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Danielgabby:
Those Laws, and even the laws in the old covenant are not what we should do to be saved, rather it is our response to the Gospel, our response to the fact that we are saved. As believers we should show our nature as SONS of God. God Is Good......Glory to GOD

Danielgabby:
Glory to God!!!! I am the righteousness of God in christ Jesus

jiggaz:
morning......

jiggaz:
evening

whoisuche:
I want to copy it.

JAZES:
If you have to work out your salvation, then why do u have to believe in the gospel?

The work of salvation is eternal and the man that believes the gospel ( the death, burial and resurrection of christ)
is saved forever like it or not.

Now lets look @ that verse of the bible you quoted: Phil 2: 12

12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence,
but now even more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Just like the writer quoted above- most folks are taught wrongly cos they dont know how to study the bible.
You need to read the book of philippians contextually to fully understand that Paul was not telling people "to work for their salvation"
and he even answers the verse in the verse that follows in verse 13:

13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.… He simply said it is only God that works in us to do.

Scripture everywhere teaches that we are saved not by our works but by grace through faith in Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Having said that, the keeping of the work of salvation is only done by God no more and thats why Paul emphasized the fact " it is God who works in us.

Heb 9: 12 is very clear- redemption is eternal:

12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Infact in verse 11 he referred to christ has our high priest:

11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

And as d mediator of the new convenant, our inheritance is eternal ( the word inheritance used here is not
material things o)- It means the work which christ has done which we have received when we believe is our inheritance and that
inheritance which is salvation is eternal.

Heb 10: 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death,
for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament,
they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

The work that God did for us in Christ is an eternal work cos he only did it once and for all:

Heb 10: 10 By the which will we are sanctified through[b] the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.[/b]

We have been sanctified once and for all.

Jesus only offered one sacrifice for sin and he did it once:

Heb 10: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Our perfection as belivers is for ever:

Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

We have been saved once and for ever cos the work of salvation is God's work and your inadequacies cant stop
that work. Praise God

wealthyhenry:
this is the absolute truth of who a Christian is. well written sir...

Tobisco911:
Nice one.... Really inspiring... Like u to give the names of those book u mentioned....

Goshen360:
Many Christians still wanna argue the truth of the new covenant. To such, we say, Christ died in vain and we pray their eyes be opened to the finished works of Christ. Its too much to argue and trying to convince those who their mind already made up.

Until Christ be formed in you and you see Christ in the old covenant as types and shadows of better things to come, one will continue to be tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.

Thank you, OP and may the Lord help His Church!

bignero:
i booked marked this..very solid piece i must say. God bless

Janeyinspires:
Happy Sunday,dear Jiggaz

uvalued:
@jiggaz do you pray in tongue as well?

Etogist:
Op, since the old covenant is all about the laws of God are you implying we should start breaking those laws because according to you Christ has rendered the old covenant useless?
Does grace means we can now start breaking the laws of God?
Please explain in plain terms.

damosky12:
The new testament came alive after Jesus' death. The blood was to be shed.

Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

debbycreamy:
op I understand ur point buh we r using both laws just that d new law tells us more about His abundant grace

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