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I decided instead not to support divisions that I should trust God but if others are worried they can follow catholic or orthodox church whatever they think is most right but I do believe maybe remarriage even if one did not sin is a sin that is safest not to that should be content if have children. I am not judging those who did remarry for only God knows should be left to Him. I will instead focus on preaching the gospel for I trust in God justice that He judges by one heart to receive Him that it is one intention to live for Him only that matters that God would give all grace the same because He must to be fair their intention which if others knew more would have responsibility to teach.
 
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I believe is not right to support injustice that must trust christ that He wanted christians united to love one another and to care for each other to do more good to witness better because otherwise to support such cruelty may offend to seem christians seem to support that may seem bad not to interest people for their cruelty though they have no excuse as they can trust and leave judgement of other christians to christ. And others may not know for sure even though it seems wrong to think christ requires apostolic succession they dont know. But will leave for people to follow whatever christian beliefs they like if it is not something wrong to risk their salvation.
 
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I decided actually is wrong to support divisions as christians should be united caring for each other that is better witness so others are not offended by bad treatment though they ought to trust and so people do not get distracted from offense instead of trying to follow christ to stumble them though they ought not to and also to set example that we should seek to do good deeds to each other.
 
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I decided to follow now as Jesus said take heed that you are absorbed with cares of this life that is too much concern as though it really is first in your life and that day come on one unaware.

Jesus said when He comes people will be marrying buying and selling not that wrong to buy and sell but one focus is not for caring about preserving our affections to things of this life and it comes unaware I suppose it is not safe for all to be married one should seek God first and only if He shows you He wills it to accept it.

it may be good to choose to be a eunuch to be saved though if one marries when it did not come from God he can be saved if God gives opportunity to repent.

I dont know why also it is better to be single but I should obey incase not to seek my best life I think being single just helps give grace to follow the way of salvation and know it to help many others be more holy though their salvation is not dependant on eunuch but eunuch is called to that to know way better to be consecrated to help others be more holy in terms of consecreation to relationship with God so it becomes necessary for some to be at risk if die before getting married so I should to not risk dying pursuing my will that was never God‘s and I think it may help incase i never get married to surrender to God will if it is not His plan to ensure I am saved. That if it was His plan to marry it would have been easy that people you know are genuine showed interest when you tried with them first or with others.

anyway it is better for me to be single to testify of God care for all who cannot get married.

And I decided to avoid any movies that are ma with nudity and try to avoid all movies and any games that may have anything non christian theme like halo and not seek to pursue any activities much only if I have to not to burn out or sin from boredom in not being prepared yet or fit for more spiritual austerity now.

if was wrong and I suffer loss fault lies with christians who preach this.
 

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I realise now that such is extremism that I should not let what others teach which is wrong to affect me so I will seek to marry for I realise it is not because of God will that it was if no one accepted but I was just not lucky to find one who accepts me for ecclesiastes says the race is not to wise but time and chance happens to all though it may help to be in more better condition to make more money which should help but even then sometimes people are bad to reject. The community who rejects will have less reward in heaven than others who are good if they dont seek to be doing what is possible to seek to help all and will also go to hell if they dont repent to seek peace to teach they did wrong to support others who are poor.Must only not be overly focused on marriage and things that pursuing it is replacing foremost your time with God.
 
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I believe we should not take risk that all should receive christ as Lord and saviour that we should not trust in any work as needed except to repent of sin and confess christ before men. The sermon on the mount is not made to say we can be perfect but to lead us to the saviour but we must still try to follow but all will fall short at times so need a saviour that they still be saved if one sinned and confessed before the Lord that he had opportunity to. We must not be lukewarm in that is that you must only live according to word of God which does not teach must earn to always work and confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord for that is to show if you believe if you can say without doubt and is required to acknowldge before men to educate atleast one but is necessary to be disciple to preach to be saved on death and if you are not you must always serve God which is harder.

Jesus said the harvest is plentiful but laborers are few so we should seek to do so to potentially have great harvest which is great reward and to ensure to be saved on death.But persons need to do works to be saved on death to lay hold of eternal life and should to have treasure in heaven and also should help more that is right to. So I believe all should to ensure to be saved and to be raptured if there is and pray if christ shows all christians can be saved.

