The Word of God ,or His commandments written on the hearts of those who love Him are the standard by which all men shall be judged ,, Many say I am under the blood ,I am saved by Grace but they love to misquote Paul ,and totally ignore Christ Who says 120 times in the New Testament Keep my Commandments ,,but the church of today teach's that is works Paul settled that ,,all things are lawful for me ,but is it good for me to do ? Faith without works is dead ,works without faith is dead
And to teach Gods law ended at the cross when Christ made it clear heaven and earth would pass away before that would happen
He was told His mother and brothers were there to see Him and He asked "who is my mother ,my brothers "? "they who do the will of the Father "
John went one step further ,,when He said 1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Now I know people neglect to understand this is also part of the prophecy that exposes the beast who will force by law the children of God to choose a side ,the seal of God or the mark of the beast
Who will not be allowed into the holy city ?
Rev 22 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, [b]and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.[/b]
I was rebuked recently and told blessed and saved are not the same thing ,,I will let him work that out with God he should study more and do less rebuking
Gods law is my standard ,,if I stumble I have an advocate who reads the intentions of my heat know my godly sorrow when I repent is real ,,and I am as if I never sinned
There is not apples and oranges with God ,Gray area's , You are either hot or cold ,,,,God hates Luke Warm
@puck61 Actually I do my best to live every single one of the commandments as if I say I love God and I don't ,that makes me a liar ,,do I fall short ,yes I do but I also repent when I know I have done something to displease Him ,He is my advocate ,not my Mom who made excuses for me
I put myself out there for a reason ,, If you see sin in me ,so does my Father ,,I do care of you see me as a hypocrite ,but you are not the one judging the intent of my heart ,,He is
Paul is commonly misquoted a and for good reason Things he said to one church ,but something else to another are where the pick and choose comes in and becomes a problem When he was speaking to Rome ,at the time he seen no major problems ,,where others he seen no growth and he rebuked them ,,do you not remember he left Timothy and Silas behind ? This is from the reformation Bible ,,maybe it can help you better understand And I do not think myself anything I am but filthy rags without Him I was a preacher that God called out and told me I opposed him ,,I taught this very same stuff everyone here thinks they are teaching me ,,most of these verses I quote from the hear ,,,I spent 7 years every waking moment in study when I was not in study I was teaching ,,when I was not teaching I was preaching ,,and God said it was all in vain I was not born again ,,it was all book knowledge ,, The way I handled it opposed Him ,,,and His law did not end at the cross ,,He proved it can be lived out by a man He has no more then we do ,,He called on God ,,we are suppose to have Him living inside us
@puck61 I think when you are actually are born again You will not need man made words to figure it out You will go to the throne of Grace and ask the author to tell you what He thinks ,and you won't lean to your own understanding anymore , I like speaking with Atheist ,most know the Bible better then Christians ,,but they also show me where I am lacking As far as how I testify ,God shows me where I need work and when I overcome one thing ,He shows me something new to work on ,,,On the day I speak the last call for Him (not just me ,all the members of the body will all have the same message) He will put the word in our mouth so no one will doubt who is speaking ,so we are not to try and rehearse any of that . but as to men judging my fruit ,, If they see holes in my armor ,so does satan when we lean to what God says our morality is sharpened and our opinion or Objectivity no longer matters
My Gay friends (who choose to keep being my friend even when I say things out of love they don't like )say to me Brother Rick you are so close minded ,do you not think God evolves with the times ? NO I DON'T ,He knows the beginning to the end and if you study His prophets will prove that to you . He is the same Yesterday ,Today ,and Forever
If He is a righteous and Holy God ,and He has ever struck one person down ,told Moses to stone them ,marked them and cut them off from His people ,,He is no respecter of persons Grace is not giving you a free pass to be allowed to do the things He killed them for ,,Grace is mercy that its being deferred ,,You are being given a chance to repent ,,that is your Grace Period ,,He is waiting until the Day of the Lord to separate the wheat from the Chaff And if you are not converted ,choose to remain carnal You are not the bride ,,the bride is New Jerusalem His who have been Redeemed from a world of sin no matter if they were born a Jew or a Gentile ,now they will all be the same ,, who washed their garments in the blood of the lamb Who kept the Commandments of God ,and the faith in Christ
