Righteousness

[versavia]

Yes! Yes! the penalty of sin is death... whether its spiritual death, which to be disconnected/separated from God, emotional and mental death, which is to be completely in guilt and disabled to even think properly, mind out of wack, financial death, which is to have all your finances to fly away like the wind, or physical death, which is to have your life taken away because of your sins and burn in hell eternally.

The Penalty which mean as the Scripture points out wages/price one pays for sin is not worth the temporary pleasure.

Jesus Christ has already paid the wages/price for our sins debt, and as Paul says should we continue as believers to sin so that His death will continue to pay for our sins debts? God forbid!

When we do so, we crucify Him all over again frustrating the grace of God's amazing grace! He died once and once for all sins, so why do Christian believer refuse to give up sin in their lives when they say they have been born again, made anew from above? Don't they understand that they are only Falling into the hands of an angry God who hates sin, and has promised to punish unrighteousness, and especially those who are called by His name as His children? Yes God is going to start the Judgement from the Church of God! Get Ready, Christians!

 

[Kenny'sID]

We have been given the huge gift of life to begin with, then we need only accept and follow through with what God expects of us in order to keep that life forever.

Pretty simple really, at least as far as the basic concept

 

[versavia]

And YES! the JUDGMENT OF GOD will start at the house of God. Which means God will judge those who are called by His name, who have the truth of His gospel, because we are suppose to live according to this Manuel (BIBLE) that He has left for us, and many are not doing so.

His principle of not showing favortism stands... as Paul says in I Corinthians chapter 5, how can God even began to judge the sins of those in the world without first judging the sins of those who profess and confess that they belong to Christ in the church?

This is the same principle and word God gives out about a person judging others in theirsin, when you yourself are in sin. As Jesus say get out your own eye before you try to get the splinter out of another person's eye.

Ella (my friend) says, Sweap around your own front door before you go talking about what someone else should do about their front door.

Therefore, God must do according to what He teaches us otherwise, How can God fairly judge the world of their sins, fully knowing that there are believers who are in His house claiming to be born again of His Holy Spirit and Son, and yet are in sin?

Therefore, GOD MUST start in His OWN HOUSE CLEANING FIRST, before He can judge the world of their unrighteousness before Him.

 

[versavia]

WHO TOLD YOU THAT GOD WILL NOT JUDGE HIS PEOPLE/BELIEVERS? Where is that in scripture?

So are you a self-righteous moralist? Hear what God says you thinking that no one knows anything about Jesus the Christ but you... how silly can that thought be?... Therefore,YOU, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

But because of your stubbornness and your UNREPENTANT HEART, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, GOD will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism.

All who sin apart from the law (gospel) will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law (gospel) who will be declared righteous. (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law (gospel), do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

Let God be true, and every human being a liar... for God will judge the saint and the sinner. What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.” “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

For we will ALL stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

THIS IS THE WORD OF GOD, FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD, FOR YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD!

 

[versavia]

Let me remind you these words written in the Holy Scripture:


"The righteous shall live by faith." (Galatians 3:11)

Killers will NEVER inherit the Kingdom of God.


One man condemned me in hatred toward God. I told him:

"hatred against the Lord?
Are you kidding?
I even do not hate satan and his followers.
I am sorry to see their destruction in the God's prophecies.
Believe me I do not hate you too.
I just do know who are you....
What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life?
God knows you but do you know Him?"


Brothers, but what are the fruits of Holy Spirit in your lives?

Let me remind you of this Bible passage:

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23


When we study this particular Fruit of the Holy Spirit, we find that it is translated differently in various translations. Some translations show it as faith, while others describe it as faithfulness.
The Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionary explains that the term used when the scripture was written would have meant "...moral conviction of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God..." to the readers of the time. I think this definition more closely lines up with the way we would define the word faith, so that is what we will examine here.
What is faith?


