Posted on 04/19/2015 4:50:36 PM PDT by wmfights
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Yes. I do believe.
Matthew 7:21”Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23”And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’
It's so simple we confuse ourselves making it complex.
Are you saying that for your sins to be forgiven you must do the "right" good works?
Amen!
They were rattling off works, or their filthy rags as the reason for their salvation.
Not once do they claim to have had faith.
And Jesus condemns them as "workers of lawlessness," not as "unbelieving".
Acts 2:44 describes what believers did in order to be in that chosen category. John 3:36 includes the necessity of obedience in order to please God. Also Acts 6:7; Romans 1:5; 16:26.
In Matthew 26:28, Jesus connected His “blood” to “remission of sin.” Peter used the same Greek word for “remission of sin” connected to the necessity for repentance and immersion on the part of those who “were pricked in their hearts” in Acts 2:36-38. The Lord added those who followed these instructions “to His people” per Acts 2:47. In Acts 20:28, Paul declared that the church was purchased by “the blood of Christ.”
The basic article mentioned Acts 16:31. It is worthwhile to meditate on verses 32-34, also.
I am not a kind person, I am not a forgiving person, I have done some truly bad things in my life , I have done some things that others might call good.
I am not in any position to judge whether I have done good or bad in my life, I do not strive for perfection because I know it is beyond me.
In 1973 I had to call for protection against that which I could not overcome by myself.
For some reason that I still cannot understand, the Lord Jesus came to my aid.
He took me out of the darkness and brought me into the Light, He dispelled the darkness and gave me the hope and belief that even someone like me could be of some small use.
I still don’t understand why (I have done some bad things and some good things since), perhaps it just is not in me to truly understand. Why did He risk Himself to save somebody like me. I certainly did not deserve it; still don’t think I do.
There is one thing I do know, without reservation; Jesus is always with us and for some reason will never leave us.
Yes; prayers and pleas.
OTOH, I have had my own reasons to know, for sure, that Jesus is there...along with His father. Took being at the end of my rope...but, whatever... He was there when He knew He needed to be.
Thank you for the ping very interesting article.
You must be resting on the one who did do the "right good works" - our Lord Jesus.
If anyone is counting on their own righteousness and good works - they don't get it, nor understand that their best works are but filthy rags in the sight of God.
We are saved by good works -- the good works of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
No works are necessary for salvation:Ephesians 2:8 For 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. See also Galatians 2:16.
God’s laws for all but those mosaic laws relating to earning salvation (which included the requirement to do works), are still in force. Jesus fulfilled all the works’ etc requirements for salvation with his sacrifice. Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
However, it is the new person, born-again (2 Corinthians 5:17) who wants to please God so we do charity etc, out of love. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
Does that answer your question?
They were trusting in their own works, not the perfect work of Jesus.
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