This is prayer of salvation I prayed which I recommend to pray from Rick Warren.

He did say salvation does not come by what I do which I only agree if he does not mean does not need to live according to word of God as that shows how to repent and is not about doing a work as needed to be saved that only some works are told to obey which is only required to walk the path to be saved on death and some are essential for salvation.

“Dear God, I don’t want my sin to separate me from you any longer. You have promised that if I believe in Jesus, you’ll forgive me for everything I’ve ever done wrong, you’ll show me the purpose of my life, and you’ll accept me into your family and bring me to heaven one day to live with you for eternity.
“Jesus, I confess my sin, and I believe you are my Savior. I trust you when you say salvation comes by grace, through faith, and not by anything I do. I ask you to come into my life as my Lord. Today, I commit my life to you.
“I want to live the way you created me to live—at peace and rested—and to use the remainder of my life to serve you. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”

Greg Laurie Shares How God Will Judge Non-Believers and Christians on Judgement Day
 
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I believe it is mistake that hopefully no one was misled but it is not my fault for one does evil not to do works for one should understand one is not exempt from doing the good one is always able to. One is only asked to do the good that one specially needs from one in the capacity one already can.

Because faith fruit is works if there is time for putting faith into practice leads to works that you have to seek to do works to be saved incase possible for one knows not when one will die and must seek to do if can.

But I believe still people should receive christ as Lord and saviour because bible says need to be born again to ask christ to give rebirth to save from curse of death for we all fall short and the punishment is death for falling short but the gift of God is eternal life that He made Him to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him that unless clothed only in His merits and not our works which includes not trust in anything else a merit of a man other than christ is not right that in christ we are justified to be saved now but saved people will now produce works as fruit that they must if can seek to to remain saved.
 
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I believe actually it is right to put trust in christ alone as I saw written below in a group that we should depend on His mercy alone that it is possible for all only because of Him alone. And one can do good also because it is good incase all such good deeds are necessary to be saved on death but not for eternal salvation which was purchased by christ alone to the one who comes to Him alone as Jesus promised he who believes in Me has passed from death into life meaning eternal punishment though one may have temporal punishment for life now requires to keep all commandments that He will raise all believers who trusted in Him for He said the work of God is to believe trust in Him whom He sent. So one should and pray if christ shows other christians who trusted in their seeking to do works can be saved.

ALL THINGS POSSIBLE BY FAITH

MATTHEW 19:16-26

• 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
• 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
• 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
• 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.1
• 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
• 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
• 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
• 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.1
• 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
• 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
• 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

We are looking at a story you might be familiar with or not, but let us look at the conclusion of the story in vs 26 of our text - But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

The Lord tells us that there are many things you might see as impossible in your life: living right, holy and righteously, loving a saved and straightforward life, etc. In case you have been wondering how this can be done, Jesus is saying with the power and ability of man, it will be impossible, but with God, all things are possible. Tonight, I want you to have confidence in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that in your life and consciousness, what you have found impossible will be possible.

Think about people who come to a crusade like this and do not look closely at their lives. Their only concern is that they are not sick, blind, or lame. They even claim to be Christians but the Lord is telling you to look at what you you have found impossible in your life: you wanted to live a righteous and God-pleasing life but could not. The Lord is coming to you with the assurance that with Him, all things are possible. Look at yourself, check up and believe that tonight is the night of God's performance in your life. God will take you from where you are to where you ought to be.

Jesus looked at the people with Him, His eyes penetrated theirs and said, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. He is our Maker who can remake us and Creator who can recreate us. He formed and gave life and breath to you, He will change and transform you tonight. After He has made contact with you, all those things that seem impossible in your life will become possible.

A. GOOD MEN WHO ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH
(Matthew 19:16-25; Luke 18:9-12; Isaiah 64:6; Isaiah 28:10; James 2:10)
There are many people in the world but the challenge is that they are not good enough. This man came to Jesus and called Him good Master. He said that because he also thought of himself as a good man, he was indirectly comparing himself to the Master. Jesus answered him that there is none good but one, that is, God.