NOW FAITH is the assurance
(the confirmation, the title deed)
of the things [we] hope for,
being the proof of things [we] do not see
and the conviction of their reality
-Hebrews 11:1


Faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.

Faith is the "title deed," or, essentially, the proof of ownership for the things that you are still hoping for. The things that, with your senses, you can't even see yet. In fact, you may be seeing the opposite! But, it is your faith that is the confirmation that you already possess it in the spiritual realm. Faith is probably one of the biggest challenges, because it is believing in something that you can not see, long after you thought it would have appeared. That is why faith is not something you have to come up with on your own - It is a One of the 9 Fruits of the Spirit. I have heard a lot of Christians say that they are not sure that they have enough faith for something. Hey, I've even said it myself. But, faith is not something that you just have to scrounge up from inside of yourself. It is something that grows inside of you from spending time with God's Holy Spirit. That’s why I cannot save my friend Walid Saifaddin Ashour, but God is able to give him faith in his heart caused by the Holy Spirit. And this faith in the Son of God will save him. So the fruit produced by the Spirit is more than being faithful, it is having faith! Being a person of faith is what makes us trustworthy.


Never think that you do not have enough faith. The Holy Spirit is your source for as much as you need! So we see that faith is a spiritual gift given to the regenerate only as it is produced in their lives as a fruit of the Spirit. How can a lost man have faith? The Spirit has to be at work in his life before anyone has any hope of believing! In the Holy bible we read that grace and faith are gifts from God and not of works. Faith is not something we can work up on our own. Our continued ability to take God at His Word, to trust Christ, is a gift from the Spirit produced as He works in our lives with the Word of God.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves;

it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9


Faith is a gift and also a manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit. The gift of faith is imparted from God through the Word of God, but the fruit of faith is produced by the Holy Spirit. The gift of faith can move mountains, but the fruit of faith is what is required for daily living. The fruit of faith enables us to walk and live by faith. Without this kind of faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).


We all are to call all men to obey the Gospel/Good News of salvation through faith in the God Jesus, repent of their sin, and trust Christ. But we must do so with this assurance: it is not up to us to persuade a man to believe and repent. It is not up to us to pick the most effective and emotion stirring words to bring him to faith. We do not bring faith out - God puts the faith in!! We preach the Gospel/the Good News of salvation for every Arab and Muslim and Jew and call all to obey it understanding all along that God gives repentance and faith. He gives the increase. All we do is sow the seed of His words!


But who are you?
What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life?
Guys, all check the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your lives because God is going to look at them too and judge us accordingly!
He is the Judge!
What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit?

“But the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” (Galatians 5:22)



Love

Joy

Peace

Longsuffering

Kindness

Goodness

Faith/Faithfulness

Gentleness

Self-control

They are NOT in the law!!!

Walking in the Spirit
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

LET ME SAY THIS THIS WAY:
I say then: Walk in the Spirit (WITH GOD, OBEYING HIM), and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (YOU WILL NOT SIN). 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit (LIVE WITH GOD AND NOT IN SINS), you are not under the law (YOU WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED BY THE LAW TO DIE FOR YOUR SINS).

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.



Let me remind you how God is going to gather the fruits of our lives:


Brothers, God sent prophets to Israel to save all people from His coming WRATH against their crimes/evil deeds. All prophets called people to abandon their sins and turn their hearts to the God of Israel.
Jesus explained us how can we reach the Kingdom of Heaven. He gave the parable of the man/ landowner who hired workers for the day, each at a different hour of the day and when the day was finished he paid them all the same wages (they all reached the Kingdom of Heaven). But some of them were killed. How could people claim obedience as God’s people and still reject His prophets? God repeated His appeal through His prophets to an unrepentant people to save them and give them eternal life. The situation becomes even more critical. The landowner sends his own Son, believing that they will surely respect him. But the tenants/farmers see an opportunity here. They believe that if they kill the son they will then receive His inheritance.

