Religious Cults & False Prophets~ Discussions and DebatesPaul and the LawI agree with you completely that knowing all truth means nothing (figuratively). One must also have the wisdom to put that knowledge into action. For if I know there's a bomb set to blow up a building, but I do nothing to save those who would die, what profit did that knowledge have. As far as the specifics, they have already been defined (or judged) by God that we may heed and act upon. Deuteronomy 11:1 - Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. Deuteronomy 19:9 - If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: Deuteronomy 30:6 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Deuteronomy 30:16 - In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. John 14:24 - He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 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. In all these we see how Love for God is defined, or more specifics of it rather. Before one can truly love his brother, one must love God and self first. By love self, I don't mean gloating (pride) or selfishness. But that which comes from having a clear conscience. That is the prosperous life. For sin brings separation and guilt which can leave us dead spiritually. Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. He that works sin, get paid death. 1 Corinthians 15:56 - The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 1 John 3:4 - Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Romans 7:7 - What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. The strength of sin is the law because since we've been given or are mindful of the law, we know what is sin and not. Therefore, we are all accountable to God. So no man is justified by the law (or works) because all have broken it. And sin has power over us. He who breaks in one area has broken in all. Yet God has shined His grace upon us. In that He will send His spirit in us, if we submit to him. And that Spirit of His Son, cleans us from all unrighteousness and sin, therefore, fulfilling the law. Galatians 4:6 - And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Romans 13:10 - Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Revelation 12:11 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death 1 John 3:8 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. He came to destroy the works of the devil and not the law. He comes to fulfill the law. Colossians 1:27 - To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Romans 8:4 - That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. He says the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us and not unaccoutability to it (lawlessness) or to God. 1 John 4:3 - And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. He says that He that does not confess that Christ comes in the flesh is that spirit of antichrist. For Christ (the Holy Spirit) comes in us and fulfills the law. It is not of works (not our own), but of grace (a gift from above). This is that spirit of anti-christ. That Christ does not come in the flesh and overcome. That is why John can say 1 John 3:9 - Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. The seed of God (Christ) remains in him and he cannot sin b/c he is born of God. Christ fulfills the law in us (Rom 8 above). That is why John can say 1 John 4:4 - Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Hebrews 4:15 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. For Christ overcame/comes the world. He knows and can relate to our weaknesses. This is a true testimony, Christ comes in the flesh; He was, IS, and is to come. Hebrews 4:15 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 9:28 - So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. When He comes again for those who look to Him, he comes without sin. Does our salvation not occur here? He who denies Christ is come (present tense) have the spirit of antichrist, according to the scriptures. 1 John 4:3 - And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Regardless of how hard it gets, keep striving for righteousness, knowing that the Lord will do the work. 2 Timothy 2:4 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. Love Always, |
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