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Phoneman777

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That's all fine, swell, and dandy.... BUT reformed theology is still false doctrine because they failed to simply go back to the Word of God for doctrine!

Martin Luther also harbored hatred for Jews in his heart and not only wrote a lot of hateful stuff about the Jews, but he also advocated they be forcibly removed from Germany... that's right, this is where Adolf Hitler learned to hate the Jews is by reading Martin Luther's writings!

In the end the reformers were deceived by satan to reject the whole counsel of God and they taught things not taught in God's Word and not taught by the early church.
Can you find me just one sentence where Luther said he "harbored hatred" for Jews?

Oh, you can't? Have you ever considered he didn't hate Jews, but what Jews do?

What Luther harbored was "righteous indignation" against them for murdering our Savior and for claiming in the Talmud that He is "boiling for eternity in excrement" - and for stealing away Christianity's sole claim to the title "Israel of God" - never has such indignation been more justified.
 
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Good point, and this would have to be true since Jesus personally kept the entire law with perfection.
Exactly. I had to stop appealing to the Last Supper as "proof" that Jesus drank booze so I could drink booze too when I found out about this. Sure, our carnal feathers get ruffled sometimes when truth rubs them the wrong way, but if we're gonna be Christians at all, we gotta be all a Christian is: one who follow Truth no matter where it leads.
 

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Can you find me just one sentence where Luther said he "harbored hatred" for Jews?
Can you find me one sentence where the Bible says "Faith ALONE" will get ya into heaven?
Oh, you can't? Have you ever considered he didn't hate Jews, but what Jews do?
Ever think that he DID hate Jews? What did Jews do that was so "hateful"?
What Luther harbored was "righteous indignation" against them for murdering our Savior and for claiming in the Talmud that He is "boiling for eternity in excrement" - and for stealing away Christianity's sole claim to the title "Israel of God" - never has such indignation been more justified.
Oh, stop with Luther. Funny how you guys criticize the Pope, but conveniently forget that your own "god" is Martin Luther.

Yeah. Good luck with that...
 

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Can you find me one sentence where the Bible says "Faith ALONE" will get ya into heaven?
"So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are UNPROFITABLE servants: we have done that which was our duty to do." - Jesus

Any fool knows gain is obtained only by either compensation or donation. If we aren't compensated by "doing all those things which are commanded" then the only thing left is "grace through faith" - faith alone.
Ever think that he DID hate Jews?
Ever think he hated their service to Satan, not them specifically?
What did Jews do that was so "hateful"?
The ancient Jews had Jesus crucified.
The modern "Jews" call Him "the great imposter" and "son of a whore".
Claim the "divinely" granted prerogative to deal truthfully only with fellow Jews.
Jail evangelists in Israel.
Hold prominent positions in the porn/banking/entertainment industry, all engaged in destroying the West.
Attached the U.S.S. Liberty and claimed "they thought it was an enemy ship" despite prominently displayed colors, frantic radio transmissions, etc., and strafed and killed many sailors who jumped overboard.

Just "God's chosen people" stuff, right?
Oh, stop with Luther. Funny how you guys criticize the Pope, but conveniently forget that your own "god" is Martin Luther.
Stop with this nonsense, please. Nobody claims Luther is the leader of Christianity - you catholics accuse others of exactly what you do.
 