Background: There are 5 main characters in this parable: 1) the landowner—God, 2) the vineyard—our world, 3) the vinedressers — all people, 4) the landowner’s servants—the prophets who remained obedient and preached God’s word to the people of Israel, 5) the son—Jesus who existed always and came to our world to dwell among us and save us. Let’s read now the parable/story said by Jesus to see who can enter into the Kingdom of God.


The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers


“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’


But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves,
‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

‘ The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the LORD’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet. Matthew 21:33-46

Jesus said here that He is the Stone rejected by people. He came to them from His Father. But they killed Him. God wants to receive our fruits/holy life but if you kill and commit violence you will NEVER inherit the Kingdom of God. You, a killer, will NEVER be accepted by God to His HOLY dwelling place. God came to gather fruits of our life. If there is only violence or sexual immorality, He will judge us for violence and immorality no matter if you are a Christian or a cow-worshiper. The Son killed by people become the Chief Cornerstone. He is God Himself and equal to His Father. Moreover He is the Judge during the Judgment Day.


That is why let's practice:

love even expressed toward enemies and brothers,
joy because God is faithful,
peace with all people and enemies,
longsuffering for insults and truth,
kindness when you could revenge,
goodness when no one does this,
faithfulness toward God and people,
gentleness,
self-control to control yourself from sinning.
Against such there is no law! Law says the same but there are no laws commanding and forcing you to do this!

 

[versavia]

Righteousness is the state of moral perfection required by God to enter Heaven.

However, the Bible clearly states that human beings cannot achieve righteousness through their own efforts because in any way God will fins our sins and punishment for sin is always DEATH according to His law: "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin." (Romans 3:20).

The Jewish law and the Ten Commandments, show us how far we fall short of God's standards. The only solution to that dilemma is God's plan of salvation.
Morons, NOTE how God saves us:
(1) Through FAITH in the Son of God who is God like God the Father and our Creator!!!! Yes, the Son is our Creator!
(2) Through repentance of all our sins during conversation and our daily prayers.
(3) If we keep what God says not in the pocket but IMPLEMENTING His commands/laws during all days of our life to die for sins DAILY abandoning our sins and lovers to become HOLY sons of God. Many of Christians will be crushed by their sins as I explained this above.

So, we know now all THREE requirements required to keep salvation until the end to land safely in the Kingdom of God not being crushed by our sins.

Brothers,

God’s forgiveness and service to Him is the greatest honor.
But let me ask you this question:
Would God never send a Christian to hell?

The hell and the Lake o Fire is a place of eternal separation from God. Good people do not go to heaven but forgiven people do! There are thousand choices before death to believe in God Jesus or not. Before the Great white throne of God will be present everyone who rejected God Jesus or God’s offer of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. It is not sin issue, why you will go to hell, but Son Issue. May be you think if you do enough the good works you will go to heaven. It is not true. No one is good enough. You will be before the throne because you do not believe. The final confrontation of God during the Judgment Day clearly demonstrates why you are condemned. May be sophisticated recording equipment during this day will show what was written: everything is recorded…every idle word…. It is the final court of arbitration. The Court of Justice. I have an ability to choose to be in hell or OBEY God Jesus and God will not violate our rights. Hell is a chosen path to follow forever. God gives you a choice and it is up to us what to do with this choice.
Jesus said: DEPART FROM ME workers of iniquity.
God Jesus said:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Matthew 7:21-32

It is not enough to go to church. Jesus will say I never knew you. It is your own choice you are facing. You are outside of the will of God because you are living in sins! You need to TURN from sins. There is hell and if you reject Jesus Christ you will go there. If you reject God Jesus by living a wicked life and life of sins then God will not accept you to His Kingdom! Do not deceive yourself!
If you know that you are going to hell, you better stop doing what God says to STOP doing!
You can appreciate the Good News if you will know the bad news.
So, what is the bad news?
You will go to hell when you will die.
If you will turn from sins and believe in God Jesus then you will change your eternal address to a place called Heaven from the place called hell.
People are literally headed to destruction but why should you be among them?

