Post by James Blankenship on Apr 25, 2012 12:38:57 GMT -5
For those who believe in Heaven, do you believe we must have good works....?
in order to get there? Read this:
Isaiah 64:6-7 (King James Version)
6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for responding.
in order to get there? Read this:
Isaiah 64:6-7 (King James Version)
6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for responding.
Must have good works?
No, & there is no place in Scripture that says we must.
NOTHING that we do, say, think, in any form, will "earn us " a spot in Heaven.
and this is certainly confirmed here:
Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
It is when we come to know Christ, when we give our lives to Him, when we are forgiven of our sins, that we no longer are living for ourselves-we are only living for Christ, as seen here:
It's NOT about me,
It's all for God.
It's NOT about how I look,
It's how God looks AT me.
It's NOT about my pride,
It's about God's humbleness.
It's NOT about MY failures,
It's about God's successes.
It's NOT about my past,
It's about God's future FOR us.
It's NOT about what I want to hear,
It's what God WANTS me to hear.
It's NOT about how I hurt,
It's about how God heals.
It's NOT about how far away I feel from God,
It's about how CLOSE God is to me.
It's NOT about my sins,
It's about God's forgiveness.
It's NOT about what I want,
It's about what God wants.
It's NOT about my understanding,
It's about what God's leading.
It's NOT about my desires,
It's about what God desires FOR me.
It's NOT about my needs,
It's about what God KNOWS I need.
It's NOT about my hate,
It's about God's love.
It's NOT about my fear,
It's about God's courage.
It's NOT about my ignorance,
It's about God's knowledge.
It's NOT about my selfishness,
It's about God's selflessness.
It's NOT about my weaknesses,
It's about God's strength.
It's NOT about my works,
It's about God working THROUGH me.
It's NOT about my now,
It's about God's eternity!
Since we are only living for Christ, the Holy Spirit, who I discuss here:
solascripturaalone.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=spirit&action=display&thread=22
guides us in what is pleasing to God.
These are the good works that are pleasing to God, because we are not doing anything for ourselves-we are only doing everything for God!
James
