Christianity Etc › Re: Grace : The Power Of The Gospel - Andrew Wommack by jiggaz(op): 9:08am On Apr 22, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: What Pleases The Lord? - Paul Ellis by jiggaz(op): 9:08am On Apr 22, 2022 |
Morning |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Pleases The Lord? - Paul Ellis by jiggaz(op): 7:37pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
Lord Jesus |
Christianity Etc › Re: Grace : The Power Of The Gospel - Andrew Wommack by jiggaz(op): 7:36pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: 3 Reasons Why I Don't Preach On Repentance ( "Turn From Sin" ) - Paul Ellis by jiggaz(op): 7:35pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: No Fear ( Hebrews 10:26 ) - Joseph Prince by jiggaz(op): 7:35pm On Apr 21, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Grace : The Power Of The Gospel - Andrew Wommack by jiggaz(op): 9:01am On Apr 21, 2022 |
Glory glory Lord |
Christianity Etc › Re: Seeing Visions Of Believers In Hell - Prince Gabriel Okocha by jiggaz(op): 9:01am On Apr 21, 2022 |
None |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Rapture Of The Church - Ron Graham by jiggaz(op): 9:00am On Apr 21, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: The Parable Of The Ten Virgins - Jack Kelley by jiggaz(op): 9:00am On Apr 21, 2022 |
Glory |
Christianity Etc › Re: Myth : The Hyper Grace Gospel Encourages Sin - Paul Ellis by jiggaz(op): 8:59am On Apr 21, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: What Are You Hearing In Your Local Church, Life Or Death? - Olamide Obire by jiggaz(op): 8:58am On Apr 21, 2022 |
Morning |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Are You Hearing In Your Local Church, Life Or Death? - Olamide Obire by jiggaz(op): 9:11pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Easy Believism : Is Eternal Security A False Gospel? - Ralph Yankee Arnold by jiggaz(op): 9:10pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Myth : The Hyper Grace Gospel Encourages Sin - Paul Ellis by jiggaz(op): 9:10pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
Lord Jesus |
Christianity Etc › Re: Seeing Visions Of Believers In Hell - Prince Gabriel Okocha by jiggaz(op): 9:07pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
Lie lie |
Christianity Etc › Re: Eternal Security : A Believer's Assurance Of Salvation - Ralph Yankee Arnold by jiggaz(op): 9:07pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
Glory glory |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Happens When A Believer "Dies In Sin"? A Biblical Exposition Of What Sin Is by jiggaz(op): 9:06pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: Believers In Hell - Jack Kelley by jiggaz(op): 7:20pm On Apr 20, 2022 |
Hismasterpiece: Mat 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Mat 7:22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' Mat 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
Mat 10:32 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. Mat 10:33 "But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
Tit 1:16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are despicable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
2Ti 2:11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. 2Ti 2:12 If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 2Ti 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
What do you have to say about the above scriptures? Believers, in Matthew 7:21 our Lord Jesus said "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
But what is the will of our heavenly Father? Before the Lord opened my eyes to His salvation, I’d hear this verse read and people preaching that “You must do God’s will in order to enter His kingdom.” But the preachers never really explained what God’s will was. It was presented quite ambiguously and in the light of doing good and doing evil. With hindsight (by God's grace,) I see that this definition is death! Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (a representation of the Law, including the Ten Commandments, which tells us good from evil,) and they died.
Defining what God’s will was left to my imagination back then. Like many Christians, I would think of long lists of dos and don’ts, rights and wrong, good and evil and choosing right. But do we really for one moment think that our heavenly Father would make His will that is so crucial to our salvation vague in any way? Certainly not!
So what is God's will? What are the works that God wants us to do? Some people asked our Saviour Jesus this very question in John 6. No better answer or explanation than that which comes from our Saviour Jesus Himself!
28 "Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” 29 "Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
Again, in the same John 6, Christ says:
3 9 "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Our Saviour Himself is telling us what God’s will is! He is saying here that the will of God is:
1. For us to believe in our Lord Jesus (verse 29.) Even this we cannot decide to do on our own. Verse 44 of the same John 6 says “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” And there we were thinking “I decided to follow Jesus out of my own good sense and smarts ”
2. That Christ should lose none of us that He (our heavenly Father) has given to Him but raise us up at the last day (verse 39)
3. That all of us who see our Lord Jesus Christ and believe in Him may have everlasting life. (verse 40)
Believers, this is what God wants us to do: to believe in His Son. For the New Covenant believer, believing in our Saviour Jesus is obedience. Under the New Covenant, there only the obedience of faith, not the Law. The Law is not of faith and without faith, it is impossible to please God. When the believing is right, right living will follow.
Remember Philippians 2:13 "For it is God who works in us both to will and to do for His good pleasure." He works His will in us, makes us desire to do it; gives us the ability to do it; does it through us and for us so we please Him and then He rewards us for doing it. Yet not us doing His will but Christ in us. Nothing to do with us. All to do with our Saviour Jesus. Even our being called to believe to enjoy His grace. That's why in heaven, we will sing "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain" and not "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain....and me, I also played my part!"
How we please Him is in His hands. It's unforced. It's grace! It's Christ in us. It's natural because when we rest in Christ's finished work (which He gives us grace to do,) we become like Him. Let's look to the Giver and the gifts, including right living, will follow. All these things shall be added unto you, including the grace to live right.
Doing the will of God is believing in His Son, our Saviour Jesus. He called us to believe and does everything else too.This is His Grace - undeserved, unmerited favour! Trust in Him, " being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;" Philippians 1:6.
Believe Right and you will Live Right.
http://rightbelieving101..nl/2017/03/what-is-will-of-god.html?m=1 ☝ That is the answer to the scripture you quoted. |
Christianity Etc › Re: Believers In Hell - Jack Kelley by jiggaz(op): 11:09am On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: HEAVEN : What Will We Be Like In Heaven? - John MacArthur by jiggaz(op): 11:08am On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: The Power Of Jesus’ Blood - Joseph Prince by jiggaz(op): 11:08am On Apr 20, 2022 |
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Christianity Etc › Re: The Parable Of The Ten Virgins - Jack Kelley by jiggaz(op): 11:06am On Apr 20, 2022 |
Yeah |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Happens When A Believer "Dies In Sin"? A Biblical Exposition Of What Sin Is by jiggaz(op): 11:06am On Apr 20, 2022 |
Nothing |
Christianity Etc › Re: Is Jesus Enough? - Andrew Wommack by jiggaz(op): 11:06am On Apr 20, 2022 |
Afternoon |
Christianity Etc › Re: Is Jesus Enough? - Andrew Wommack by jiggaz(op): 7:07pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Yes He is! |
Christianity Etc › Re: What Happens When A Believer "Dies In Sin"? A Biblical Exposition Of What Sin Is by jiggaz(op): 7:06pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Norrin |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Parable Of The Ten Virgins - Jack Kelley by jiggaz(op): 7:06pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Glory |
Christianity Etc › Re: The Power Of Jesus’ Blood - Joseph Prince by jiggaz(op): 7:05pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Evening |
Christianity Etc › Re: Paper Clips And A Magnet : Believers And The Rapture - Olamide Obire by jiggaz(op): 4:40pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Glory glory |
Christianity Etc › Re: About The Rapture And The Blessed Hope Of The Bible!! - Joseph Prince Sermon by jiggaz(op): 4:39pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Lord Jesus |
Christianity Etc › Re: Eternal Security : A Believer's Assurance Of Salvation - Ralph Yankee Arnold by jiggaz(op): 4:36pm On Apr 19, 2022 |
Yes |