Look what my brother Ibrahim Rasheed said:
Originally Posted by Ibrahim Rasheed
Bahira, you and your rapist sadistic god can rot in hell. What sort of repentance are you preaching? Sin as much as you like in this world and just say this son god is savior and you end up in heaven?? What sort of nonsense is that? No wonder Christianity breeds sin.
Sin as much as you like in this world and just say this son god is savior and you end up in heaven??

No. God said that NO ONE who is sinner will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It means if so-called Christians will sleep with lovers they will find themselves soon in hell! If any so-called ‘Christian’ will kill, he will be in hell. If you DO NOT TURN from your sins or do not STOP committing them you are DISBELIEVER who do not TURN from sins to God. Such people will be in hell. That’s why God said that only a SMALL REMNANT of people will be saved!!!!! Majority of people choose HELL, sins, iniquities and lovers! They can NOT enter the Kingdom of Heaven which is the DWELLING PLACE of the HOLY God!
If you Muslims will BELIEVE in God Jesus, OBEY Him, REPENT and TURN from your sins, ABANDONING them, then you will be FORGIVEN. Is it so easy? Is it so easy to be born by God for a new life with Him? Not all people want to ABANDON their sins because they have got used to live in them! But Jesus clearly said that such people will NEVER enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s why millions of ‘so-called” or “in-the-name only Christians’ even do NOT know that they will be in hell!!!!!
Why?
Because they do NOT understand the words of God Jesus said here:

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Matthew 7
My brother said:
Originally Posted by Muslims First
So you could be a rapist but believe that Christ is God? and make it to heaven lol great religion…
Yes, you could be a killer, rapist, sinner, drug dealer- i.e. an ex-sinner. God LOVES ALL of us infinitely because His NATURE or ESSENCE is LOVE.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a prepared place for ex-sinners!!! If you will be forgiven by God Jesus of your sins through FAITH and REPENTANCE, then
He will accept you into His Kingdom FREE. Because He paid for your sins on the cross. He accepted all your sins to His body on the cross to suffer instead of you and make you FREE of your sins. Repentance is TURNING from sins to God…abandoning lovers and sins.
Let us see what the Bible has to say about this subject and see if there are Christians in hell.
God Jesus said:
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. (Matthew 7:13)
God Jesus said that some people will not inherit the Kingdom of God:
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery (Jesus said if you look at a woman with lust, you have committed adultery with her in your heart), fornication (illicit sexual intercourse), uncleanness, lasciviousness (sexually unchaste), idolatry (putting anything or anyone ahead of God), witchcraft (horoscopes, Ouija boards, tarot cards etc.), hatred (the Bible says if you hate your brother you are a murderer), variance (strife), emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:19-21).
Are you a Christian and guilty of any of these sins? Then I encourage you to repent of such things and stop doing them because they will send you to hell. Don’t be another one of the millions of ‘Christians’ in hell.