Because you have a limited time to live on earth, you need to find out what you need to do to gain life eternal. Jesus told him to keep the commandments. The Lord is asking you tonight how prepared you are to enter eternal life. He asked about the commandments and Jesus outlined them for him. All of those mentioned were negative. Don't, don't, don't. But what about the positives?

When it comes to electricity, negative and positive must come together for us to have power. So, it is not enough for you to say you don't do this, eat or drink that, you don't steal and bear false witness, etc. All these are negative, how about the positive aspect? The man said all those things Jesus mentioned he has done from his youth. You must also be asking questions and showing concern about where you will spend eternity.

Now, it is not possible that you will mark your script by yourself, another person has to mark it. Christ has to approve of you. Even though you claim this good work or that, but I pray that when Christ comes to assess you, you will not fail. When He looked at the man, He found out that though the man was good, he was not good enough. What have you done to help your neighbours who are going through difficult times? Have you taken care of the needy ones around you?

Afterwards, Jesus told him to go and sell all he had and give the money to the poor. After all, if you were in such situation, you will sell all your possession to care for yourself, and the man claimed he had kept all commandments from his youth. Looking at your old parents who are suffering, what have you done for them? If it were you, you would have spent every money to care for yourself. Jesus said after doing that, he would have treasures in heaven, then he should come and follow Him. But the man went away sorrowfully because he had so much possessions. Look at a man who ran enthusiastically to Jesus. He thought he was good, but he was not good enough. He could not follow Christ. This is what people do today to Christ who can save and do everything for them.

Good men who are not good enough. That is the way we are, all of us, until we come and put our faith in Christ. Good but not good enough, deep but not deep enough, helpful, but not helpful enough (Isaiah 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it). All our good works, religiousity, etc are just like the bed that is shorter to take our length and the covering that is narrower than what can cover us. Actually, none of us is qualified for life eternal. If you keep the whole law and offend in one, you are guilty of all.

Imagine a man who was arrested and accused of stealing but he said yes, but he does not smoke, drink, commit adultery, or fight. He will not be set free because he offended in one even though he kept the rest. Same for a man who was accused of adultery and he says that is the only problem he has, but he doesn't commit others sins. The aggrieved husband will not let him go because of that.

As you look at your life, claiming to be this or that will not qualify you for heaven. You need Christ as your Saviour and Substitute. You may be good, righteous, or right in your own eyes, but Christ will supply all that is missing, He will change and transform you. He will give you new life.

B. OUR GOD, OUR MAKER WHO IS MORE THAN ENOUGH
(Matthew 19:25-26; Luke 1:37, 45; Hebrews 7:25-27; Job 42:2,10)
Our God is more than enough to do all things for us. He is more than enough to save, set free, heal, deliver and break every yoke of the devil. You know the deficiency in your secret and private life and you know what will happen if God should come today and tell you that all you have done will determine where you will end in eternity, He sees the depth, the sins, the evil, depravity and adamic nature. But as you come to Christ on the basis of His sacrifice, He will supply what you don't have and heaven will be sure for you.

The disciples were amazed that if that good man cannot be saved, who then can be saved? The man went away sorrowful and missed eternal life even though he was good, gentle, peaceful, etc. In vs 26, Jesus said with men this is impossible because a priest cannot even save a good man, the church man, the church founder cannot save anyone, praise singers cannot save you, with you blowing your own trumpet, you cannot save yourself, but with God all things are possible. As long as you are not depending on your good works or righteousness, with God, all things are possible.

He can save the vilest of sinners as well as the hypocrite who thinks he is good enough. He can save the religious man, He knows your secret, our heart, thoughts, pretenses, all those things you are putting forth, and with God, nothing shall be impossible as you turn away from your own righteousness. He is a Creator and Recreator and He is more than able to save to the uttermost, but it is important that you come to Him. The Lord makes intercession for you to see yourself as Christ sees you and also know that you cannot save yourself.

