to believe in the teachings of men or be taught by God's Word.
Blessings
Belief is a work.
Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
— John 6:28-29
And again, we cannot please Him in the flesh.
Sorry, but believing is pleasing to God.The Bible says it exactly the opposite.
Jesus told Nicodemus "You must be born again." (John 3:7)
Then Nicodemus asks "How can this be?" (John 3:9)
And Jesus answers "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him." (John 3:14)
You don't get born again before believing. You are born again by believing.
- You cannot serve two masters – it’s one or the other (Matthew 6:24).
- You can’t be lukewarm (Revelation 3:16; 1 John 2:15-17; Luke 11:27-28),
- You can’t be a fence sitter (James 1:5-7).
- No one looking back to the old life will inherit eternal life (Luke 9:62; Romans 6:19-23; 1 Peter 1:17-19).
- Do not sell your eternal inheritance for the carnal pleasures of this temporary life (Hebrews 12:16-17).[QUOTE/]
- Why stop here? ... There are dozens more.
Yes. Belief is the only work. It’s just not a work of the law, which was what Paul was talking about.The Apostle Paul taught that faith is not a work (Romans 4:5; Galatians 2:16). So will you now pit Scripture against Scripture?
In John 6:28-29, Jesus is not saying faith is a work, rather, Lord Jesus is using questioner's own speech right back at him, saying that the "work" is to believe.
The same chapter where the Trinity is explained. Do you have some place where it says that you must believe to be born again?
I guess you'll always find a way to not having to believe what the Bible saysSorry, but believing is pleasing to God.
Yes. Belief is the only work. It’s just not a work of the law, which was what Paul was talking about.
I don’t see any verse that says you must believe in order to be born again. I’m going to hold you to the same standard.When you see a verse that says “born again” (John 3:5-9), keep in mind that this one isolated verse does not teach who, how, why, or when the Spirit gives the new birth.
Other Scriptures do teach us all about this, just as well have seen. So, before assuming an opinion onto a Passage, the wise thing to do would be to check to see if the Scriptures explain how it all happens that have to do with the born again experience. They do explain.
Lord Jesus did not leave Nicodemus hanging without a full answer to Nicodemus’ question “How can this be?” (Verse 9).
Read the rest of what Lord Jesus replied in response to Nicodemus’ question in John 3:13-18, and we see that it is by faith in Lord Jesus that a sinner is given eternal life – the life of the Spirit.
This is the life of the Spirit that those who believe would receive after Lord Jesus was glorified.
John 7:37-39 (WEB) 37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
John 4:13-14 (WEB)
13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Yes. Belief is the only work. It’s just not a work of the law, which was what Paul was talking about.
I believe it.I guess you'll always find a way to not having to believe what the Bible says
You say, a person must believe by their own free will, before being born again, which act of their own free will causes them to become born again.You say:
These are man-made teachings, not taught in Scripture. God reveals no such thing in His Word.
- A person must be regenerated so he can believe.
- A person must be born again so he can believe.
You have a choice to make, whether to believe in the teachings of men or be taught by God's Word.
Blessings
Right. Works of the Law.What other work is pleasing to God then the works of the law? Paul clearly stated and taught that faith was not a work, but was opposed to works.
Galatians 2:15-16 (ESV) 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
I’ve already shown that not to be true. Read John 6.No Scriptures teach that faith is a work - not one.
I don’t see any verse that says you must believe in order to be born again. I’m going to hold you to the same standard.
Jesus repeats several times in John 14 ...God judges our faith by our actions, for the doers of the Word are those who demonstrate a Gospel Faith in Lord Jesus.
I’ve already shown that not to be true. Read John 6.
Then you would know that beliving in Jesus is not an act of the flesh. The moment you make the decision to believe in Jesus you awaken spiritually and get born again.I believe it.
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
— Romans 8:5-8
You are building a man-made structure. Nowhere does God imply that the works of man results in eternal life.The Scriptures continually and repeatedly teach throughout that faith, demonstrated by denying ourselves, and then following Lord Jesus into a holy (sanctified) life of righteousness and love (Colossians 3:1-17; Romans 6), is the acceptable faith by which God grants the free gift of eternal life (Romans 6:19-23). By this faith, we are living a new life in Christ by which we now produce good works. Those are the only kind of works God accepts (John 15:10).
You just contradicted yourself.Then you would know that beliving in Jesus is not an act of the flesh. The moment you make the decision to believe in Jesus you awaken spiritually and get born again.
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