Posted on 12/06/2015 11:04:51 AM PST by daniel1212
True, as one sin makes you a damned law-breaker, though the degree of punishment is in accordance with their degree of accountability. (Mt. 25:41,46; Lk. 10:13-15, 12:47,48; Rev. 20:11-15)
Many more can be added. But to ours also. 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 John 4:10)
Just where is that taught?
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:12)
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: (Romans 2:5-6)
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (Ezekiel 18:20)
Obedience to His Word manifests a type of faith in Him, but obedience in the sake of performing a good work to obtain salvation doesn’t exhibit a saving faith, but instead attempts to make God a debtor. It’s been said, it only takes a smidgeon more faith than no faith at all, to have saving faith. It is only as difficult as we make it, because we perform absolutely no work in exercising faith in Him.
There is no merit in exercising faith in the risen Lord Jesus to save us on His expense and "credit," Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (Romans 3:25)
Man could not and would not believe on the Lord Jesus or follow Him unless God gave him life, and breath, and all good things he has, (Acts 17:25) and convicted him, (Jn. 16:8) drew him, (Jn. 6:44; 12:32) opened his heart, (Acts 16:14) and granted repentance (Acts 11:18) and gave faith, (Eph. 2:8,9) and then worked in him both to will and to do of His good pleasure the works He commands them to do. (Phil. 2:13; Eph. 2:10)
Thus man owes to God all things, and while he is guilty and rightly damned for resisting God contrary to the level of grace given him, (Prov. 1:20-31; Lk. 10:13; 12:48; Rv. 20:11-15) man can not claim he actually deserves anything, and God does not owe him anything but damnation, except that under grace — which denotes unmerited favor — God has chosen to reward faith, (Heb. 10:35) in recognition of its effects.
Which means that God justifies man without the merit of any works, which is what Romans 4:1-7ff teaches, with “works of the law†including all systems of justification by merit of works, “for, if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.†(Galatians 3:21)
Thus the penitent publican and the contrite criminal, both of whom abased themselves as damned and destitute sinner and cast all their faith upon the mercy of God (which ultimately is Christ), were justified, and as such could go directly to be with the Lord at death, even before they did any manifest works of faith. But works justify one as being a believer, and fit to be rewarded under grace for such, (Mt. 25:30-40; Rv. 3:4) though only because God has decided to reward man for what God Himself is actually to be credited for. /p>
And as long as one remains a believer he is saved, thus God works to bring wayward brethren to repentance, lest they be condemned with the world, (1Co. 11:32) and warns against having an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God, and drawing back into perdition. (Heb. 3:12; 10:38,39)
You are not damned for what you’ve never heard of, but for sinning contrary to what you did know, which as said, is in essence rejecting Christ, "the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.' (John 1:9).
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) (Romans 2:14-15)
Paul indicts the Jews in that chapter of being sinners in breaking the express revelation of God's will, that being the Law, while in the previous chapter he indicted Gentiles because
when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (Romans 1:21)
Even if they were not given the level of grace by which they came to personally "know" the Lord at true children of Him, yet they are justly damned for sinning, in accordance to the level of grace given them. (Mt. 25:41,46; Lk. 10:13-15, 12:47,48; Rev. 20:11-15)
It is true that some souls realize a greater degree of grace than others, both the loss and the redeemed, however, God is not obligated to give any grace, which would a contradiction of the term, nor souls damned for what someone else did ( De 24:16; 1Ki 14:13; 2Ki 14:6; 22:18-20; 2Ch 25:4 Jer 31:29,30) or for what they could not do (except if such was a consequence of their sin.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things . (Romans 2:2)
That God provide more life boats to some than others is not unjust, as He need not send any, and yet is free to be as gracious as He judges is best.
Phew!
I’m only gonna do 41 thru 99 from now on!
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Didn't you people learn ANYTHING from the smoke of SODOM?
