Not Saved By Works
We are not saved by works, because the Bible says that God credits righteousness apart from works. Romans 4:6 just as David also describe the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works. In Romans 11:6 says if by grace, and then it is no longer by works. This is true because there is nothing that man can do under Heaven to save himself except to accept Jesus and to accept his work on the cross. Man has no power over sin, Jesus does. So no amount of good works can save you. But after you are saved, works must come in to play. What are works? Works are the fruits of the Holy Spirit, Witnessing for Christ. Learning about the God head [ Father-Son-Holy Spirit]. Fruits can also be shown by hating the things you use to like, which are the sinful things. And enjoying the things you use to hate, which are the things of God. This is a true sign that your old self has died with Christ on the cross, and your new self has been raised to life with him on the third day. When this has happened you will want to atomically do the things that God wants without even realizing it. There are some preachers who actually teach that if you do any good works at all that you are not saved, that you are trying to work your way into Heaven. So just be lazy and don’t worry about any- thing at all. Just live your life anyway that you want and when Jesus comes we can all go home to Heaven. What a Blasphemous teaching, these are the ones who say that backsliders who have no intension of changing their ways are going to Heaven. Jesus told of the parable Mattew:13:24-30 of the wheat and the tares, which means that some people in the church were true Christians and some, were not. And he will take the true Christians with Him in the rapture and leave the false ones behind. And to the blasphemous teachers, who teach this heresy, think about this, did not all confess to have been saved? Did not all confess that they knew Jesus, and were going to Heaven? If all who confessed to have been saved went in the rapture then Jesus would have never told about this parable. Jesus said he was coming for a church without spot or blemish, a Church without sin, and how do Christians stay perfect and blameless before God? By asking Jesus to forgive them throughout the day when they sin, so they can stay pure and holy before the Lord. So when he comes they can be ready, by trusting the power of the Holy Spirit to be more than enough to deliver them from bondage. Be prayerful; stay watchful, because his coming draws near. Also Paul the Apostle makes it clear Romans 5:6{When a person is in Christ Jesus, it doesn't matter whether he is circumcised or not. The only thing which is important is faith--the kind of faith which works through love.} Hear is the key to understanding. God! He does not want you to force yourself into anything, or to give money if your heart is not satisfied, and content with giving. We can’t pretend with God, since He knows our intentions. The best you can do is asked God, to help you to love, to help you to give, to forgive, to mold you into his image. Pray seek Him daily wait upon the Lord, and your prayer and your faith, and hope, will come to pass. My advice to you is, read His word daily, and never go back to the old self.  You were running a good race. Galatians 5:7-9 Who hindered you from obeying the truth? Who persuaded you to stop? That persuasion does not come from God who called you! ``Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise.’} These scriptures are taken from The New Jerusalem with the apocrypha-- Romans 12:12-13 {Be joyful in hope. persevere in hardship; keep praying regularly; share with any of God's holy people who are in need; look for opportunities to be hospitable}Every day in the news we hear about the Muslims committing suicide just so they can make it into Heaven, a place they will never go too, No human sacrifice will God accept and much less when it takes other humans with them, because Jesus died once for all, and no sacrifice is good enough in God’s eyes, only the Sacrifice of Jesus will do. So to the Muslims! I say to you study the book of books and don’t settle for second best, your eternity is at stake here. A servant of the Lord Yeshua Lee Martone