Is it Christmas? Ho Ho, you sleigh me!
This is particularly funny because I believe it was I who came up with “drive by bigotry”
I’m flying out of town in a bit, but will be back tomorrow. If you care to deny these “snippets” as you call them, let’s go at them one at a time. To make it easier for you, I will concede that we can just look at the NT references, as you will say it supersedes the OT anyway.
I am not afraid of the word of God, and I will defend His word. Let's look at all these deeply and discuss them in length. You have all mocked me and questioned my integrity, and I will not stand by idle. So, if you accept, let’s start one by one. I'll go first, with the Matthew reference. Also, here is the entire list again. Every reference, in it’s entire context.
Matt. 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Now, what about that is out of context. What does Righteousness mean to you? Compare with this?
Cor. 15: 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not.
Now, I'll let you move on to the next one, Matt. 5:16 ___________________________________________________________________
Matt. 5: 6 they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Matt. 5: 16 that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father.
Matt. 7: 12 whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.
Matt. 7: 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Matt. 13: 23 received seed into the good ground . . . beareth fruit.
Matt. 16: 27 (1 Cor. 3: 8; Alma 9: 27-28; D&C 138: 59) shall reward every man according to his works.
Matt. 25: 40 as ye have done it unto one of the least of these . . . ye have done it unto me.
John 3: 21 he that doeth truth cometh to the light.
John 8: 39 If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
John 9: 4 I must work the works of him that sent me.
Acts 10: 35 he that . . . worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Rom. 2: 13 doers of the law shall be justified.
2 Cor. 5: 10 receive . . . according to that he hath done.
Gal. 6: 4 let every man prove his own work.
Gal. 6: 7 whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Eph. 2: 10 created in Christ Jesus unto good works.
Eph. 5: 9 fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness.
2 Tim. 3: 17 perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Titus 3: 8 be careful to maintain good works.
Heb. 13: 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will.
James 1: 22 be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.
James 1: 27 Pure religion . . . is this, To visit the fatherless.
James 2: 22 by works was faith made perfect.
James 2: 26 faith without works is dead.
James 4: 17 him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not.
1 Pet. 1: 17 (Rev. 20: 12-13; 1 Ne. 15: 32; Mosiah 3: 24; Alma 33: 22; D&C 19: 3; D&C 76: 111; D&C 137: 9) Father . . . judgeth according to every man’s work.
1 Pet. 2: 12 your good works . . . glorify God.
2 Pet. 1: 5 add to your faith virtue.
1 Jn. 3: 18 let us not love in word . . . but in deed.
1 Jn. 3: 22 we receive of him, because we keep his commandments.
Rev. 22: 14 blessed are they that do his commandments.
But this would be a very slim percentage.
Most of us hang around to do battle man-to-man; High Noon style.