http://bibleforums.org/blog.php/16702-stoomart A free online Christian Community. Active, moderated Christian Message Board. en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://bibleforums.org/images/misc/rss.jpg http://bibleforums.org/blog.php/16702-stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2400-So-you-think-you-can-love Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:19:05 GMT So this is pretty sobering, in Mark 11:25-26, Jesus says the following:

"if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."

The first question that may come to mind is "so I thought I was saved by grace, not by having to forgive people". You are correct, forgiveness is a fruit of a true conversion, if you don't have forgiveness for others, I believe you didn't have a true conversion.

Not convinced? Hear what the apostle John has to say in chapter 2 of his first epistle:

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

He only gave us two commandments that summed up the rest: 1) Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2400-So-you-think-you-can-love http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2331-My-will Mon, 03 May 2010 20:17:05 GMT Lord, let me forget about what I want to do, let me focus on what you want and have purposed to do through me by your spirit. Amen Lord, let me forget about what I want to do, let me focus on what you want and have purposed to do through me by your spirit. Amen ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2331-My-will http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2330-The-power-of-the-faithfully-ignorant Sun, 02 May 2010 17:18:00 GMT A lot of evil has been done in the name of Christianity by the hands of hypocrites wielding the faithfully ignorant. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/2330-The-power-of-the-faithfully-ignorant http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1315-Our-works Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:47:43 GMT Just as he rejected Abraham's son Ishmael (the product of the flesh) as heir by referring to Isaac as his "one and only son", God will burn up our works done in the flesh like kindling and reward those done in the spirit with everlasting jewels.

Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anything we do that is not by faith is sin. It is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” Therefore, by faith, His children are being transformed into the image and glory of His one and only son, Christ Jesus. ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1315-Our-works http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1291-Our-righeousness Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:59:36 GMT Righteousness is not looking down on others, it is looking up to God. God has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, by becoming sin for us. By receiving the atoning work of his sacrifice, we become the righteousness of... Righteousness is not looking down on others, it is looking up to God.

God has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, by becoming sin for us. By receiving the atoning work of his sacrifice, we become the righteousness of God, having been made pure and thus able to stand in the presense of a Holy God. ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1291-Our-righeousness http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1276-Times-of-struggles Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:35:34 GMT In times of struggles on every front, we must choose to walk by faith and not sight, for "we know that all things work together for good to them that love God"

"look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." ]]> stoomart http://bibleforums.org/entry.php/1276-Times-of-struggles