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There are no laws, rules or religion for those that are in Christ. To be under the law or subject to it is to under a curse, Galatians 3:10. The law does not make one righteous, the law promotes sin, Romans 7:8. If anything we should be dead to the law and alive to Christ. The Pharisees were law keepers, they all went to hell, see Matthew the 23rd chapter. "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes" Romans 10:4. The reason this is true is because Jesus fulfilled the law and then abolished it, Ephesians 2:15. You are feeding a dead horse.
the pharisees THOUGHT they kept the law . Lets get things right . They thought they kept the law
and yet what DID JESUS say . And yet YOU HAVE NOT KEPT IT . They picked and chose. they taught
and yet THEY DID NOT . lets keep it real . The law of Christ is real . its alive indeed .
Wherein the true agape love of GOD can be seen and lived. PS agape love dont transgress it fullfills .
No lamb justifies itself by the law , but then no lamb would follow any love or idea that trangresses it either .
AND BOY do i think its high time folks learned that .
You see for finding fault with them .................................
For finding fault with them .................
let that sink in a bit .
I see too many rainbow holders and money lovers , and sin pleasers walking about christendom . THEY LOST and IN TOTAL DARKNESS .
Just a friendly reminder to all .
THAT THE SPIRIT worketh that which is NOT WELL PLEASING TO THE FLESH , but rather what PLEASES GOD . AND SIN NEVER HAS
NOR EVER WILL please GOD . ME thinks , me knows many have the love for a lie upon their hearts .
The lie which produced a false liberty , a false freedom , a false unity , a false love , within the hearts of those who sought
that which FUFILLED the desires of their own lustful minds . We be in living in MASSIVE DELUSIONAL DAYS .
And since we all know the world is decieved and in darkness and delusional , THEN KNOW and understand
I SPOKE ABOUT CHRISTENDOM ITSELF . GET IN THAT BIBLE EVERYONE . GET IN IT NOW and forget much of what man has taught .
 
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That's laughable!
View attachment 37709
That's what satan wants people to believe!

In fact, that was satan's message to Adam and Eve... is that one can disobey God and not die spiritually (be separated from Him due to walking in darkness having departed from the Lord to do sin.)

You must have cut these verses out of your bible:

1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not

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.

1 John 1:6
if we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1 John 2:1
I write these things unto you, that ye sin not


We should not be willingly or knowingly doing sinful things... it should be a very rare occasion for a Christians to sin and IF they did it would NOT be a situation where it's something they knew it was sinful and they decided to do it anyway.

Galatians 6:7-8 (see Gen 8:22)
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

God gave man free will... if man chooses to turn and walk away from the Lord, God will let them do so.

Romans 1:28

they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do what ought not to be done

The gifts and callings of God are without repentance which means God cannot violate our free will and save us anyway IF we choose to go back to our sin which is living in darkness. In God there is NO darkness. (1 John 1:5)

This is a major biblical truth the OSAS crowd always explains away or denies is simply this... God is NOT mocked, what we sow is what we reap - if we sow to the flesh we shall of the flesh reap corruption. (Gal 6:7,8)

In Gal 6:8, the word corruption is...

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fthora from G5351; decay, i.e. ruin -- corruption, destroy, perish.

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strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste); properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil or to ruin, by moral influences, to deprave): -- corrupt (self), defile, destroy.

If one claims we DO reap corruption when we sin, then they are admitting they do not believe OSAS / Eternal security doctrine (and sadly many of their friends will forsake them!).... and if one claims we DO NOT reap what we sow, then according to Gal 6:7, that would be mocking God!

Adam and Eve were given eternal life by the Lord when He created them... but when they sinned against God they became corrupt and died spiritually and became separated from God. So Gal 6:7,8 is quite the quandary, quite the state of uncertainty and perplexity for the adherents of OSAS doctrine.

Question is... will you continue being a mocker of God??? View attachment 37710
men will do as men will do , but lambs will do that which is well pleasing to GOD . FOR GOD has sealed the SPIRIT
which instructs them to love that WHICH GOD INSPIRED . A lamb would love the words of GOD and have treasured them
For the SPIRIT of GOD worketh that which is WELL PLEASING TO GOD and not to man upon their hearts .
AND SIN never has been , never will be PLEASING TO GOD .
Yet many follow another spirit , A FLESH FEEDER of their own hearts desire . And have chosen to sit under men
which teach by that spirit that which is pleasing to their flesh . For men love the idea of salvation
but have NO LOVE FOR THE CREATOR who giveth SALVATION . they love not HIS WORDS and thus THEY LOVE NOT HIM .
THEY LOVE NOT HIS WORD , JESUS CHRIST , but sure do love another jesus . a jesus that feeds their own carnal hearts desires
and has given them the delusion of salvation under it . IT CANNOT SAVE . JESUS IS NOT THE MINSTIR OF SIN .
 