No other priest on earth, in any denomination is able to save anyone, He will make heavenly changes in your life today. What men have not been able to do, the sicknesses and diseases they have not been able to take away, God comes to you tonight to set you free. Just open up and tell Him you cannot help yourself. Job did not get healed until he acknowledged the power of God and his own helplessness, God turned his captivity. What men cannot do, He will do because we believe in God who is more than enough.

C. HIS GRACIOUS MERCY THAT STRETCHES BEYOND ENOUGH
(Matthew 15:22,25-28; Mark 10:46-52; Ephesians 2:4-5; Titus 3:5-7; Psalm 103:1-5, 11-13)
Have you witnessed the mercy and compassion of God today? They stretch beyond our needs and are more than enough for us. The mercy of God will do what man cannot do for you. Tonight is your night, you will be free from bad character, deficiency in your lifestyle and weaknesses that show that you are not strong enough to withstand all the attacks coming from the devil. Free from sin, sickness and satanic afflictions.

When you tell your soul to concentrate on God who is more than able to defend and do for you all that you need, He has the ability to give you benefits that no one can give you, that your good works cannot produce in your life, benefits coming from the throne of mercy, from Christ, from God: forgiveness of all iniquities. Some people don't believe that they can be forgiven. It's like someone coming back, asking you for forgiveness over and over after you have forgiven him. This is the attitude of religious people who pester God with pleas for mercy and forgiveness. They have turned asking for forgiveness to religion whereas, when God forgives, it is full and final.

You come to the Lord with the understanding that the forgiveness and salvation you cannot offer yourself will come to you by His mercy. Mercy as wide and deep as an ocean, and as high as the sky, mercy that stretches beyond your transgressions. As far as East is from the West the Lord has taken your sins away from you. He will put them in the depth of the sea, He will not remember them anymore. Grace, mercy, sympathy and comfort of God which brings healing, salvation and deliverance of the Lord is coming to you tonight.

Heaven is ready, Almighty God is ready, are you ready? Bow down your head for prayer. Call upon the LORD for your salvation.
 
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I do believe it is wrong to judge people who follow church that I should trust christ not to support such cruelty for they still may not know for sure and they still believe they need christ because they will never be perfect but one is not saved by doing good deeds for then if one did throw away his money to someone else not poor he can not be saved it keeps one from preaching the gospel that we should. It is just required to do to be saved on death and to lay treasure in heaven.
 
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I think the below is still true so should be followed. That if one is alive and not martyred one is expected to do good that it makes up for it but to follow christ to risk martyrdom is being most in the will of God as you are preaching gospel and you should also in mean time if not killed to serve christ with money to help people in need as is part of being missionary but that is not necessary except for those not missionary for jesus called all but said for those who fail to make friends of unrighteous mammon and is easiest because you dont risk dying not ready not serving that otherwise people should often help others but not need to help all so one dies ready

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I believe it is mistake that hopefully no one was misled but it is not my fault for one does evil not to do works for one should understand one is not exempt from doing the good one is always able to. One is only asked to do the good that one specially needs from one in the capacity one already can.

Because faith fruit is works if there is time for putting faith into practice leads to works that you have to seek to do works to be saved incase possible for one knows not when one will die and must seek to do if can.
 
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I believe rather to teach that works are necessary is wrong that it is not gospel that we should not take risk that we should receive christ as Lord and saviour not to depend on works for bible says we all fall short and justified freely by his grace that the wages of sin is death that our good works do not ignore our wages that we need righteousness of christ imputed otherwise God sees us in our sin. Works are just to be saved on death. Therefore we should receive christ as Lord and saviour to ensure to be saved and to be raptured if there is and pray if christ shows all christians can be saved.

I agree one does not go to heaven because he deserved it to earn but does not take away from repentance of sin being necessary for one is not boasting one is made worthy because he already sinned but to turn away from sin is proper response for one seeking forgiveness as such sin is wrong and not seeking to do more works to be made worthy just that sin was wrong so must stop as proper response to one seeking forgiveness. For the bible commands to repent and believe the gospel to watch and says the unrighteous which is the unrepentant will not inherit the kingdom and says in ephesians 5:5-7 the wrath of God comes on them which means not salvation.

m.youtube.com/shorts/11s-6m7rvMg?si=hqDey0R7NO0pQQPb
 
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Though one may not need works I think is safe to seek to do works to follow the below that christ understands if you don’t know to follow the below but is easiest to be missionary incase you die when you was not seeking to repent to help others because you are dying in service to God but I suppose not all should be missionaries and preach except those who are prepared who sold much of their possesions to be ready that there is nothing wrong if christ adds again just from working for Him to add because one seeks first the kingdom having sold before as He said whoever leaves lands will have more in this life and if anyone is killed God will save to give chance to repent in the world to come.

