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Nope, I didn’t. Scripture is clear. The standard for salvation is 100% perfection. You know this. If it wasn’t, Christ need not have gone to the cross, because Israel (and all the rest of us) could have simply saved ourselves by just “doing our best.”
What I am trying to point out is that without faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for us, a man is not saved. No amount of good works will save you if you don't have that.Here's your problem, just. Any way you slice it, without works of charity a man is not saved. You can say 'as a result of faith', or 'based upon faith', 'faith will produce works', or however you like to word it. Without works of charity a man is not saved.
What I am trying to point out is that without faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for us, a man is not saved. No amount of good works will save you if you don't have that.
Matthew 5:48 is not about keeping His commandments and you know it. It is about a person being perfect by doing good to his enemy, just as God does good things to the evil.
If you want to make up a story that it is talking about keeping His commandments perfectly, then I'll play along. You have to believe perfectly and have perfect faith to be saved. Since you don't believe perfectly all the time, you can't be saved by your imperfect faith.
Oh, and you must have the perfect interpretation of all the Bible, and pray perfectly, and worship perfectly, and say everything perfectly, and find the perfect church to attend, or else it's the lake of fire for you.
Remember, you are the one who referred to Matthew 5:48. So, if you aren't perfect, justbyfaith, you are doomed. It's the end for you; there is no hope unless you are perfect as the Heavenly Father is perfect.
Don't you like that? Is that what you mean, when you say keep His commandments perfectly? Don't you actually mean do all things, say all things, and think all things perfectly? So, have you been perfect today? yesterday? how about tomorrow, think you will be perfect?
No, @EmSw.I've never said faith wasn't needed. It's faith and works of charity, which are included in Jesus' commandments.
You cannot know for sure that Jesus isn't speaking of any evil you may have done in the verse in question. I suggest you consider what I have written in post #764.Oh yes, I've done evil. And no, that verse does not condemn me.
Perhaps you do not know that those who have done evil means those who practice evil. Practicing evil is continually doing it. The New Testament is filled with passages stating the consequence of evil is damnation. Some believe this, but then again, some don't.
I suggest you read and re-read the following scriptures, until you come to understand their meaning for you:Listen, you added that we must keep His commandments perfectly. You added perfectly and you know it.
What kind of questions are these? You have insulted @Major1. And you owe him an apology.Do you cheat on your wife? Is this what Jesus said to do? Do you lie to your wife? Why do you have problems keeping His commandments? Do you steal from your wife? Do you hate your wife? What kind of believer lives this way? That is insanity. Do you have problems with any of these?
I want to correct what I said previously: No amount of good works will save you, period. Even if you have a living and saving faith, it is not your works that save you, but your faith apart from works (Romans 4:5-8).What I am trying to point out is that without faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for us, a man is not saved. No amount of good works will save you if you don't have that.
New Testament doctrine on this is that those righteous who died before the Cross went to Abraham's bosom to wait for Jesus to descend into hell and lead them out of Abraham's bosom to their eternal home in heaven. He led captivity captive; and gave gifts to men. He descended and preached the gospel to them who were in Abraham's bosom; and those who believed He brought with Him when He resurrected and ascended.Where does the Bible say the standard for salvation is 100% perfection? You keep adding and adding. Israel knew absolutely nothing about Jesus' cross; are you saying none of them were saved? You need to read and believe what the OT says about how they received life.
However, consider what the apostles said in Acts of the Apostles 15:1-11, esp. verse 10.Since you don't believe what Jesus said, I can see why John 5:28, 29 would be a thorn in your side. Are you one of those who does not know what 'to do good' means?
And, which of Jesus commandments is impossible for you? Or, are there two or three? Jesus never said they were impossible to keep. Again, you made this up.
I haven't added one word to these words of Jesus.
Matthew 19:17
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.
It's just some people don't believe what He said.
What kind of questions are these? You have insulted @Major1. And you owe him an apology.
Where does the Bible say the standard for salvation is 100% perfection? You keep adding and adding. Israel knew absolutely nothing about Jesus' cross; are you saying none of them were saved? You need to read and believe what the OT says about how they received life.
No, @EmSw.
You have denied the substitutionary atonement.
If you want to acknowledge that (the substitutionary atonement) now, then I will consider you to be one step closer to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
You cannot know for sure that Jesus isn't speaking of any evil you may have done in the verse in question. I suggest you consider what I have written in post #764.
I suggest you read and re-read the following scriptures, until you come to understand their meaning for you:
Galatians 3:10-14, James 2:10, Matthew 5:48.
And by all means, consider the context also.
What kind of questions are these? You have insulted @Major1. And you owe him an apology.
I want to correct what I said previously: No amount of good works will save you, period. Even if you have a living and saving faith, it is not your works that save you, but your faith apart from works (Romans 4:5-8).
Romans 4:5-6 says, But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.
New Testament doctrine on this is that those righteous who died before the Cross went to Abraham's bosom to wait for Jesus to descend into hell and lead them out of Abraham's bosom to their eternal home in heaven. He led captivity captive; and gave gifts to men. He descended and preached the gospel to them who were in Abraham's bosom; and those who believed He brought with Him when He resurrected and ascended.
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