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So, it's by your works that you saved, not Christ's. Having in oneself is the basis for their salvation, correct?Eph 2:8 whose faith?
When were you saved?
So, it's by your works that you saved, not Christ's. Having in oneself is the basis for their salvation, correct?Eph 2:8 whose faith?
When were you saved?
It would depend on how much grace? I would think enough grace to pay the full wage of salvation .is enough to avoid Limbo or purgatory the doctrine of lying wondering. sufferings, sufferings wondering .Ariel said if it be by grace there can be no reward do you agree?
It is finished” hummmmm! That’s the statement that Jesus the high priest was legislated to say when the powerful father gave words to the Son of man Jesus at the consummation of the Passover the "demonstration or shadow" of the unseen head Christ our husband . the first century reformation The true consummation will come when we receive our new incorruptible bodies.“It is finished” hummmmm! That’s the statement that the high priest is legislated to say at the consummation of the Passover sacrifice!
Christ is the high priest!
He is wearing the seamless garment!
He is the lamb of God! (Jn 1:29)
He is the priest and victim of the new covenant Passover sacrifice!
Propitiatory & atoning Sacrifice of Christ!
Jn 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 Jn 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
The church with Christ continues to offer the Passover sacrifice!
Jn 6: 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
1 cor 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Mal 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Grace is a reward for receiving grace?Eternal life is granted by Jesus, applied when a person believes in HIM ALONE for salvation. By GRACE (alone) you have been saved, THROUGH faith,(aone) and that not of yourselves (or the Catholic church), but is a GIFT (not a reward) of God, that NO ONE (not even the Catholic church) can boast.
The reward is also grace. Do you actually think the most High God, Creator of heaven and earth and all that is in it, God who is holy, holy, holy, ever owes man anything? He owed mankind nothing when He created us, and He still owes us nothing. In your exaltation of the Catholic denomination, you have lost sight of God.
That is what we owe Him, always have since we were created, and always will. We aren't participating in anything. We are resting in the completed work of Christ, and through it, adoption into His family, and our (the believer) pathetic attempt at faithfulness is as obedient children, not a labor for rewards. And as we have been placed in Christ, we have His righteousness counted as ours, just as our sins were counted as His. We are justified through faith, that is, reconciled to God through the forgiveness of our sins. Hey---Jesus already paid for them. No need for popes and priests, and idols, fake apostles, and strutting, puffed up creatures to finish His work, or to make it effectual. Remember what He said on the cross? "It is finished." What do you think that means?
Does God promise and give rewards based on our behavior?At least there would be no boasting on our part.
A blessing for what? Righteousness? Correct behavior or good works?No. I did not. What I said was:
The reward is not something earned or owed us by God, but a blessing.
Yes Christ is the rewarder he paid the full cost of salvation. The fullness of grace His faith or labor of love working n us with us to both hear and empower us to do the will of ChristGrace is a reward for receiving grace?
I thought reward was for doing something correct or righteous
Please explain these verses in light of grace and the reward of grace
Matt 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Jn 3:16 like Mk 16:16 does not say you are saved, but shall be saved in the future Mk 13:13 Matt 24:13 tell you when at the end, if your faithful and die in the state of grace, marked with the sign of faith sealed by the spirit of promise!You left out John 3:16
John 3:36Jn 3:16 like Mk 16:16 does not say you are saved, but shall be saved in the future Mk 13:13 Matt 24:13 tell you when at the end, if your faithful and die in the state of grace, marked with the sign of faith sealed by the spirit of promise!
Not what Jesus says: Lk 10:16Thank you. It is exactly what Scripture says----no need for the Catholic hierarchy and traditions of men. Just Jesus. Glorious Savior.
Christ established the church with her priests and the sacraments of grace, it is His church! Jn 15:5 apart from me you can do nothing and the church is subject to Christ eph 5:24 and it is his truth! “Tradition” or teaching authority of Christ, both scripture and preaching!Then you do not think that the person and work of Jesus in redemption is sufficient. You think God needs man to complete that work. Do you not see how tipsy turvy and arrogant that is? You think God cannot save all by Himself those it is His good pleasure to save. It takes the traditions of men, and rituals, and chants, and incense, and popes and priests. You think He is not capable of justifying by faith alone in Christ alone, those for whom He suffered and died for. He needs also the traditions and rituals and ceremonies of corrupted men to do what He is unable to do. You think He Himself is unable to enlighten the minds with understanding of His word and lead them Himself to the Son of His love, and sanctify them Himself by writing His laws upon their hearts. He needs the traditions, and ceremonies, and rituals of men to make effective His grace.
You think Christ's death was not enough to nail all the sins of HIS people to the cross, paying their penalty in full. You think His grace is distributed not through Christ, the very fountain of grace, whose throne Scripture tells us we may boldly approach, on our own, but through chants and rituals and priests appointed, not by God, but by men. You think your religion is the mediator (along with Mary) between humanity and Jesus, and Jesus then and only then mediates for them with God. You think the cross was not between Jesus and those God was giving Him but was only for the sake of the Catholic religion, that it might become the one who gives to Christ, and not His Father. Do you not see anything utterly perverted about that?
Ahh---Jesus weeps. For the ones the RCC makes twice as desolate as herself----but He also wields a sword.
Why assume “eternal life” means eternal salvation?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
It says you have eternal life....if you have eternal life you can't lose it...or...if you could lose it you never had eternal life.
No not correctSo, it's by your works that you saved, not Christ's. Having in oneself is the basis for their salvation, correct?
Only when our obedience is based on His gracious inworking.Does God promise and give rewards based on our behavior?
Not what Jesus says: Lk 10:16
Matt 28:19 Jn 13:20 Jn 20:21-23
Because that's what eternal life is.Why assume “eternal life” means eternal salvation?
If you say so.It really refers to grace the life of God in us, as Christ shared in our humanity we share in His divinity
Big difference between eternal life and eternal limbo. The wondering sufferings doctrine as a oral tradition of dying mankind.Because that's what eternal life is.
Limbo is nothing more than a dance.Big difference between eternal life and eternal limbo. The wondering sufferings doctrine as a oral tradition of dying mankind.
Yes the wonder dance my feet are suffering when can I rest? . an illusion that there is life after one takes thier last breath of oxygenLimbo is nothing more than a dance.
You aren't teaching christianity.Yes the wonder dance my feet are suffering when can I rest? . an illusion that there is life after one takes thier last breath of oxygen