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You get to obey. That's a joy. God doesn't force one to obey. But God will take you to the woodshed for the disobedience. Which is not a salvation issue.
Sounds like you agree again that we have to obey.
You get to obey. That's a joy. God doesn't force one to obey. But God will take you to the woodshed for the disobedience. Which is not a salvation issue.
Sounds like you agree again that we have to obey.
Agreed.
It [the Trinity] is the one essential, if denied, that guarantees one's eternal perdition.
AMR
I still believe that Calvinism is one of the most dangerous teachings. It flat out teaches that there is no hope for many people. That has always seemd to be the very antithesis to what Jesus actually did for us.
Jesus saves those who believe and obey him. Those are the people who KNOW they have to REPENT OF THEIR sins and those are the people who call on him to help them with the sins they need help with. Those are the people Jesus saves.
You preach against obeying Jesus. You preach that all we have to do is believe and NOT OBEY to get saved.
Do you know how many people I know who sin as always but believe they are saved because they believe?
There is nothing in the scripture that speaks of being obedient to be saved. We are saved by grace through faith.
Boy did you get that wrong! I said obedience arises out of our salvation. We love God so we obey Him out of love, not out of some impossible effort to purchase our salvation.
[h=1]Matthew 25:37-40 New International Version (NIV)[/h] 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Note that those obeying Christ's command to love and serve one another didn't even realize that they were doing it! They just did what needed to be done because it needed to be done, not because they were trying to earn something.
I believe there is.
2 Thes. 1:8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Rom. 2:5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
What it doesn't say is all you have to do is believe.
[MENTION=12969]Sherman[/MENTION]
Every thread that catches her eye, no matter what the topic, ends up with God's Truth flooding the thread with her hobby-horse heresies. At present, she accounts for over 41% (84 posts) of this thread's 203 posts. The nearest member in this thread has but 20, many of which are attempts to shoo her away from this thread.
Are there no threads possible without GT's need to be seen and derail the discussion?
We all get it. She denies the Trinity. It has been formally debated with her. She has posted her views posted ad nauseum. She has been answered time and again. It is as if we are in some sort of Ground Hog Day dream world when she is allowed to run unabated across all the forums. With over 34,765 posts with the same basic content to her credit, it would seem she has run her horse to ground.
My Proposal for a GT Ignore-A-Thon:
For the next week, starting tomorrow, I will donate $10 each day to TOL for a pool to be used to fund upgrades of worthy members solely at the discretion of the TOL staff, if and only if no member responds to GT in a given day this week. I really cannot afford it at present, but am willing to actually skip a few meals if it means a day without GT being engaged and thus emboldened to continue with her one trick pony efforts. Maybe some other members will also join in for whatever amount they can manage. Think of the pool of money we could create for other members that actually bring some benefit to this site.
AMR
Obeying the Gospel is believing.
There are bad translations out there but I don't see this as one of them.Terrible translation. The word is believe in both places. check with John 3:16, and John 3:18
Don't stop there. 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. [/INDENT]
It does if you actually read what is written, instead of cherry picking and changing what is written.
I agree.
There are bad translations out there but I don't see this as one of them.
This is the word used.
apeitheó: to disobey
Original Word: ἀπειθέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: apeitheó
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i-theh'-o)
Short Definition: I disobey, rebel, am disloyal
Definition: I disobey, rebel, am disloyal, refuse conformity
Yes, the doers. To believe is to obey which means to do.
I'm more than glad to discuss context. I do my best to base my points off context of the verses I use. You pointed out I should keep going and if we do we see that it's the doers (those who obey) are justified.
When I read the bible of those who are not saved, it's based on what they did or did not do which is evidence of what they believe.
Indeed. This thread, when I page through it is full of blank items where I have her ignored. Every thread where she participates devolves into dealing with GT's need for attention.I agree, something needs to be done. She ruins every single thread. It doesn't help to just try and ignore her when she manages to badger others into responding. I've tried just putting her on ignore, but she manages to ruin the entire thread anyway. Blanks or people responding to her. I don't know what the answer is, but I'm willing to ignore her once again. :sigh:
Yes, Jn. 3:36 used the Greek word for disobey. If not, could you provide the source you have.You can't be talking about the verse I was talking about....John 3:38 where you had the word "obey".
John 3:36 KJV
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 3:36 YLT
36 he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'
I agree. No one can be saved by doing the LAW. Paul is getting on to the Jews because they are trusting to be saved by the law. He shows them that with or without the law the one who sins will perish. Then he tells them that now we are justified by faith apart from the law. Although we are not under the law of Moses the basic principle of the law, love God and love you neighbor, carries over to the law of Christ. Can you love without doing any work whatsoever?No, the "doers" of the LAW. That has nothing to do with believing.
Well, if that was true then an atheist who is moral would be saved. Is that what you believe?
Otherwise, what man has never sinned except the Lord Jesus Christ? Even those who follow their conscience really well, do not follow it perfectly.
Indeed. This thread, when I page through it is full of blank items where I have her ignored. Every thread where she participates devolves into dealing with GT's need for attention.
AMR
Yep, And that's what this boils down to. She's an "attention whore", and will do or say anything to get it. She should just have her own little thread and be forced to stay there. That way those who actually WANT to deal with her can. The rest of us would be spared her ungodly rantings. She's worse than any Jehovah Witness come knocking on the door.
I know we don't agree on this point but thanks for talking with me.
Yes, Jn. 3:36 used the Greek word for disobey. If not, could you provide the source you have.
I agree. No one can be saved by doing the LAW. Paul is getting on to the Jews because they are trusting to be saved by the law. He shows them that with or without the law the one who sins will perish. Then he tells them that now we are justified by faith apart from the law. Although we are not under the law of Moses the basic principle of the law, love God and love you neighbor, carries over to the law of Christ. Can you love without doing any work whatsoever?
Sorry I didn't clarify, in Christ. No one can earn salvation that's why we have to become a Christian to access his saving blood. That is why we must obey the gospel. How can we be a follower of Christ if we do not follow?
Didn't Vegas start a burr under the saddle thread?
Maybe you and amr should rant about it there?
If nuthin' else she's a good patience exercise.
But youre saying you lose your salvation over it....which is false.
Sigh.
Given your No vote in the poll, it is no wonder that you would take the time to weigh in with a cheap shot following my post above:
http://theologyonline.com/poll.php?pollid=1395&do=showresults
You cannot possibly know what Jesus did for those He came and died to redeem if you do not know who He is.
AMR