Just what it says. All the polls posted by ProjectPeter ... are they to please God FOR our salvation, or are they outpourings of fruit BECAUSE of our salvation?
In order to DO good works
Because we do good works
Monergist
Just what it says. All the polls posted by ProjectPeter ... are they to please God FOR our salvation, or are they outpourings of fruit BECAUSE of our salvation?
If we doubt or do not believe that God is gracious to us and is pleased with us, or if we presumptuously expect to please Him only through and after our works, then it is all pure deception, outwardly honoring God, but inwardly setting up self as a false [savior].... (Part X. XI) Excerpts from Martin Luther, Treatise Concerning Good Works (1520).
Veteran
I believe that we cannot do good works for salvation. I also believe that God does not need us. So my good works have nothing to do with salvation or needs. I think that any good work that I do allows me to communicate and feel closer to God in this earthly life. I do think that my Father enjoys it when I help someone.
Grand Master
I say "because of"
honestly, i just believe in being the bset person you can, and not doing it to seek reward.
so even without the biblical aspect, i think it should be "because i have been so blessed, i am able to share this or that or the next thing"
sort of like a pass it on deal
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgements come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9
Coffee Break
The answer to your question is both.
1John4:4 Greater is He
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For we are His workmanship,
created 'in Christ Jesus' unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should 'walk in them.'
Ephesians: 2: 10
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There is not enough good works you can do to warrant salvation .. Christ has 'completed' it.. "it is Finished"...............
He did what we could never do or accomplish...
Living a pure and sinless life in the flesh...and being God's perfect Sacrafice.. the Lamb Slain before the foundation of the world... on that bloody tree..
The good works are a product of our walk 'in Him'... abiding in Him.. an extension of Him... He 'ordains' them and we walk in them thru the Power of the Holy Ghost.. and it even says God ordained them before a person is even Born Again... He 'knows' ahead of time... "before ordained"...
It has to do with God Himself... as His Son works thru His Children... His True Body.. the Body of Christ.. which is 'not divided'.....
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Many appear Righteous and Just because they say 'yes' to Jesus Christ , yet they don't do His Will.
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Verily I say unto thee, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the Kingdom of Heaven before you do.
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The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying. YEA, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with LOVINGKINDESS have I DRAWN THEE.
Jeremiah 31:3
Grace by faith in order to do good works not because of.
2 Peter 1:1-11 Live it!
Since not much of those biblical good works are not being done (they really aren't if we're honest) then what does that say about those "saved?" Hopefully folks will at least ponder that point.
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A.W. Tozer said, "To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience.”
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Coffee Break
Excellent point!
המשיח הגיע בבשר
I thought about choosing "by good works" just because I knew nobody else would..then I thought...what if Jesus showed me this poll on the day of Judgment?
:gulp:
...and you shall live...
The Bible clearly says we are not saved by works (emphasis is mine)
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Eph 2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
1Jn 4:1 NKJV Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1Th 5:21-22 NKJV Test all things; hold fast what is good. (22) Abstain from every form of evil.
Let us not forget that no task is a fruit of the Spirit.
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
You have the fruits of the Spirit in contrast to the acts of the sinful nature in Galatians.
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
Coffee Break
The Bible also says,
Romans 2:5-7 ( KJV ) 5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality,
eternal life:
I think we to determine what works are being referenced.
...and you shall live...
Yes, Jesus said we would know people by their fruits. But the point is, the fruits come second once we are saved. We can't earn our way into heaven.
1Jn 4:1 NKJV Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1Th 5:21-22 NKJV Test all things; hold fast what is good. (22) Abstain from every form of evil.
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The commendment is to : Mk 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.
Action is Go and Do..... because you are saved
Fenris: "There are two ways to shoot an arrow into a bulls-eye You can shoot the arrow into the bulls-eye or you can shoot the arrow and paint the bulls-eye wherever it hits"
Romans 12:19 Don't seek revenge ... give place to God's wrath. For it is written "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord"
Isa. 30:32
And every blow of the rod of punishment, which the Lord will lay on him, will be with the music of tambourines and lyres; And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them
G_d was gracious He has shown favor
What are you willing to die for? Now live for it!
I live here!
If there is no evidence of doing any of those physical good works you mention, does it mean we are not saved? What about these signs that will follow them that believe? Are they to be physically interpreted or spiritually interpreted?
Mr 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mr 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mr 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Mr 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Blessings,
RW
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