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Endures to the end shall be saved
Marlene:
Hello, So, what you are saying is that we repent and acknowledge them. But, we just let go and don't dwell on it. We have to wait patiently on God to do the work. Cause it is pretty obvious we are not sin free in this life. Sin, just does not rule our life. We can trust him to show us our sins and he leads us to repent. But, it is a process .
In His Love,
Marlene
aqrinc:
Marlene,
Yes.
Two Beautiful passages of Scripture to support your understanding. (Bold and Brackets mine) definitions in brackets from KJV+ Strongs.
H3372
ירא
yârê'
yaw-ray'
A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten: - affright, be (make) afraid, dread (-ful), (put in) fear (-ful, -fully, -ing). (be had in) reverence (-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
H3374
יראה
yir'âh
yir-aw'
Feminine of H3373; fear (also used as infinitive); morally reverence: - X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear (-fulness).
Psa 111: 1-10 (CLV)
1 Praise Yah I shall acclaim Yahweh with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, in the congregation."
2 Great are the works of Yahweh, Sought after by all who delight in them."
3 Splendor and honor are His deeds, And His righteousness is standing into the future."
4 He has made His marvelous works memorable; Gracious and compassionate is Yahweh.
5 He gave viands (Food) to those fearing (Reverence or Revere)Him; He shall remember His covenant for the eon.
6 He has told of the vigor of His works to His people, That He would give to them the allotment of the nations."
7 The works of His hands are truth and right judgment; Faithful are all His precepts,
8 Supported into the future, for the eon, Worked out in truth and uprightness."
9 He sent a ransom for His people; He enjoined His covenant on them for the eon; Holy and fear inspiring is His Name.
10 The fear (Reverence or Honor) of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; All who practice it have a good insight. His praise is standing into the future.
1Jn 1: 8-10 (GNB)
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.
george. ;D
Marlene:
I just wanted to add to this thought of rest. God has brought us out of Babylon and feeding us instead of getting our feeding from them.
NAJB Ezekiel 34:15 " I will feed my flock and I will lead them to rest, declares the Almighty Lord.
Psalms 81:16 "But I would feed you with the finest wheat and with honey from the Rock I would satisfy you.
Ezekiel 34"15 " I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel by the stream and in all the inhabited places of the land.
We can rest on God. We are no longer lost in Babylon. We are feeding on the truths of God. So, we can rest from out own works. These scriptures give me hope because Babylon's focus is on the physical Our focus is on the Spiritual . God is Israel . So, we can rest on the work he did on the cross. He will continue to make our steps his steps. So, we can rest. He will bring a few into rest now. The many will not understand.
In His Love,
Marlene
Phil3:10:
JACOBBSLADDR,
I enjoyed your post about sinning. I think that all flesh is nothing but a sinning machine. However, I am so thankful the LORD does have me where HE wants me and as you said for the knowledge that GOD gives me daily. I am also so very thankful that HE increases my knowledge as I seek to know HIM better.
In HIM,
Phil3:10
CrossoverManiac:
--- Quote from: Kat on May 02, 2009, 04:59:36 PM ---
Hi CrossoverManiac,
Here is a part from the article 'You Fools! You Hypocrites! You Snakes!'
http://bible-truths.com/fools.htm ----------------------
"Whosoever will come after Me, let him DENY himself, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS, and FOLLOW ME" (Mark 8:34).
This is not an "option" to salvation; this is an absolute REQUIREMENT. I am not trying to paint a picture of doom and gloom, but the reality of living as Jesus Christ demands is not a walk in the park or a stroll through a rose garden. You can pursue a life obsessed with beauty, fame, vanity, materialism, and worldliness, but don’t think you can also coordinate all that with a life of following Jesus Christ.
"For even hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should follow [By suffering with Him—‘Yea, and ALL that will live godly in Christ Jesus SHALL SUFFER persecution’ II Tim. 3:12] His steps" (I Pet. 2:21).
"He that says he abides in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He [Jesus] walked" (I John 2:6).
"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He IS, SO ARE WE in the world" (I John 4:17).
If you do not "suffer persecution," then you clearly are not "living godly in Christ Jesus."
"To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES; To him that OVERCOMES" (Rev. 2:7; 2:11; 2:17; 2:26; 3:5; 3:12; 3:21).
"Overcomes" WHAT?
Overcomes the sins of the FLESH, the sins of the CHURCH, and the sins of the whole WORLD. We must overcome just "AS" Jesus overcame:
"To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even AS I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne" (Rev. 3:21).
Jesus Christ overcame His own FLESH (Heb. 4:15), and Jesus overcame the sins of the whole WORLD:
"These things I have spoke unto you, that in Me [Jesus] ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer: I have OVERCOME THE WORLD" (John 16:33).
We must all overcome as Jesus overcame, and we must all live as Jesus lived, and anything less is a shame and heresy.
And just how long must we be put up with all this persecution and trials of the cross? Again, let Jesus answer:
"And ye [Gk: ‘all of you’] shall be hated of all men for My Name’s sake [Does that include ALL Believers? ‘YEA, and ALL that will live godly in Christ Jesus, SHALL suffer persecution’]: but he that endures [Gk: "remain, under go, bear trials, have fortitude, persevere, suffer’] TO THE END shall be saved" (Matt. 10:22).
Are we to foolishly conclude that "he that endures NOT to the end," and "he that does NOT overcome," and "he that does NOT suffer persecution," and "he that does NOT take up his cross," and "he that is NOT baptized into Christ’s death," and "he that does NOT live godly and righteously," shall ALSO be saved just as long as he speaks a twenty-second sinner’s prayer? Nonsense. There are HUNDREDS of Scriptures which tell us the many, many things that God will do in and through us before He actually "SAVES us."
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mercy, peace and love
Kat
--- End quote ---
Sorry to take off like that, but that bit was rather intimidating. I never took it that verse to mean 'you must suffer though martyrdom to receive salvation' as much as 'you much suffer through martyrdom *if* should that time comes'. After reading the verse, it felt as though I would not be able to live up to such an expectation in order to receive salvation. But I guess there was more to it than that. Are you saying that salvation is a work in progress that must be taken over time?
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