Heb 6:4-6 or in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
Heb 10:26-30 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY " And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Matt 7:21-23 "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. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
1 Cor 6:9-19 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19-21 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not (AP)inherit the kingdom of God.
Rev 6:1416 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
I could go on and on but I think I made the point.. Bless you brother for pointing out the important truth. It is a call to repentance!
No. Do you know that God made a new set for Moses to present to the people? This seems to point to the fact that He meant exactly what He wrote in the first ones. Exodus 34 The New Stone Tablets 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Actualy nothing can Guarantee us salvation but God expects us to try the best we can.
(Zephaniah 2:3) 3 seek Jehovah, all YOU meek ones of the earth, who have practiced His own judicial decision. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably YOU may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.
(Matthew 10:22) . . .but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.
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If you would like to know more about this and other themes, next time Jehovah's Witness come to your door, ask them for a free Bible study at your convenience. You will never regret all the knowledge you will acquire and remember that what you do with that knowledge is your choice.
Absolutely. While salvation is promised to those who exercise faith in Christ Jesus' ransom sacrifice and obey his commandments, it is not something we earn. It is a free gift from Jehovah God.
John 3:16 - “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."
John 17:3 - "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."
Matt. 7:21-23 - “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."
Rom. 3:23, 24 - "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and it is as a free gift that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus."
The answer to your question is summed up well in Romans 6:23, which says:
"For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord."
On the contrary, if you could keep all of his commandments, you could earn salvation. The problem is that if you've broken one, you've already failed. And I've never met a person who could go one day without thinking or doing something contrary to the things of God.
No. Keeping the commandments and more importantly the spirit in which they're intended would save us but it's never going to happen because we can't do it without God's help.
You are right! Then I wonder if you mean the 10 Commandments or the entire Old Testament law. You know what else my God although it hurts when I sin or break a commandment is forgiving of me.
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Yes I will.
Plain as the nose on our face.
Heb 6:4-6 or in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
Heb 10:26-30 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY " And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE."
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Matt 7:21-23 "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. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
1 Cor 6:9-19 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19-21 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not (AP)inherit the kingdom of God.
Rev 6:1416 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
I could go on and on but I think I made the point.. Bless you brother for pointing out the important truth. It is a call to repentance!
Jesus said: If you love Me, keep My commandments. [ John 14:15].
Salvation: Ephesians 2:8-9 clearly dispels the notion that salvation is in any sense ''of ourselves,'' but declares that salvation is the gift of God.
We can never earn our salvation, it is a gift that one must accept by faith in Jesus' sacrifice for our sins on Calvary's Cross.
Romans 6:23; it is ''the wages of sin is death,''
Here Paul is saying that sin results in death.
The currency for sin is eternal death, meaning eternal separation from God.
But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
No. Do you know that God made a new set for Moses to present to the people? This seems to point to the fact that He meant exactly what He wrote in the first ones. Exodus 34 The New Stone Tablets 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Actualy nothing can Guarantee us salvation but God expects us to try the best we can.
(Zephaniah 2:3) 3 seek Jehovah, all YOU meek ones of the earth, who have practiced His own judicial decision. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. Probably YOU may be concealed in the day of Jehovah’s anger.
(Matthew 10:22) . . .but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.
===========================
If you would like to know more about this and other themes, next time Jehovah's Witness come to your door, ask them for a free Bible study at your convenience. You will never regret all the knowledge you will acquire and remember that what you do with that knowledge is your choice.
Knowledge + Application = Wisdom
Absolutely. While salvation is promised to those who exercise faith in Christ Jesus' ransom sacrifice and obey his commandments, it is not something we earn. It is a free gift from Jehovah God.
John 3:16 - “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."
John 17:3 - "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ."
Matt. 7:21-23 - “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."
Rom. 3:23, 24 - "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and it is as a free gift that they are being declared righteous by his undeserved kindness through the release by the ransom paid by Christ Jesus."
The answer to your question is summed up well in Romans 6:23, which says:
"For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord."
On the contrary, if you could keep all of his commandments, you could earn salvation. The problem is that if you've broken one, you've already failed. And I've never met a person who could go one day without thinking or doing something contrary to the things of God.
Death isn't earned. Death comes one to a customer - and everyone gets one in the end.
No. Keeping the commandments and more importantly the spirit in which they're intended would save us but it's never going to happen because we can't do it without God's help.
You are right! Then I wonder if you mean the 10 Commandments or the entire Old Testament law. You know what else my God although it hurts when I sin or break a commandment is forgiving of me.
If by death you mean hell then yes. Unless of course you have been saved by the blood of Jesus, then no.