Not exact matches
Well if you're not serving Jesus then you're
working for the devil who cares for no one, but there's still time for you to serve the lord and shun the devil,
give your
life to Christ my friend and receive
eternal life don't be blinded by Satan and say that Jesus is not real, he is real and you know he «s real, deep down inside you know he exists, and the bible proves it know matter how you try to deny it.
The bottom line is that the holiness we need comes not from our own
works, but from Jesus Christ Himself, who
gives it to us freely when we believe in Him for
eternal life.
Ro 2 6 He will render to each one according to his
works: 7 to those who by patience in well - doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will
give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self - seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
«Do not
work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to
eternal life, which the Son of Man will
give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.»
And while we would hope and expect that people who have
eternal life will
live lives of increasing holiness and obedience, the fact that God has
given us freedom means that a
life of good
works is not guaranteed.
1) that
eternal life given on the basis of faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from
works; 2) that
eternal security is part of the gift of
eternal life; 3) that assurance of salvation is through faith in Christ's promise of
eternal life, and not by looking at one's own
works 4) Christians can apostatize in this
life, and are still eternally secure 5)
eternal rewards are earned by faithful
works, and lost by unfaithfulness 6) unlimited atonement 7) free - will to respond to God's drawing or not
Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he
gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are
given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the
work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King,
living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's
eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41
The benefits are: God's mercy is communicated in a tangible way; Reconciliation with God; Personal encounter with Christ; Divine
life is restored in our soul; Grace is
given; Confession reminds us of the price of sin; The profits of penance; Remission of
eternal punishment; Temporal punishment can be diminished; Merit and virtue restored; Makes our prayers and
works more efficacious; We benefit from the priest's prayers and penance; More fruitful participation in other sacraments; Sacrament of healing; Strengthens our faith; Cultivates hope; Increases charity; Fosters growth in humility and in self - knowledge; Helps to form our conscience; Brings psychological benefits; Prevents us from falling into more serious sins; Improves our prayer
life; Source of spiritual direction; Helps us becomesaints.
Don't fall into CNN or Fox Network lies, they don't care about God or your
eternal salvation, just posting something so Ungodly like this is so Bad, (listen... Get close to Christ the redeemer of mankind) don't get into foolish arguments like this, Hollywood and all media is just the tipping point of the iceberg of something more evil happening, and to believers: get your doctrine straight and don't defend the
works of this man (Stephen King) he is not
giving glory to God with his
live and
work, there's many men of God that need your support that really
give glory to God.
Which message is more dangerous: «God
gives eternal life to anyone who simply believes in Jesus for it» OR «God
gives eternal life to those who turn from sin, obey God, and
live a
life of ongoing good
works»?
If you think Jesus is a good man, a good teacher, or even the son of God, but you deny that He is the only
eternal Life Giver, the only Messiah Savior who
gives you EVERLASTING
Life, you are L O S T. Millions of professing Christians are LOST because they think its Jesus plus good
works, water baptism, and / or other beliefs.
We may not gain
eternal life by
works but God
gives eternal life to those who do good.
Through the death and resurrection of that Son, God wiped out our sinful past, joined us to himself in an everlasting and unbreakable covenant,
gave us instructions about how to
live until his Son comes again to set up his rule over all the earth, and promised, to all who trust his ways and
work,
eternal life and joy in his kingdom which will have no end.
Martin it is not by
works that we are saved but by grace that none should boast.
Works do not get us us closer to God but good
works come from a heart that loves God and desires to please him.John 3:16 is clear if we believe in Jesus Christ we shall have
eternal life it is based not on what we do or have done but by the grace of God that has been poured out upon us because of Jesus Christ.God always
gives us assurances or promises the condition to receive
eternal life is to believe in Jesus Christ as the one who has saved from our sin.Personally i believe that the continued walk will determine our reward from the Lord again its not based on our effort but a trust or faith in God.This does not effect the gift of
eternal life through Jesus Christ.
It would technically allow
eternal life, should we have infinite «replacement parts»; the challenge is making sure all these «parts»
work together and we have the «least» amount of «repairing» going on to try to minimize «excessive invasion of the body with «Replacements» and end up «messing» things up (like a failed surgery procedure after than 100th one... there is this risk) OncoSENS - Stopping Cancer at the Starting Line (That is Extremely impressive, it will save so many
lives, nothing more to add; and, perhaps one more thing, it will slow epigenetic aging of Already cancer patients
giving them hope to at least post pone it should it fail at eradicating it.)