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well I dont know about you, but I was born again by the power of the Holy Spirit... but yes you are correct, one cannot come to the Feast unless they have been baptized..

but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Pax et Bonum
One who is truly been born again will never sit under a harlot .
And if they were born again would in time flee the harlot if they sat under her .
For the born again , those who believe in the POWER of GOD which is the gospel of Christ JESUS
have the SPIRIT sealed upon their hearts , upon the innermost parts of their being .
THE SPIRIT feeds them that which is WELL pleasing to GOD .
AND NO SIN PLEASES GOD .
Yet many sit under another love which cometh of the world and is manipulated by satan through the flesh .
They love and boy do they love the idea of salvation and yet , and yet they love NOT the CREATOR WHO GIVETH SALVATION .
The idea they are saved they do love , but HE WHO SAVETH they love not .
And if a man loves not HE WHO SAVES , THEN HE is not born again and is not saved and rather has bought
a lie and loved a lie they THINK saves . He who loveth the flesh is not born again .
He who picks and chooses what teachings of CHRIST , OF GOD , of the apostels to follow and omits other parts
DOES NOT KNOW GOD . they know men who taught them about a god , BUT NOT ABOUT GOD or CHRIST .
Many love a lie and many embrace the father of lies and all the while they believe its TRUTH and GOD they love .
MY ADVICE TO ALL is , GET BACK IN THE BIBLE and simply READ IT FOR YOURSELVES
for many within christendom have sold a lie and lies unto their followers . and many within christendom
have loved to have it so . BUT THIS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD NOT HAVE DONE .
FOR THE SPIRIT of GOD which IS HOLY would have FREED men from darkness and the love of sins
and transgformed their minds and hearts TO LOVE that which is WELL PLEASING TO GOD . AND SIN AINT pleasing to GOD .
Just a friendly reminder to all . MANY decievers do abound and they have infected and infiltrated CHRISTENDOM itself .
But the lambs DONT HEED THEM .
 

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Can you find me just one sentence where Luther said he "harbored hatred" for Jews?

Oh, you can't? Have you ever considered he didn't hate Jews, but what Jews do?

What Luther harbored was "righteous indignation" against them for murdering our Savior and for claiming in the Talmud that He is "boiling for eternity in excrement" - and for stealing away Christianity's sole claim to the title "Israel of God" - never has such indignation been more justified.
Every man woman ever born has been guilty and of the blood of Christ .
Why would a man be so adament to have hatred for any group in his heart .
IT was the UNBELIEVING JEWS and YES UNBELIEVING GENTILES that convinced PILATE to crucify Christ .
I sure dont seem to remember peter or the other jews yelling PUT HIM TO DEATH .
Something ol luther might have forgotten .
It was the unbeliving jews that affected the crowds of both the unbelieving jew and gentile to sway PILATE
to have HIM crucified . I am sure there were present some who had no part in that . I cant imagine
MARY , a jewess , HIS MOTHER crying with the crowd CRUCIFY HIM . No .
Something aint right about some things luther taught . This is not to condmen luther , but rather
to wake us UP to something . you see many men follow certain leaders of the protestant realm
leaders like even CALVIN . CALVIN who was as bad as any POPE that ever ruled . That might piss folks off but its true .
MANY in the protestant camp might have known the dire and deadly dangerous of the HARLOT RCC
and yet the HARLOT still thrived in them . I SEE this all the time .
MY ADVICE . BIBLE TIME and do beware of men , for many decievers do abound and specially in these latter times .
MY DESIRE IS GOOD for all , even for those who hate me most , STILL my desire is good and life for them .
THUS my constant message is , ITS HIGH TIME WE START UNLEARNING things certain men have taught .
GET IN THE BIBLE and let us learn THAT .
 
