Many people think: "Saved just by simply believing and not by doing God's will and His works? That is too cheap a gospel. Jesus Himself said in Matthew 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.""

This is the TRUTH. Without doing God's will, no one shall enter the kingdom of heaven.

But such people who quote this verse will never tell you what exactly the will of God is or what the works are that He wants us to do. At best, they say it is keeping the Law and doing good, but "the Law is not of faith" and "without faith it is impossible to please God." According to Galatians 5:4:-"For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace."

But do we really for one moment think that our heavenly Father would make His will and His work that He wants us to do that are 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 question in John 6. No better answer or explanation of God's will and His works that we must do 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 tells us plainly what God's will is:

39 "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.”

Believers, according to our Lord Jesus Christ, this is the work of God that we must do: believe in our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is God's will according to our Lord Jesus Christ: "that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

For the New Covenant believer, believing in our Saviour Jesus Christ is obedience. When the believing is right, right living will follow. We GET to do God's work. Under the New covenant, there is only the obedience of faith, not the Law. The Law is not of faith and without faith, it is impossible to please God.

Our salvation in Christ is a finished work. For all who truly believe, there is nothing for us to do -from our being called to Christ (see John 6:44- Our Abba Father called us) to our bodily redemption (the Rapture) in Him; yet we do exploits because "it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me."

Believe Right and you will Live Right.


http://rightbelieving101..com.ng/2017/05/what-is-gods-will-and-what-are-his.html?m=1

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If you investigate my Topics, you will find that I quote MATTHEW 7:21 considerably, and I usually include the full context, from verse 12 through 29, or at the very least, from verse 21 through 29.

(I do.not do so now, because the browser I am using will surely mess up the post, if I try to paste anything in.)

When you do not mention that Lord YAHSHUA said RIGHT THERE what "THE WILL OF GOD" is, you are just DECEIVING PEOPLE.

HEARING HIS SAYINGS AND DOING THEM IS THE WILL OF GOD.

The teachings of PAUL are NOT the WILL OF GOD: they are riddled with LIES- such as: "THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH," and, "THERE IS NO COMMANDMENT THAT GIVES LIFE." He was a MADMAN, and a LIAR, trying to COVER UP THE REAL GOSPEL.

If you don't know that, you don't know THE WILL OF GOD yourself.

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If you don't believe Paul's writings, then the Bible to you is not God's inspired word.

Good OP


Joh 6:28  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 
Joh 6:29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

If you truly believe- have faith in Jesus Christ then you are doing the works of God, who gave you that faith.
Faith in Jesus isn't something we conjure up inside ourselves, it is God given.


Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
Eph 2:9  Not of works,(one's own works) lest any man should boast.

We are saved through God's works, not our own,
God gives us our faith in Christ, our Salvation.

johnw74:
If you don't believe Paul's writings, then the Bible to you is not God's inspired word.

Good OP


Joh 6:28  Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 
Joh 6:29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

If you truly believe- have faith in Jesus Christ then you are doing the works of God, who gave you that faith.
Faith in Jesus isn't something we conjure up inside ourselves, it is God given.


Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 
Eph 2:9  Not of works,(one's own works) lest any man should boast.

We are saved through God's works, not our own,
God gives us our faith in Christ, our Salvation.

Thank you

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jiggaz:
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Why is jiggaz booking so much space?

If there is anything like god's will we would know. We would not need an epistle on nairaland to debate over it

OP is a sadist, spamming your thread by yourself.
Mynd44 come and ban this dude

Nobody will regard this post now..... Na only gossip we sabi

well it all about reaching out to the needy out there.




also serve him in spirit and in truth.



God is Good..

Are u saying Paul teachings is in contradiction with Jesus teachings