God Jesus said that some of us need the clothes of righteousness and start doing what God says:
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
(The Book of Revelation 3:15-18).
May be you just put other things ahead of God. May be you do not seek Him diligently. Do not love Him more than anyone or anything. Do not obey His Word. Have little or no desire to know Him intimately. Will you go to hell if you are lukewarm? Yes. What do you think your chances are of entering Heaven if God will no accept you such as you are? Does God need a business man in the Kingdom of God or the one who is faithful and loving son? Does God need terrorists in His Kingdom? To explode some of His planets? No need. He needs sons and His HOLY Inheritance.
Jesus states in Mark 11:26,
“But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
If your sins are not forgiven by God, then you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Forgive and ask God to forgive your sins. What is the greatest sin? Disbelief. If you will not BELIEVE and DO what God said you will be in hell.
So, what does God say: LOVE people and LOVE God!
Desire of God is to SPREAD Good News about Him all over the world! We are doing it with Him too! He appreciates all your WISE words, and MOVEMENT of heart to talk to people to communicate His message of Love! Your MOTIVES will be REWARDED! Not the result is important for Him but YOUR HEART even if you just pray about people. Such prayers will be appreciated by Him the same way as preaching or any other service!
Which words do we need to communicate in our messages to people?
WORDS of God in the Bible.
How? With love.
Only Words? No. But our LOVE packed into our words! We communicate God’s LOVE to save them from hell because God’s desire is to COMMUNICATE His love to the dying world to save them from hell.
God’s purposes are our purposes.
Where can we do it? Everywhere. In home, family, shops, streets, among friends, drug dealers, in forums, everywhere where are people. How to do it? The same way as God’s is doing it! Coming closer to people and telling them the TRUTH about God and His Judgment of justice and righteousness.
Should we all to bring the Gospel? Yes, if we are alive spiritually. God’s light will shine in us and there is no way to hide this LIGHT. His LIGHT in us will be shining to everyone. Some of people will become antagonistic because they reject His light and truth. But we need to bring this LIGHT to the darkness of this dying world to enlighten the lives of people by His Truth and love for their salvation. It is the purpose of God and our purpose why we are living!
We are living to BRING the GLORY to our Father!


Summary: All believers in God Jesus are made for our God, kings and priests and always ought to conduct themselves as such! God clothed us with the WHITE garments of salvation. Our self-righteousness was like filthy rags. We are covered with the robe of Christ’s righteousness now. Love God more than anyone or anything. If you do this, He will unfold the perfect plan He has for your life which goes beyond anything you could formally think or imagine. God loves you and He wants you to spend eternity with Him in glory and not in destruction. If you are not a Christian yet then receive God’s free gift of eternal life through FAITH in Jesus Christ now. Repent of your sins. Confess them in a prayer to God. This prayer is a conversation with God. Tell Him everything. Judge yourself already now to avoid His Judgment Day. Begin fulfilling God’s glorious destiny for your life by OBEYING God’s words. By IMPLEMENTING of everything what you will daily read in the Bible. We don’t want to be among some of ‘Christians’ and unbelievers in hell. It is OUR DECISION to live 'with God or against Him' will put us to hell. No one enters hell unwillingly or unknowingly it. Why should we continue to live with sins and in sins in our lives? Let’s repent of them. Turn away from them. ABANDON them! Will You be One of the Few who will be saved?
Will you be a part of the SMALL REMNANT who will escape the hell fire and the Judgment Day?
Yes, if you BELIEVE in God Jesus and DO/Implement the will of God?
What is His will?
LOVE God and LOVE His people!


Forgive Me But Do Not Forget Me Please Jesus
If we are at home in the body
we are absent from the Lord.
2Cor.5:6
To this I have just discovered about
me Lord Jesus! I need to get back to
the King of King and I thank you Jesus
for showing me this before it is too
late.
For if we are neither hot nor cold You
will spew us out of Your Mouth. “Spew”
does not mean “spit” it means “vomit”
Jesus I glorify your name in all things
forever and ever and forgive me.
Rejoicing in all things but I must draw nigh to You and then You Will draw nigh to Me. Forgive me Jesus–
Amen

 

[delaD3]

What is the main concept of Christianity: Righteousness and the Godly/Holy Life?


Let's discuss this to know what God commands.

Here is my opinion...

1st... Accept that God is Truth and that He does not lie.
2nd...Follow what HE tells us to do.
3rd... If He has said that I should do this, then I would like to do this. If he has said that I should not do that, then I would like to not do that.
4th.. And repeat over and over until I learn how to do it pretty well...

 

[versavia]

Right

 

[Yahu_]

What is the main concept of Christianity: Righteousness and the Godly/Holy Life?
Let's discuss this to know what God commands.

I think that a good understanding of righteousness needs to understand the problems of self-righteousness of the Pharisees.

