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Well you don't even try to obey all of Christs commandments do you.Jesus talks about love.
He says if you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15).
Is one loving Jesus today by keeping His commandments?
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Who said Jesus came to destroy law?Jesus says he came not to destroy Law (Matthew 5:17).
Hebrews 7:12 says the Law has changed.
Jesus says depart from me you workers of lawlessness (Matthew 7:23 ESV).
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All sin can be forgiven apart from blasphemy against the Holy Spirit according to Christ matt12:311 John 5:16-18 says there are sins that lead unto death and sins that do not lead unto death. Sins unto death are sins that lead to the Second Death or the Lake of Fire: Such as murder, hate, adultery, theft, idolatry, and coveting, etc. (Galatians 5:19-21, Revelation 21:8). Sins not unto death would be sins that do not lead to the Second Death. Such sins would be not being baptized in this life (1 Peter 3:21), causing divisions in the body (1 Corinthians 3:1-15), and hidden or secret faults (Psams 19:12).
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So Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness for Israelites but not gentiles??The context of Romans 10:4 in regards to the end of Law of righteousness to everyone who believes is in reference to Israel.
Paul says, "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved." (Romans 10:1).
They did not accept Jesus as their Savior.
But we are told to continue in God's goodness otherwise we could be cut off just like the Jews were.
"Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off." (Romans 11:22).
"For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." (Romans 11:21).
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Besides various unforgivable sins (like speaking bad words against the Holy Ghost, taking the Mark of the Beast, and committing suicide and staying dead), most other sins unto death (like murder, hate, adultery, etc.) can be forgiven. However, we have to confess our sins and forsake these kinds of sins, though. For it is written,
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9).
"... if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:7).
"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." (Proverbs 28:13).
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Very true.It is written...
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." (Matthew 5:11).
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The Pharisees ignored the higher points of the law according to Christ. They strove in earnest to obey the letter to attain heaven under a law of righteousness, but love is always the casualty of this approach.Let's not be fooled. The OSAS Proponent will say that you are to obey God and yet they will also say that they are sinners according to a wrong interpretation on 1 John 1:8 and Galatians 2:17.
The Pharisees said they had Abraham was their father. They believe in Once Saved Always Saved, too. They believed their sins did not separate them God, as well. Yet, Jesus said they did not keep His Word and they said if they were of God they would do what He says. But they didn't do what Jesus said. That's the same problem that is happening today.
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Rom6:14The lie in the Garden of Eden is still spreading today.
"Yea, ye shall not surely die." ~ The Devil.
(See Genesis 3:4).
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For God is not against His believers obeying Him; And God does not consider those who obey Him out of fear in being punished by the Lord in the after-life to be a wrong thing, either. "For the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10). "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." (Job 28:28, - Cross reference with James 3:13). "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12). Also, the body of believers throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria walked in fear of the Lord (Acts 9:31).
But in Eternal Security, there is no reason to fear God.
One can have their cake and eat it, too.
I mean, do you not know that one of the Commandments in the New Testament tells us this?
"Believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ,." (1 John 3:23).
Here is the entire verse:
"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment" (1 John 3:23).
Are you not justified by keeping the Law or Commandment that says,
"Believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ,"?
Are you not justified by keeping this Law or Commandment?
In other words, this means you are under some kind of Law.
Paul was not talking about all Law whatsoever (or the Commands given to us in the New Testament). For Jesus says, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?" (Luke 6:46). To put it to you another way, God is not lawless; And neither are God's people lawless, either.
Well, you are going off your own life experience. But believers walk by faith and not by sight. You cannot go off of what you see. For again, your struggle is not normal for seasoned believers. For your situation is simply not true for many believers who walk uprightly in Jesus Christ thru out history and today. There are many days where I have not struggled with lustful or hateful thoughts. However, it is not something that just comes to you. You have to apply the methods within God's Word and ask for Jesus's help to overcome sin in your life. There are many verses that talk about such a thing. Such verses would not exist if a Sin and Still Be Saved Gospel was true. On the contrary, the Scriptures teach against Easy Believism (See James 2:17-24).
you provided a link showing that Christians are supposed to follow 1050 commands in the NT. I clearly see that there are in fact zealous followers of Judaism who appear to follow 613 commands, but I don't believe there is one person who can follow all 1050 commands of the NT.Then you obviously have never looked at all 613 Commands in the Old Testament and carefully considered in doing them. Nobody can be honest with themselves and say that following all those rituals are easier to accomplish than the Commands in the New Testament. The New Testament Commands are based on God's Eternal Moral Law of Love.
Also, Eternal Torment is not Biblical. So the fear of God torturing a person in flames for all eternity is not true.
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