The below is that the rich should seek to be rich in good works though one is saved if he has opportunity to repent just seeking to if cant but one does not know if he will die when he is not seeking to. One should often do good works to those who one knows has need and to help those who specially need one help.

I believe still is safe to receive christ as Lord and saviour because still one is justified now by faith but works are expected aftewards of evidence of genuine faith to seek to do and pray if christ shows all christians can be saved.
 
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I believe rather it is right to trust gospel that works are not needed that they are only required to be saved on death for to think needed is also to hinder preaching the gospel which is wrong. So I believe all should receive christ as Lord and saviour to not depend on works to ensure to be saved and to be raptured if there is and pray if christ shows other christians can be saved. But one should seek to do works to help many and just to take to be saved on death and the harvest is great so is good to be missionary.
 
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I believe I misunderstand billy graham to say works should not be fruit of faith which is not true just not that person can only be saved because he did works is the meaning that he says he is not going to heaven because he preached not to earn to say as though he is better in more worthy state knowing whatever works one does by grace he is still not worthy that they are not good enough alone and any can still be saved that not need to keep doing works but should do to some or there is not fruit from salvation true evidence of living genuine fruitful faith but not need to try to keep doing only to keep doing sometimes but if there is no fruit to not do but to preach is important if there is one in need you know needs just not to do to score points that one can only be saved by works so that a person If a person is in ditch that needs help in any capcacity you can do and do not do it is wrong not having fruit of salvation so should seek to do to some not need to to all to those who you know who are in need and all those who specially need one help but not need to do to all otherwise who are in need.

billygraham.org/answer/is-it-more-important-to-have-faith-or-do-works-in-service-to-god/
 
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I decided to follow catholic church just to show it does not know better to help have better understanding but I will not accept changes in doctrine from early church for any to teach new teaching that is not in the bible that the pope job if he had one was only to confirm teaching of the bible that he must not go against it and I believe Peter in the bible did allow remarriage as he followed christ as bible says and I believe does and no earlier popes spoke which means it was assumed to know from bible that it is clear that they did not see important to speak as though christ was not clear or they would have confirmed what christ said so I just wont follow that new teaching unless the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation proves it that before did not or I will accept catholic position is true as for sacrament of confirmation to work and to prove if it can but if it does not not accept it and I will also seek to be baptised in pentecostal church just to prove baptism does not make difference where you know there is witness in yourself that was great change renewal of Holy Spirit not just to perfect one now but as necessary for salvation.
 
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I believe actually it is wrong to trust in works as many preachers say we are saved by grace and bible seems to teach that that works is only to be saved upon death. The article below I think means considering he said he does not put his hope in salvation because of his goodness or preaching that he means as he says after you are saved you are commanded to do good but it must mean to not go to christ suffering loss.

So I believe all should trust in christ as Lord and saviour and not trust in works to ensure to be saved and to be raptured if there is and pray if christ shows other christians can be saved. They should do good anyway but not to trust in it.

I am going to catholic church just to prove it does not know better so it does not look because I dont know but others should receive christ as Lord and saviour only trusting in what He did.

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I realise now such is error that faith without works is dead that it should produce works that one may die without opportunity to repent but if one has opportunity to repent to be alive and cant do works can be saved that living faith should produce works if others are in need not that we need to do works all the time but we should seek to do often so we are always ready not need to too much which seems what the wise virgins meant by saying we are not sure we have enough to keep doing and must help those who specially require your help and also I believe we must preach the gospel as we see the lazy servant was cast where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth that we dont know that one is temporal.

