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CHARM is DECEPTIVE, and BEAUTY is FLEETING, but a woman who FEARS the LORD is to be PRAISED . Proverbs 31:30
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CHARM is DECEPTIVE, and BEAUTY is FLEETING, but a woman who FEARS the LORD is to be PRAISED . Proverbs 31:30
WARNING: Do not put your trust in me, I am human, I will Fail you...
TRUST IN THE LORD...
Isaiah 55: 8 & 9 says;
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts".
Isaiah 55: 8 & 9 says;
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts".
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~Eternal life is a free gift~
Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~You can not earn a place into heaven, it is a gift~
Ephesians 2:8-9; 8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
~We do not deserve heaven~
Romans 3: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3: 12...there is no one who does good, not even one
James 2: 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
~You can not save yourself~
Titus 3: 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy
~God is just-He must punish sin~
2 Peter 3: 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Exodus 34: 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished
Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven~Who is He, and what did He do~
John 1:1,14 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Romans 5: 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Peter 3: 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit
John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
~ Believing is not enough~
James 2: 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that and shudder
~True Faith is, turning from your sins and trusting in Jesus Christ alone for your your eternal salvation~
Acts 4: 12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
John 1: 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name
Acts 16: 31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household
Romans 10: 13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED"
~How do you know, if you have eternal life?~
1 John 5:11-13 11And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~You can not earn a place into heaven, it is a gift~
Ephesians 2:8-9; 8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
~We do not deserve heaven~
Romans 3: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3: 12...there is no one who does good, not even one
James 2: 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
~You can not save yourself~
Titus 3: 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy
~God is just-He must punish sin~
2 Peter 3: 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
Exodus 34: 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished
Romans 6: 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven~Who is He, and what did He do~
John 1:1,14 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Romans 5: 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Peter 3: 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit
John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
~ Believing is not enough~
James 2: 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that and shudder
~True Faith is, turning from your sins and trusting in Jesus Christ alone for your your eternal salvation~
Acts 4: 12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
John 1: 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name
Acts 16: 31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household
Romans 10: 13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED"
~How do you know, if you have eternal life?~
1 John 5:11-13 11And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
~My hope and prayer is that anyone who reads this and is not sure of where they will spend eternity, will look over these verses, and I pray that their hearts will be opened to the power of the Gospel~
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OK, now we can have a good discussion... I like this atmosphere much better, LOL! First, can you define what you mean by "legalistic?" For a lot of people this is a negative word that carries the idea of a person trying to be saved by works rather that by the sacrifice of Christ. So it is hard to assign that label to Christ Himself. So could you clarify just a little, so that we know exactly what you're asking?
My "quick" answer~ someone who follows the law.
But because I am not a dictionary, I looked it up at dictionary.com...
–noun
1.strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, esp. to the letter rather than the spirit.
2.Theology.
a.the doctrine that salvation is gained through good works.
b.the judging of conduct in terms of adherence to precise laws.
Hey, you are suppose to be answering the question, not asking questions!
Quick answer to your quick answer: Jesus kept the law. Well, more accurately, He always did the will of the Father.
Heb 10:7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’
Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” (And many others that I'm sure you know.)
When Jesus walked the earth, he did not keep all of the OT laws, at least not the way that the people of that day interpreted them. When He was accused of not keeping the law, He did not necessarily always question their interpretation, but rather just gave the idea that He was the Lord of it all.
Heals on the Sabbath: Matthew 12:9-14, Luke 13:10-17
Work on the Sabbath: Matt 12:1-8
Touches a leper: (laws are in Lev 13.) Luke 5:12-16
Jesus not only broke these laws in their eyes, but allowed others to do so, in the case of picking food to eat on the Sabbath.
All of this (this is part of the long answer, not the short:) to say that I think "keeping the law" is a very sketchy subject. It is always interpreted differently by different people. Even in the case of Jesus there are those (few) Christians that would say that Jesus didn't keep the law perfectly because of instances like what I just mentioned.
I prefer to say that Jesus pleased the Father and calls on us to do the same. The life-long mission is to find out what that means! For me, the quickest way is to meditate on what Jesus said about the law here,
Matt:22"37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Now, the life-long mission becomes, what does true love of God and neighbor look like?
Also, I will say that it was the "rule-keepers" of His day that hated Him, and that He had the sharpest rebukes for. It was the licentious ones or the "filthy" sinners that He spent most of His time with, and who probably were the bulk of His followers. Tax collectors, prostitutes, etc. Of course, they were not allowed, nor did they desire, to stay in those lifestyles after being touched by Jesus. But I don't think He advised them to become like the "rule-keeper" Pharisees, either.
OK, so I didn't really answer the question, because I can't, AND because I am wrestling with these very issues myself! But those are some of my thoughts. I am anxiously awaiting your insights, and any others who decide to join in!
Read it, but do not wait too anxiously for my response, I am still waiting to hear from others first, but glad you responded, it is nice to know where your thoughts are, especially when I could be misunderstanding things that have been said.
If He is the word/law.... How can He be legalistic. Have a friend over, it nwas his question... I loved it :o)
Jenny~ I like that!
Anyways just a quick note to let you all know that I plan on giving my thoughts, but have been consumed with many forms of business, and I can not be on here long, Cleyo calls for my attention, but hopefully I can come on here tomorrow and share my thoughts, well not really mine, I tend to get my thoughts from someone else's thoughts that I believe match up with scripture the best.
Anyone get that? Tired or too much sugar today, lol!
NO! That is my answer!
HaHa! So I think I am funny!
Anyways.............
I do have something to say, not much, because in NO way do I think that I have a gift of teaching. I am just a girl, trying to know my God better, so that I can be more like Christ. So If I say something that you do not agree with, or comes out wrong, please pray for me, that God would speak Truth to me, and that I would be sensitive to listen to it.
Well, I was going to put my thoughts here, but I am going to just write a whole new post, that will be easier to read maybe?
Anyways, check back in a little while, and if you have further thoughts that you would like to add, or something else to share, please do so.
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