Righteousness was in following the ACTUAL law of Yah verses the following of religious traditions of man that added to that law and attacked anyone that didn't bow to their additions to the law.

Yeshua was righteous for following the spirit of the law but rejected the Pharisees additions then called them a 'nest of vipers' and 'children of their father the devil' for following the religious traditions of man.

 

[Goatee]

Right

Wish i had your stamina. You seem resilient to sin. God bless u

 

[Yahu_]

Yeshua was righteous for following the spirit of the law but rejected the Pharisees additions then called them a 'nest of vipers' and 'children of their father the devil' for following the religious traditions of man.

Here is an example:

Suppose a couple of teens get sexual involved and the girl gives up her virginity. How many in the church would actively sabotage their relationship to keep them from sin? In actuality, the law required the man that took her virginity to marry her and could never divorce her and owed a fine to her father for not having his blessing to marry 1st.

In the above case, those attempting to sabotage that relationship are the ones in error, unrighteousness. A marriage between those individuals should be encouraged.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

A marriage between those individuals should be encouraged.

Yes. It is required by TORAH,
BY YHWH,
the living CREATOR above all things;
the CREATOR who KNOWS ALL THINGS.

 

[Yahu_]

Yes. It is required by TORAH,
BY YHWH,
the living CREATOR above all things;
the CREATOR who KNOWS ALL THINGS.

Yes, but many so-called Christians would attack them instead because they follow a modern definition of fornication verses the actual biblical definition. Under the law, fornication was UNLAWFUL intercourse and the law was very specific on what was unlawful. Modern day phariseeism has altered that meaning to mean any pre-marital sexual contact thus expanding on the actual law. Fornication was punishable by death, but a couple getting sexually involved without the father's blessing were just fined. It wasn't a sin but an offense against the father of the girl.

We have to be very careful of adding religious traditions on top of the law.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Just don't add anything to YHWH'S WORD.
Simple, uncomplicated, and nothing to be "careful" about - we [ecclesia] don't even think about it!

We have to be very careful of adding religious traditions on top of the law.

 

[Soyeong]

I think that a good understanding of righteousness needs to understand the problems of self-righteousness of the Pharisees.

Righteousness was in following the ACTUAL law of Yah verses the following of religious traditions of man that added to that law and attacked anyone that didn't bow to their additions to the law.

Yeshua was righteous for following the spirit of the law but rejected the Pharisees additions then called them a 'nest of vipers' and 'children of their father the devil' for following the religious traditions of man.

I think you are partially correct because I think someone can follow one of God's instructions for how to do what is righteous, such as helping the poor, but do it in a way that is self-righteous. Furthermore, God's law is not an exhaustive list of instructions how to do what is righteous, so someone can do what is righteous by following man's traditions that are not found in the law, but are nevertheless in accordance with its spiritual principles. So I think the difference between God's righteousness and self-righteousness is in who gets the glory. One person helping the poor can be demonstrating their faith and love and be bring glory and honor to God, while another person doing the same action can bring glory only to themselves. Jesus criticized the Pharisees for setting aside the commands of God to follow their own traditions, so the problem was not it is inherently bad to follow the traditions of man because I think Jesus followed some of them, but that they had given following their traditions a higher priority and had thus lost focus on who they were supposed to be giving glory to.

 

[Yahu_]

I think you are partially correct because I think someone can follow one of God's instructions for how to do what is righteous, such as helping the poor, but do it in a way that is self-righteous. Furthermore, God's law is not an exhaustive list of instructions how to do what is righteous, so someone can do what is righteous by following man's traditions that are not found in the law, but are nevertheless in accordance with its spiritual principles. So I think the difference between God's righteousness and self-righteousness is in who gets the glory. One person helping the poor can be demonstrating their faith and love and be bring glory and honor to God, while another person doing the same action can bring glory only to themselves. Jesus criticized the Pharisees for setting aside the commands of God to follow their own traditions, so the problem was not it is inherently bad to follow the traditions of man because I think Jesus followed some of them, but that they had given following their traditions a higher priority and had thus lost focus on who they were supposed to be giving glory to.

