Posted on 03/19/2018 10:08:27 AM PDT by GregNH
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.”
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That was Old Covenant before Jesus died and rose from the dead which triggered the New Covenant. Jesus was talking to the Jews who thought they could be saved by keeping the law. Much of the beatitudes were meant to flummox the Pharisees to show NO ONE can keep the law and ALL need Jesus.
As prophesied in Joel 2:32, today's' new covenant declares, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" Rom 10:13.
And neither you nor I know for sure who those people are. That's why Romans 2 and elsewhere shows the folly of judging others and to not judge another. They can be as bad as Bad Bob the Albino, but if they've received Jesus they are saved. It's all God's grace.
Obama is a Muslim, balkanizing liberal fascist.His goal was to create a new radical America which is dis-unified and governed by communities of racial and ethnic minority nationalist socialists ( fascists). This has resulted in sanctuary cities, a dis-unified nation, and a DOJ, IRS, and FBI weaponized against America and the Constitution.
Of course Obama was anti Christian and still is, a black power nationalist who was a member of Rev. Ralph Wright’s congregation for twenty years.
Obama and his ilk need to be relegated to the dust bin of history. FULL STOP.
So what is Liberal Fascism?
This is a good read:
“Barrack Obama: The Quintessential Liberal Fascist”
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
Democrats oppose the Bible with every single policy from abortion to welfare.
I’m sure you’ve read Matthew 25:31ff. As you recall, it’s a vivid depiction of the Day of Judgment. The ‘sheep,’ were the ones who had cared for the hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned, sick, etc. The ‘goats,’ had ignored the needs of those around them.
Right, but guess what, YOU are not the judge. You were not called to be the judge, nor are you equipped to be the judge. Let God do that.
In the meantime, be as angry as you want with Obama, but quit judging people and instead, extend the grace of the gospel of Christ to all which IS our calling.
I’m not at all angry with Obama. Not a twinge. I have a profound and passionate desire that he come to know the Lord.
Good for you. That’s the right attitude.
We do not have the same God. We bible-believing Christians worship the living God, the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There is no other.
Jews don't.
Catholics clearly demonstrate their infidelity when they attack and kill the faithful. Historically they demonstrate the truth of 1 John 5:1:
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
...that they are not "born of God."
David Barton is a gem. Read anything he writes.
Obama and his ilk are allowed to exist because "We The People" abandoned our responsibility to decide what is taught in the classroom, and parenting.
It is in-American to blame the plight of an entire country on one idiot. The biggest idiots are us. As soon as we own that, we can recover as a nation by changing the public school system (eliminate Title 4, and funding progressivism).
Sessions is not the worst DJT cabinet choice. Betsy DeVos is. It should have been Larry Arnhart.
We need to get the black and Hispanic votes for the mid-terms. Key among that is education reform and selling the idea that returning to classic American education will produce the next crop of the same mold as Booker T Washington, George Carver, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Frank Peterson Jr., and Alan West.
Well tbh, I wasn’t judging anyone. But it is critically important to understand the Gospel. Absolutely, salvation is a free gift, by grace through faith.
However, we must not give ourselves or others the idea that it all ends with calling on the name of the Lord. Jesus said, ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments.’ James said, ‘Faith without works is dead.’
If I love—agape—you, Obama, or anybody else (and it must be EVERYBODY else) then I want you and them to have the truth. The truth is the full counsel of God, not just one verse in Romans.
When the Scripture says, ‘By their fruit you will know them,’ - that is a true statement. It doesn’t mean that by their fruit we will judge them, but it DOES mean that by their fruit we will know if they’re in spiritual trouble or not. Iow, how can we help those in spiritual jeopardy if we don’t know who they are?
Even though this is OT, the principle still applies. If we know the truth, it is our responsibility to share it:
Ezekiel 3:
18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
19 Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.
When you say Obama is not a Christian, you most certainly are judging him. You may say things like he’s not acting like a Christian or not glorifying the Lord, stuff like that. That’s judging ACTIONS which is fine, which is what the book of James is also all about. But your statements judge the man himself, and that is reserved for God only, not you and I.
You need to familiarize yourself with the New Covenant of grace found in Jer. 31:33, Hebrews 8:10-13; 10:16-17, which has REPLACED the Old Covenant which is declared “old and vanished” (Heb 8:13). The Old Covenant of the law has been replaced by the New Covenant of the gospel of the grace of Christ. Once you’ve received Jesus, God promises never to remember your sins.
Those who try to shoehorn the law back into the gospel of the grace of Christ are in danger of a double curse (Gal. 1:6-9). God is very jealous of the perfect sacrifice of Christ by whose blood we are sanctified , “ONCE FOR ALL” (Heb 10:10). Man never has, cannot now, and never will be able to keep the law. The law was given not to be kept but to show man his need for Christ (Gal. 3:24).
If you want to make this some type of sectarian argument, take it to another thread, I’m not interested.
Which portion of Scripture that I quoted do you reject?
What does the Scripture mean when it says,’ By their fruits you will know them,’?
If it was the Ezekiel passage that set you off, here it is from Acts:
Acts 20:26-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
Read the scriptures I've provided on the doctrine of the gospel of the grace of Christ, then read Romans 3-8 and ALL of Galatians very carefully asking the Holy Spirit for understanding.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Gal. 3:24.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.Eph. 2:8-9.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.Rom. 11:6.
It's all about grace which Peter says is hard to understand and some twist (2 Peter 3;16) and others replace (Jude 4) "to their own destruction". Don't be one of them.
So which Scripture that I had quoted do you reject?
As I said before, if the Ezekiel passage is the one that led you to make false accusations, then forget about it. Paul said the exact same thing in Acts.
Also, please be kind enough to answer the other question. Since you have gone so far with your baseless accusations, the least you can do is explain what you believe God meant, when He said that by their fruit we will know them.
Thank you in advance.
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