Christ DIED for our sins. The wages of sin is DEATH. The wicked will be "ashes" on the Day of the Lord. God is love. Eternal torment in hell originated with the Papacy to make money through indulgences.
@nathancbowling Reject those thoughts. Believe God will provide and He will. Abraham and Sarah didn't believe they would ever have children, but now their children are as the stars in the heavens. Believe. Walk around Jericho 7 times. The wall will fall. Believe.
@chefnate23@galfromkalzoo@JoshuaBarzon That's not what they teach at all. They have always taught God's people are in every church. But like in Israel of the OT, the tribe of Judah kept the true way of worship in tact while the rest of Israel went the way of Jeroboam. All still God's people.
@RealGrapedrop It's more than "holy Saturday", it's the Sabbath, the seventh day, the day of rest. The sign that God sanctifies us, not ourselves, we just rest (Ezekiel 20:12)
@ZachWil01464588@redeemed_zoomer Pray a Hannah-like prayer from 1 Samuel. Humbly tell God that if he doesn't provide someone for you soon that you'll have to start looking yourself since you're getting older, etc. Pray from the heart and watch Him work ♥️
@j_redemer No sir, that's you fulfill the mark of the beast. Jesus is more than enough to attract people to church without forcing them through laws. How about providing their needs and actually loving people? Churches would be filled.
It's because Christians say you must be obedient to all the commandments, you must be praying x amount every day, you must be reading Scripture at least one hour each day, you must be evangelizing, or you risk losing your salvation. It's the wrong focus. Faith in Christ should be the focus, then you're justified, and then all those works come over time without any effort/discipline on your part. Love becomes the motivator behind everything.
@blankcardboard@MrTimothyRenfro@birdchadlouis Exactly. I was living in sin and God was still working in my life and helping me in many ways. The kindness of God blew my mind. I no longer deliberately live in those sins :)
@MrTimothyRenfro@birdchadlouis Yes, like Peter focusing on Christ, which caused him to walk on water. Like the Israelites looking to the snake on the pole and being healed.
Yes but focusing is simply faith. When you look to Him, you aren't doing anything to free yourself from sin, nor to earn salvation. You're simply trusting, waiting, resting that God will provide the victory. During this process, you will fall and sin. When this happens you simply confess and cling to the righteousness of Christ. The pressure is on God to deliver you, not your efforts. Thus, God always gets the glory for overcoming sin, never yourself.
Yes, and when you experience it, it changes everything. You begin to focus on Christ's righteousness that is imputed to you and His grace when you sin instead of focusing on your constant failures, which leads to thinking you're going to lose your salvation. The focus on Christ (and waiting in faith) naturally leads to more and more obedience over time.