I agree that the motive behind actions also come into play. There is nothing wrong with fasting but displaying to the world that we are fasting to be put on a pedestal by like minded people is error. It is the worry about appearances of righteousness verses actual righteousness.

Here is an example I like to use. My eldest brother is a big wig in the right to life movement. The goal is to enforce Yah's law on the forbidding of the shedding of innocent blood even on non-believers. But is using black-mail or slander to prevent someone's election the right way to go about it? What if say the candidate followed the Catholic position of allowing abortion under specific reasons but the Right to Life didn't allow those exceptions thus labeled them as non-right to life? Is that being righteous or about the appearance of righteousness?

 

[versavia]

Wish i had your stamina. You seem resilient to sin. God bless u

No. This is just a character of a fighter. But I am a sinner. I love you brother too. Be strong in your life to complete it as a winner.

Blessings.

 

[versavia]

I think that a good understanding of righteousness needs to understand the problems of self-righteousness of the Pharisees.

Righteousness was in following the ACTUAL law of Yah verses the following of religious traditions of man that added to that law and attacked anyone that didn't bow to their additions to the law.

Yeshua was righteous for following the spirit of the law but rejected the Pharisees additions then called them a 'nest of vipers' and 'children of their father the devil' for following the religious traditions of man.

What is righteousness according to the Scripture?
Ponder:

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
Rom 2:6

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11


WHY?

For the Lord loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed;
the offspring of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 37:28

HOW?

(1) God made him (JESUS) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.2 Corinthians 5:21

(2) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9

To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.https://dailyverses.net/philippians/4/8
TO DO THIS! TO IMPLEMENT this!
Philippians 4:8

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.Matthew 6:33

God Jesus commands us to SEEK righteousness from God to be like God!

RESULT:

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”1 Peter 3:14

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.1 Thessalonians 5:15


Why RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE MAIN PILLAR/the CORE OF CHRISTIANITY and ONE OF THE MAIN COMMANDS OF GOD?

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.Titus 2:11-12

 

[versavia]

So, finally HOW to pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS to reach it?

Righteousness:
(1) is imputed to us if we believe in the Son of God as God.
(2) through REPENTANCE of all our sins and confession of sins to God in a prayer to ABANDON sins and lovers.
(3) through ACTS of faith: self control, love for people and God, compassion, mercy, doing what is right and justice, compassion...

No one who remains in Him (JESUS) keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you:
don't let anyone deceive you about this:
The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.…

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to nor perform homosexual acts...
1 Corinthians 6:9

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
1 John 3:18

 

[versavia]

Yes. It is required by TORAH,
BY YHWH,
the living CREATOR above all things;
the CREATOR who KNOWS ALL THINGS.

Now another case to consider:

Our God Jesus does not allow to marry divorced people!

He says:

"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; 32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, EXCEPT for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Matthew 5



He also says that sexual immoral people (who commit adultery and ANY sexual immorality) do NOT inherit the Kingdom of God! Revelation 20-22

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I said:
If you will disobey our God Jesus then in this case it is a sexual immorality and He says in Revelation that sexual immoral people do NOT inherit the Kingdom of God!

Our God Jesus speaks:
(Mat. 19:9) "I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

What is "sexual immorality"? That is all sexual sins and "fornication" and "adultery".
Jesus said here in this verse above: Any divorce which is not sexual immorality is an adultery.

What to do if this sexual immoral person is you as our God Jesus called you?
(1) First you have to repent of this sin
(2) Return to your LEGAL wife whom you divorced illegally as God said and FIX the situation. If she is married then God Jesus forbids you to remarry!
Stay then single!

NOTE again: Any divorce which is not sexual immorality is an adultery!!
And punishment for sin is DEATH.