Jesus said, "And Few There Be That Find It" Matthew 7:14

jamie

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There are works we must do when we want to be saved, and then there are other kinds of works to do after we are saved; however, we must obey Jesus' teachings to be saved. Jesus says to humble yourself, to repent, to have a forgiving heart, and to call on him.

If you have a heart that does not want to help a brother who is hungry, then you do not yet have a heart to be saved.

If you have a heart that does not humble itself, to be ready to do all that Jesus says, then you are not ready to be saved.

:doh: A given.
 

God's Truth

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There is a new law, it is the old law with some changes. There are changes because Jesus fulfilled all the things which were merely teaching tools, a shadow, of him.

Hebrews 7:12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.


The law was changed, fulfilled, and made new. New Testament means New Covenant. When a Covenant is made, there are guidelines that must be followed.
 

Robert Pate

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There is a new law, it is the old law with some changes. There are changes because Jesus fulfilled all the things which were merely teaching tools, a shadow, of him.

Hebrews 7:12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.


The law was changed, fulfilled, and made new. New Testament means New Covenant. When a Covenant is made, there are guidelines that must be followed.

Someone apparently had enough of your blasphemy and banned you.

Jesus is the New Covenant. The only thing required for salvation is faith in Christ.

All of the work of salvation has ALREADY been done by Christ. We are complete in him, Colossians 2:10.
 

Epoisses

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Salvation is a gift by Jesus' grace. The purpose of salvation is to do the good works for which we are saved. (Ephesians 2:10)

False. The works of the Spirit that were foreordained are far different than the works of the law.
 

Grosnick Marowbe

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Only about 10% of the people on this Forum are born again Christians. The rest are just religious.

Paul wrote, "Isaiah cried concerning concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved" Romans 9:27.

Is it God's plan that only a remnant be saved? No, its God's plan that all should be saved. Jesus atoned for the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. The problem is that people don't want to receive what God has done for them in Jesus Christ. They want to be saved their way which includes predestinationism, works, and obedience to the law, all of which is nothing more than religion. Only a few are willing to come to Christ as repentant sinners to be saved by him.

I would say the percentage is lower than 10%.
 

Sonnet

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Believe in a God who apparently hates divorce but never rebukes Solomon for his 700 wives and 300 concubines?
(The rebuke was for marrying foreign women)
 

Robert Pate

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Believe in a God who apparently hates divorce but never rebukes Solomon for his 700 wives and 300 concubines?
(The rebuke was for marrying foreign women)

Things were different under the law in the Old Testament era.

The Bible says very little about how many wives a man should have, Except in 1 Timothy 3:2.
 

whatever67

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Things were different under the law in the Old Testament era.

The Bible says very little about how many wives a man should have, Except in 1 Timothy 3:2.

you cannot go strictly by the Bible when following Jesus. There is a lot that is not there. For example, how is one to deal with such things as in vitro fertilization? stem cell research? if you go strictly by the Bible you would say, none of those things is mentioned in the Bible and then think you have a license to do whatever you want. But in vitro involves destroying human life, which is against the 10 Commandments

and there are other things not mentioned in the Bible. God's word is found outside the bible also. when i pray, i get answers about my personal life, which is one of the many things not mentioned
 

Sonnet

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Things were different under the law in the Old Testament era.

The Bible says very little about how many wives a man should have, Except in 1 Timothy 3:2.

Really? Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Romans 7:1-3
Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
 

Sonnet

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Deut 17
16The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.” 17He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
 

Sonnet

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God hates divorce and yet David, a man after God's own heart, was an adulterer in his polygamy.

1 Kings 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Baffling.
 

meshak

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God hates divorce and yet David, a man after God's own heart, was an adulterer in his polygamy.

1 Kings 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

Baffling.

How do you reconcile this dilemma?
 
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