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dear dan,
YA’S MISSED THE FREAKIN’ POINT, KID!!
re:
“IF ‘sedition’ is a sin, baby, the American people are gonna be doin’ a whole lot of it, “
Meaning, that if sedition is a ‘sin’, which I have never heard used in a christian manner, but I have heard a whole lot about since the mulatto queer-in-charge was elected, the American people are about to commit a whole lot of sedition against “his-so-=called-self-appointed-royal arsch”!
Absurd.
Literally, "guilty all" as there is no "of" or "it" in the Greek, and is either saying that such is guilty of sin as all law-breakers are, or it is using hyperbole, as in "the world is gone after him" in Jn. 12:19.
Most commentators hold that he is using a form of rabbinical speech, in which the law was considered to be a whole, thus like as persecuting one member of the body of Christ can be said to be persecuting all, so one who breaks the least of the commandments is in this sense guilty of all.
But while one trespass renders one a guilty law-breaker like all the rest re, yet in the strict judicial sense Ja. 2:10 cannot be teaching that one is personally culpable of breaking every single law, as this would be contrary to God's own teaching on His jurisprudence.
For rather than an having a lost mother whose sins (love of which keeps her in unbelief) are petty selfishness, smoking and occasional over eating being as guilty of sins as Stalin and suffering the same , God punishes sins according to light and grace given (thus "greater damnation" for the Pharisees, and believers are also most accountable) and that kind of sins committed ("least of this commandments", versus the greatest).
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. (Luke 10:13)
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrews 10:26-27)
Newsweek is a publisher of sin.
Which warrants asking for an explanation.
I am so screwed.
” PROFANITY - irreverence or being contemptuous toward what God calls holy, sanctified, in word or deed.”
Well, that’s a relief. I’ve referred to Obama with some profanity lately.
So by what John or someone else has written means that every man or woman cannot reject or accept Jesus as a savior but every “person” will be saved that lighteth every man in the world. So being omniscient, he knows how much grace to give or give none at all but having some sin and some grace still condemns us to hell. Does God tell us how much grace or how much sin will be in our lives? Will he balance it like Ma’at did using a “feather” weighing whether a person will go to Aaru leading a virtuous life or the heart being eaten by Ammit and the body condemned to Duat. If God already knows that we are sinners through “Original Sin” and are subject to his whims of grace and sin, then why should we worship and love him as a father, when he holds our lives in his hands. I would rather be sent into oblivion and not know than be with a capricious God who subjects his creation to eternal damnation in heaven or hell. The Bible has a contradiction in it that tells me that God will look after me and keep me from sin but other parts tell me that He might look after me or He might send me to hell. Even if I am the most righteous man I may go to hell, I mean look what Job had to go through when God made a deal with Satan and worked with Satan to bring Job down. Capricious. So which is it?
P.S.
There were other religions that taught the very same things you are mentioning in the Bible. You may need to open your mind that there are other possibilities on this earth that are not REVEALED but observed and recorded for posterity and benefit.
P.P.S.
I am a Deist and very moral, I don’t like homosexuality and abortion is an abomination. I think a man and woman should be married for as long as they can. I think you need to work to make your own way in life and provide for your family. We only need to help people up not out. I think this world is due for a wake up call and get our head out of our butt.
Peace out.
Right. From conception, one is headed to hell.
It is only when one accepts the work of Jesus Christ that the fact changes.
Trust him now, sinner. God loves you and wants to be reconciled with you. He sent His Son to do what you can’t. Only Jesus Christ was born without the condemnation that the rest of us received from our fathers.
Be reconciled now. Receive forgiveness. Your life will be transformed and you will have eternal life.
This is the day. Don’t wait.
Thanks.
Would be easier to say “If it is fun then don’t do it”.
Well I’m going to hell as I do about 11 of those things but to be fair about half apply to me vis a vie Muslims. The other half, well I ain’t sorry for but I’m not a Christian anyway. /trolling
NOW you've done it!
You've just got a lot of FR Christians PRAYING for you; much to the chagrin of that fella that's saying prayer is useless.
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