glorydaz
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Don't be upset. I'm not advocating works for salvation. That boat sailed...that covenant is gone. Yeshua is our only go to for salvation. He calls, however, for obedience to His commands as He obeys the Father which is the fruit of the Ruach. We can choose to obey or not. He states "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me." John 14:21 There is a requirement to do the will of God, not our own will and Yeshua stated, "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24 Putting something into practice is action. Yeshua calls for action in the faith and just because people do acts of righteousness does not mean that they are relying on those acts of righteousness for their salvation. It means they are being obedient and showing forth fruit of the Ruach.
Yes, my understanding agrees with those verses. Why wouldn't they? Yeshua Himself explains/expounds on that in John 15.
Ah, how subtle a lie can be! Just a little tweak and it becomes our being justified by OUR obedience instead of the OBEDIENCE OF ONE. We are not that one. (John 15 doesn't "explain" that keeping the commandments are a requirement of salvation.)
The first "commandment" came when Adam was told to KEEP the garden. He was to tend it and it would produce "fruit".
Genesis 2:15-16KJV
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Now, read this verse again with that in mind.
John 14:21KJV
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
The "requirement" is for what? Certainly NOT for salvation....therefore, "requirement" is misleading at best and deceitful when preached when speaking of salvation. When you tend to (keep) the tomatoes, you will reap tomatoes. Those are blessings, but certainly not where LIFE comes from. That is from another source altogether.