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Can you find me one sentence where the Bible says "Faith ALONE" will get ya into heaven?

Ever think that he DID hate Jews? What did Jews do that was so "hateful"?

Oh, stop with Luther. Funny how you guys criticize the Pope, but conveniently forget that your own "god" is Martin Luther.

Yeah. Good luck with that...
BIBLE TIME . i sit under none of them . And calvin himself was as bad as the popes themselves .
For though even they came out from under the HARLOT RCC, the HARLOT was still in them .
YE can take the man out of the harlot and yet often the harlot you cannot take out of the man .
ITS TIME WE GOT US IN THAT BIBLE AND VERY FAST . cause a number so high
a mere mortal could not count , is not only within christendom , HELL ITS LEADING THEM ALL TO THE FATHER OF LIES AS ONE
under a false love . And that is A FACT .
 
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What does what I asked has ANYTHING to do with the Pope?

And what will YOU do if you find out that salvation was by faith AND works...and you have no works to show your faith?
I still don't understand this.
Do people not believe that when someone accepts Christ, he becomes a new creature?
King James Bible
@ Cor 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

You want to do His will- it is a natural outpouring. You do things because you love Him--those aren't works, really. They are Christ living in you. Not works to you. May be seen by others as the work of a changed heart.


This is the whole Gospel, and we try to add more and more stuff to it trying to please God, when our stuff is never enough. That is exactly why Jesus died--because no matter what we do, we cannot save ourselves.
NOT I BUT CHRIST LYRICS

Not I, but Christ, be honored, loved, exalted;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in every look and action;
Not I, but Christ, in every thought and word.
Refrain:
Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

2 Not I, but Christ, to gently soothe in sorrow;
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the weary burden!
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear. (Refrain)

3 Not I, but Christ, in lowly, silent labor;
Not I, but Christ, in humble, earnest toil;
Christ, only Christ! no show, no ostentation!
Christ, none but Christ, the gatherer of the spoil. (Refrain)

4 Christ, only Christ, ere long will fill my vision;
Glory excelling, soon, full soon, I'll see--
Christ, only Christ, my every wish fulfilling--
Christ, only Christ, my All in all to be.
 

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You keep spouting blasphemous nonsense, DB.

Does not Solomon tell believers not to even look at booze? Therefore, there's no way Proverbs 31:6-7 KJV refers to believers! It can only refer to the lost!

It's your interpretation which exemplifies failure to "rightly divide the Word of Truth" - because my interpretation maintains Scriptural harmony and advances spiritual enlightenment while your interpretation results in only compounded delusion.
No – it’s YOUR complete failure to rightly-divide the Word of God.

Every word of Scripture is GOF-BREATHRD (3 Tim. 3:16). God never makes mistakes - NOR does He contradict Himself.
I already showed you that the same Solomon who warned the weak to stay away from alcohol also recommended it in certain circumstances (Prov. 31:6-7).

The same GOD who authored –
Psalm 10:14-15

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth AND WINE TO GLADDEN THE HEART OF MAN, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

But YOU don’t believe in the Word of God. You’d rather listen to the lunatic ravings of your founder/goddess
E.G. White . . .
 

