Sell all that you have and follow him.
This may be necessary in many cases.
LA
Sell all that you have and follow him.
Excellent questions. opcorn:
And GT as Romans makes very clear you and all men were sinner's, committed to evil prior to being awakened to Jesus.
This completely contradicts your statement above.
And GT you have also made it known, ( in previous post ) you do not "SIN" . You are doing the same now. I thought you grew through this but apparently have not.
"He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45
In this post :
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4459335&postcount=769
you state one must "Repent and obey" to be saved. But this is impossible. As one must first be enlightened to the truths of Jesus, before they can repent, then obey.
Look GT, It is better to admit we make mistakes, ( I certainly have ) , so that we can make corrections.
"I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’" Acts 26:17-18
Fellow Brothers and Sisters.....
"For this reason we... do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 1:9-14
Sell all that you have and follow him.
GT, there is quite a bit more to Romans than you presented. I do not see Romans 6:16 , as easily explained in a single scripture as you postured it....
From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?.....
But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Note, Of doctrine which you were delivered. Hence, delivered by the doctrine, word of God, which saved you. Setting you free from sin, ( by salvation) .
I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And GT as Romans makes very clear you and all men were sinner's, committed to evil prior to being awakened to Jesus.
This completely contradicts your statement above.
And GT you have also made it known, ( in previous post ) you do not "SIN" . You are doing the same now. I thought you grew through this but apparently have not.
"He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45
In this post :
http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4459335&postcount=769
you state one must "Repent and obey" to be saved. But this is impossible. As one must first be enlightened to the truths of Jesus, before they can repent, then obey.
Look GT, It is better to admit we make mistakes, ( I certainly have ) , so that we can make corrections.
"I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’" Acts 26:17-18
Fellow Brothers and Sisters.....
"For this reason we... do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 1:9-14
Are you Meshak !? Again your hooting your the perfect Christian horn.
Obey?Jesus tells us all to obey and was not being ironic.
There are many calling themselves "Christian" who think that Jesus says for everyone to repent, but that he really knows that no one can repent unless he makes them do it in some supernatural way.
That teaching is nowhere in the scriptures.
Greetings Meshak,
I agree obedience is certainly critical to each believer, Disciple. Obediance fosters greater intimacy. So does praise to God.
Obey?
Obey what? His teachings?
Meshak has reduced Christ Himself to a form of law, the very thing He died to save us out from under.
Jesus does not tell everyone to do that.
Do you really think that Jesus wants everyone in the world to sell all they have?
However, YOU vociferously say that YOU OBEY EVERY word that Jesus spoke.
So, now YOU need to repent of saying that you OBEY EVERY word that Jesus spoke.
EVERY is EVERY, not just certain.
YOU say EVERY word that Jesus spoke YOU OBEY, which you just said YOU DON'T, which makes you what?
Jesus does not tell us to sell everything. Jesus said that when he was on the earth to those who would join his traveling ministry.
Jesus does not tell us to sell everything. Jesus said that when he was on the earth to those who would join his traveling ministry.
However, YOU vociferously say that YOU OBEY EVERY word that Jesus spoke.
So, now YOU need to repent of saying that you OBEY EVERY word that Jesus spoke.
EVERY is EVERY, not just certain.
YOU say EVERY word that Jesus spoke YOU OBEY, which you just said YOU DON'T, which makes you what?
A liar and hypocrite.