We see lazarus was in dire need that no one else helped so rich man has duty to do what he can

www.gotquestions.org/rich-man-and-Lazarus.html

I decided also not to support church divisions that I should trust God being loving is what christ wants from us but I am only going to catholic church to prove it does not know better
 
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The problem with not trusting in christ alone is the wages of sin is death that for every sin you must pay that you need total perfection so you must be clothed in christ righteousness to be declared saved now as John says I have written to you that you may know you have eternal life if you are trusting in christ.The bible says we are not saved of works lest any boast but i think that means only that one is not only allowed to be saved if he did works so that if anyone seeks to do works now he can be saved. One should often do works to ensure one is ready but does not need to all the time.

The rich man I think would be saved if he was still alive and repented to wish to do good. True saving faith would desire and seek to do works if there is chance but even if one misses the chance to one is saved. That if one knows if anyone who desperately needs help i suppose that is the only person one must seek to help and they may be desperate not knowing the gospel one must seek to help. But by trusting in christ now one is saved if that is all one can do but otherwise must abide in His teachings when there is need because then your faith is dead for it assumes you are repentant of evil for to him who knows to do good and does not do it is sin for that is the requirement when you can.

So I believe all should trust only in christ as need to be clothed in His righteousness because every sin needs payment and to ensure to be saved and raptured if one is following Him and pray if christ shows all christians can be saved.
I decided I will not go to catholic church as is important for me to follow and only not support this if christ shows all christians can be saved.
 
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I believe this is true that it is mistake to depend on works because how can you be sure you are ready if you did not do enough works before you sleep though at one point he says after you are justified works have a place to be essential I assume he means that it has a part in making you fully fit for entering the kingdom on death.

Repentance is turning away from evil to confess to christ your sins that any can do at anytime which is what is right so is must that it is not the same as doing works to think such is necessary that it makes you worthy which all who do works really are by doing show they think so.

The lazy servant who was cast into outer darkness I think was only cast because he was wicked not wanting people to be saved that he may not even confess christ before men. And even if he was not wicked his laziness would have prevented his reward but it was his wickeness that prevented him from heaven for he would not deposit his money to the bankers that is to declare the truth that others teach as true to confess christ as way of salvation by declaring he receives christ. Gnashing of teeth means wrath and hatred towards God of being rejected before so refers to hell which is where he was cast for being wicked but others who are not fit for being lazy not wicked are not fit to enter the kingdom straightaway to be with God to see eternal life just that they will have it after being temporarily punished for not obeying



The parable of the rich man and lazarus I think is just a parable to convict a person that he ought to care for others outside that it is right not to enjoy others suffering and is a parable about being converted about that to receive christ that the rich man did not even care not that a work is needed but everyone as titus says still should maintain good works that such is profitable to men but not to be saved but to be saved on death.

www.desiringgod.org/light-and-truth/gods-remedy-for-the-unrighteous/justified-by-faith-alone

The below video shows to be raptured then we should not trust what we do though we should do good works or I suppose he may not mean you dont have to obey God for other of his videos seems to say you do but if you only do things without love to God or others does not qualify you.

youtube.com/shorts/-bIIRUJqikw?si=lYc-6y6lGAcXibtx
 
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I believe it is wrong to support divisions that love is very important that should trust christ to accept other christians for they even may not know for sure their beliefs are wrong even if they see it could be or wrong about it right to judge people from church who just support it for others sake such as relationship because others think it is wrong to make divisions and offenses to judge others who passed that they are convinced it is right that God would not judge christians who passed convinced about it to think God does not care if accept that belief and not needing to seek to do work and that we can not afford to be wrong to not teach person does not need to seek to do good works to leave judgement to christ if that is not necessary.

For I also think perhaps the servant was condemned for not seeking to preach to be lazy when he can that only required to confess his wrong before he sleeps that is same as repenting before one dies for God allowed one to die that day that is not in his control that it is not time for preaching and good works unless there is one that needs his help that he can help now he should not sleep but it is not time for preaching except online and christ accepts like he would the lazy servant if he supported the truth by accepting gospel and one can support online or if one does not go online to teach others to preach and if God gives another day must do so and often doing good works to ensure to be ready as the wise virgins sought to.
 
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