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Every man woman ever born has been guilty and of the blood of Christ .
Why would a man be so adament to have hatred for any group in his heart .
IT was the UNBELIEVING JEWS and YES UNBELIEVING GENTILES that convinced PILATE to crucify Christ .
I sure dont seem to remember peter or the other jews yelling PUT HIM TO DEATH .
Something ol luther might have forgotten .
It was the unbeliving jews that affected the crowds of both the unbelieving jew and gentile to sway PILATE
to have HIM crucified . I am sure there were present some who had no part in that . I cant imagine
MARY , a jewess , HIS MOTHER crying with the crowd CRUCIFY HIM . No .
Something aint right about some things luther taught . This is not to condmen luther , but rather
to wake us UP to something . you see many men follow certain leaders of the protestant realm
leaders like even CALVIN . CALVIN who was as bad as any POPE that ever ruled . That might piss folks off but its true .
MANY in the protestant camp might have known the dire and deadly dangerous of the HARLOT RCC
and yet the HARLOT still thrived in them . I SEE this all the time .
MY ADVICE . BIBLE TIME and do beware of men , for many decievers do abound and specially in these latter times .
MY DESIRE IS GOOD for all , even for those who hate me most , STILL my desire is good and life for them .
THUS my constant message is , ITS HIGH TIME WE START UNLEARNING things certain men have taught .
GET IN THE BIBLE and let us learn THAT .
As Christians, it is contrary to the character of Christ to hate anyone - "If any man hateth his brother, he is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him".

I always say we might be the enemy of others, but we have no enemies ourselves.
 
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I already showed you that the same Solomon who warned the weak to stay away from alcohol also recommended it in certain circumstances (Prov. 31:6-7).
Maybe papists require booze to soothe the mental anguish and spiritual poverty and misery that are the wages of papal service, but we Protestants know the ALL SUFFICIENCY OF GOD to preserve and and deliver us from His enemies, be they papal or pagan.

I've already shown you that Solomon recommends booze to the lost who are in spiritual poverty, anguish, misery, and perishing without Christ.
The same GOD who authored –
Psalm 10:14-15

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth AND WINE TO GLADDEN THE HEART OF MAN, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man’s heart.
Do you not understand that "wine" means "grape juice" as well as booze?

When well water comprises almost 100% of what you drink, the seasonal gift of sweet refreshing grape juice is able to gladden even the heart of even pitiful papists.
 
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Maybe papists require booze to soothe the mental anguish and spiritual poverty and misery that are the wages of papal service, but we Protestants know the ALL SUFFICIENCY OF GOD to preserve and and deliver us from His enemies, be they papal or pagan.

I've already shown you that Solomon recommends booze to the lost who are in spiritual poverty, anguish, misery, and perishing without Christ.

Do you not understand that "wine" means "grape juice" as well as booze?

When well water comprises almost 100% of what you drink, the seasonal gift of sweet refreshing grape juice is able to gladden even the heart of even pitiful papists.
Very depressing indeed to even have to listen to them popes lip their lips . I could not make it two minutes in that service
without severe depression setting in , depression for THEM of course . Never ever , evah ever ever sit under the R double C.
Okay you all may return to the thread at hand .
 

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As Christians, it is contrary to the character of Christ to hate anyone - "If any man hateth his brother, he is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him".

I always say we might be the enemy of others, but we have no enemies ourselves.
There is also another reminder i want to give us and we also better NOT ever once forget it .
He who LOVETH his mother , brother , son , daughter , mother etc MORE THAN CHRIST dont KNOW HIM .
that i wrote to expose the all inclusive love lie that many denominations are now buying into .
YA bess watch out , cause i have seen it IN ALL DENOMINATIONS and at work to UNIFY THEM AS ONE
and the other religoins as ONE under the every growing false many path rainbow loving LIE .
Its a false love sent out under delusion to gather all to sit under the harlot as one .
 

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"So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are UNPROFITABLE servants: we have done that which was our duty to do." - Jesus

Any fool knows gain is obtained only by either compensation or donation. If we aren't compensated by "doing all those things which are commanded" then the only thing left is "grace through faith" - faith alone.
So, you're telling me that you CAN'T find one sentence in the Bible that says we are saved by faith ALONE. Actually, is one sentence in the Bible where 'faith' and 'alone' are used together. James 2:24.

When Paul wrote to the Ephesians, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" he did NOT write, "...through faith ALONE..." He could have written that, but he didn't. He could have written, "...ONLY through faith..." Again, he didn't.

