Well, I don't know what anybody else did, but I told Him I didn't care if I lived or died, to take my life, and He heard THAT prayer, and He DID.
What I feel happened was, the next day, I AWOKE, WITH HIM, IN ME. Peace
We have to do the believing, not God.
The men asked what must WE DO for the works God requires, THEN JESUS TOLD THEM.
Don’t add to the scripture.They wanted to know how they could do the (miraculous) works of God.
I have already shown you with scripture that THEY WERE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY ARE TO DO AND JESUS TOLD THEM.Instead of saying what they could do Jesus told them the issue was about allowing the work of God to be done in them.
Where does our faith come from? Our faith comes from HEARING the word, see Romans 10:17. From hearing the word and being TAUGHT, Colossians 1:5, 7. From continuing in what we have been CONVINCED of, see 2 Timothy 3:14, and being PERSUADED, 2 Corinthians 5:11.This work was faith. Faith means to "trust in, rely upon, belief in" Him. You cannot get faith by trying to make yourself believe as a mental effort. Faith is more than us trying to believe, it is about God "working in his to will (to give us the desire) and to do (to actually perform) of His good pleasure."
What?The prayer of faith that brings the kind of works they wanted to do had to be produced in them by God though they also had to listen and then to lay hold of the answer when it was revealed to them (even before it happened).
God listens to those who obey. God does not listen to unrepentant sinners.Faith comes by hearing the word of God. This means not only what the Bible says about saving truth but also the specific answers to prayer that God speaks to us. We are always to pray but in my experience I have faith for miraculous answers only when I hear from God.
What in the world are you talking about?Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner (John 5:19)
When we see what God is doing or intends to do in a situation we can have faith and see prayer answered in reality. Remember, they were asking particularly how to do the miraculous works Jesus was doing. Jesus told them here that He did what he saw the Father doing.
You are like a Calvinist if you keep saying things such as that.It is incorrect to say that we can have faith apart from the Holy Spirit. He bears witness of the truth in us. Don't let the Calvinists view of irresistible grace drive you into Pelagianism. There is a ditch on both sides of the road. To every error there is an equal and opposite error and both sides of a point of view tend to become polarized in the process of debate.
Now again, those who have by Promise Eternal Life given them by Promise, to them it is given to know they have it and to believe on the Son they had it in 1 Jn 5:11-13
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
See, the Heirs of Promise have Eternal Life before they know about it ! Notice Vs 13 the scripture is written so that they may know [experimentally] that they have Eternal Life, and that they may believe on the name of the Son of God; Now if you notice believing follows knowing, they believe not to get eternal life, but because they already had it by Promise as the Seed of Abraham; and so its written here Acts 13:48
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Because they had it Promised them [Before the World began Titus 1:1-2], that made them ordained to it !
Excellent 3-part study!
These who were In Union with Christ, Abraham's Seed, before the world began
are the same who shall become Born Again, come to know of their Heirship,
and be given to Believe, which is a fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5:22.
These Chosen Heirs of Promise, are sealed with the Spirit of Promise Eph. 1:13
which ensures their perseverance to the end Eph. 4:30. And because they are Sons of God,
He sends the Spirit of His Son into their hearts.
Gal. 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Gal. 4:6
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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Okay, onto part 4 ☺
nanja
Yes, and its teaching Salvation by works, by what a person does. The definition of a work is found in the greek word used for work, ergon and it means:
any product whatever, anything accomplished by hand, art, industry, mind
The act of believing is accomplished by the mind,
also the word means :
an act, deed, thing done
Again, to believe is an act, a deed done, a thing done by man !
and once again its defined as:
érgon ("work") is a deed (action) that carries out (completes) an inner desire (intension, purpose).
Which equates to the will of a man. So all who teach that they are saved from sin after they believe, they are in essence saying they are saved by their work, and its boasting !
A person's own act of believing to get himself saved is merely a work of the flesh and therefore cannot please God.
Rom. 8:7-8
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Belief / faith is a fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5:22. So to believe on Christ is the work of God the Holy Spirit in one who has been given New Birth.
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First of all where does the Bible say that a person putting their faith in Jesus is a work of the flesh?
shasta
Where does it say its not ?
Its only common sense, If one isnt regenerated by the Spirit, and their Faith isnt the Fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:22, then its of the flesh ! The only way it isnt of the flesh is if its the Fruit of the Spirit, common sense guided by scripture principles dictates that ! Jn 3:6
Keep posting, Nanja will read it.Earlier in this subject I posted that God gave Abraham and his seed an Inheritance by Promise Gal 3:18
18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Note: This Inheritance is not the physical land of israel, even though he gave them that also by promise, but this promise inheritance is not connected with the Law, its not of the Law of moses !
So now what is this Promised Inheritance given to Abraham and His Seed ? The Inheritance is Eternal Life ! Its the Eternal Life and Inheritance for the Sheep of God, Abraham and His Seed Spiritual. Thats why Jesus says this to the Sheep on His Right hand Matt 25:34
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Its the same Kingdom Abraham is mentioned in here Matt 8:11
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Remember Abraham was looking for a Heavenly City Heb 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
In fact, the word prepared here in Heb 11:16 is the very same word in the greek as Matt 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Remember Heb 11:16 is also speaking of an Inheritance, we know this from the preceding verse Heb 11:8
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
And again its Heavenly Heb 11:16 !
Remember this passage Gen 17:5-8, and see where God Promised to give Abraham and his seed all the Land of Canaan for an Everlasting Possession, thats Eternal Life in the Heavenly Kingdom Matt 8:11 its that Everlasting habitations of Lk 16:9
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Keep posting, Nanja will read it.
Yep, I'll be getting to parts 4 and 5 tomorrow, the Lord willing 1 Thes. 4:16-17! :rapture:
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Yep, I'll be getting to parts 4 and 5 tomorrow, the Lord willing 1 Thes. 4:16-17! :rapture:
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