It is by Grace through faith that You have been saved. It is a gift from GOD. It is not through works. It is not by works or failures. We are all sinners... and sinners sin.
That is one of satans tools against us if we are defeated and think we have lost our Salvation how can we be a witness to others. JESUS Blood covers all our sin and, all sin that is confessed is forgotten by GOD and not remembered any more. In HIS Love always. ken :shade:
if you keep sinning you are powerless and worse useless and the enemy has made you useless, because you can't tell anyone how to get FREE.
so
I WILL DISAGREE with you!
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PARABLE OF THE 10 VIRGINS.. IT WASN'T 5 street walkers and certainly not 10 hookers .
or
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS, God got his coin back, was the man saved? his coin/deposit / down payment was saved though .. oh but he was afraid and was a coward soi he just went and hid his life in the darkness of his own yard.
he was given life and He created no MORE life with the deposit he was given.. so who gets into the new Jerusalem in rev? sorry ! cowards do not get in.. cowards do not "overcome" anything. even ones who got a eternal 'life' deposits.
and what about the ones who " cast out demons in his name" they sure thought they crossed all the T's right and dotted all the I's on that contract too.. and said all the right prayers, but he sure does turn them away ..
or the parables of the seeds cast on good and bad soils..and about and the weeds and hard soil and the birds and such, you aren't saved by saying a prayer .. but only by the kingdom taking root in your being ! very deep roots!
so if there was no fruit of the marriage was there is marriage? two people going to the same building once a week does not a marriage make.
or what about the laws, like harvest laws of like 30, 60 and 100 fold.
if the enemy keeps you reaping only 30 fold because the father can't give you higher % because most of your crop is bad fruits/seeds and by his grace to you, you can only get 30 % bad seed crops that you have sown .. at 30 % you are losing ground every harvest at 30 % . it will catch up sooner or later and you wont have a farm and will have to sell it to the highest bidder. but yes 30 % might be better than nothing for short " bad times" but it won't be a life style option. but you all better be striving for more faithfulness than only 30 % good or bad from the crops we all sow.
60 % then you are a least slowing increasing your harvest and your seeds to over winter and to have good food to eat and share and live... this comes when you are more faithful than not faithful .
100? fold crop is when he does it all for you. and He can and will only do this when you aren't reaping giant crops of bad seeds you have sown along with his good seed .
oh yes dear the enemy sure does make you ineffective as a christian because of SIN.. real sin.. not cultural stuff. reaping the consequences of your actions he does not forgive those and consequences sure does stifle a christian .. consequences of sin sure will stop you in your tracts and will make you a ineffective christian.
oh
and what about this verse?
Hebrews 6:6 no one has the right to re-crucify him!
where is that line where there is no more room for repentance anyway ? I hope we never find out. and will the one who is hard as ice from playing with sin and death , do they even try and repent? or maybe they will just demand his forgiveness ?
or maybe they are judging GOD as to what is ' loving' and what a "loving god" would and would won't do.
I suggest all of these might be some very shaky ground they are standing on.
I believe that "who so ever will", does! and if you dont' you didn't mean it to start with.. thus your not saved and were not saved and will not be saved.
We are not a "who so ever will" if we won't and don't .
The deal is make him lord/ husband/ last word in our life.. and that is the only deal He is offering.