And then James comes along and tells us, "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." (James 2:24).

So, why you keep trying to add to the Word of God is beyond me.
Ever think he hated their service to Satan, not them specifically?
Sure. Got any proof? Claim the "divinely" granted prerogative to deal truthfully only with fellow Jews.

The ancient Jews had Jesus crucified.
The modern "Jews" call Him "the great imposter" and "son of a whore".
Jail evangelists in Israel.
Hold prominent positions in the porn/banking/entertainment industry, all engaged in destroying the West.
Attached the U.S.S. Liberty and claimed "they thought it was an enemy ship" despite prominently displayed colors, frantic radio transmissions, etc., and strafed and killed many sailors who jumped overboard.
Wait...we still talking about Martin Luther's disliking of the Jews...or your own?

No, the ancient Jews didn't have Jesus crucified. SOME of them wanted Jesus crucified. Others didn't.
Stop with this nonsense, please. Nobody claims Luther is the leader of Christianity - you catholics accuse others of exactly what you do.
I did not make that claim. I said, "you guys", not "you CHRISTIANS." I said, "Martin Luther is your 'god'", not that Martin Luther is the leader of Christianity.

Honestly Phoneman, I'm starting to believe that your reading comprehension is colored by your distaste for Catholics.
 

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I still don't understand this.
Do people not believe that when someone accepts Christ, he becomes a new creature?
King James Bible
@ Cor 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Do you understand that not EVERYONE who claims to become a "Christian" is actually a Christian? I can claim all day long that I accepted Christ...and go on sinning. Dissect Cor 5:17. There are certain 'elements' to it. The first is "IF." The second is "be in Christ." What does it mean to "be in Christ?" Aside from 'believing', we have to repent. That is, we have to "take off the old self and put on the new. "

Ephesians 4:22-24: "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."

That verse begins with the word "YOU." YOU have "put off your old self." And YOU have to "put on the new self."

And Colossians 3:9-10: "Do not lie to one another.[d] After all, you have taken off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge, according to the image of the One who created him."

Again with "YOU". Taking off the old self and putting on the new requires action on OUR part, in order to "be in Christ."

Make sense?
You want to do His will- it is a natural outpouring. You do things because you love Him--
Yeah...
those aren't works, really. They are Christ living in you. Not works to you. May be seen by others as the work of a changed heart.
Well, yeah. They are works. Consider what Jesus taught in Matthew 25: 34-46. Feeding the hungry...tending the ill, or those imprisoned...

Once again, there's that 'YOU' factor involved. "Whatever YOU did not do for THEM, you did not do for ME." (paraphrasing).

Action is required on our part.
This is the whole Gospel, and we try to add more and more stuff to it trying to please God, when our stuff is never enough. That is exactly why Jesus died--because no matter what we do, we cannot save ourselves.
I agree with you, again, to a point.

While we can't save ourselves, we can live a Christian life so that Christ would want to save us. Christ DID say, "Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of Heaven' (paraphrasing). Also, what about those who say, "Did we prophesy in your name...?" and Jesus told them, "Depart from me. I don't know you."
NOT I BUT CHRIST LYRICS

Not I, but Christ, be honored, loved, exalted;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in every look and action;
Not I, but Christ, in every thought and word.
Refrain:
Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

2 Not I, but Christ, to gently soothe in sorrow;
Not I, but Christ, to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ, to lift the weary burden!
Not I, but Christ, to hush away all fear. (Refrain)

3 Not I, but Christ, in lowly, silent labor;
Not I, but Christ, in humble, earnest toil;
Christ, only Christ! no show, no ostentation!
Christ, none but Christ, the gatherer of the spoil. (Refrain)

4 Christ, only Christ, ere long will fill my vision;
Glory excelling, soon, full soon, I'll see--
Christ, only Christ, my every wish fulfilling--
Christ, only Christ, my All in all to be.
Nice song...
 
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