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Bible Questions and Spiritual Discussion
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Just sharing my study notes on salvation
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As Christians
We are destined to live our lives between two days. The day that Christ died on the Cross, and the day that Christ judges all of creation.
The Day of Judgement
Revelation 20:11-13
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Isaiah 30:18
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Judgement by Righteousness
Psalm 7:8
let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
Psalm 72:2
He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
Romans 2:13
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous
Unrighteousness
· Greediness
· Envy
· Murder
· Arguing
· Deceitfulness
· Having bad manners (being rude)
· Gossiping
· Slandering
· Not believing in God (atheism)
· Insolence
· Pride
· Bragging
· Being responsible for any badness
· Being disobedient to one’s parents
· Refusing to be reasonable
· Not honoring agreements
· Not loving your family (gr. astorge)
· Not being merciful
· Being sexually immoral
· Worshiping idols
· Committing adultery
· Practicing homosexuality
· Thievery
· Drunkenness
· Insulting
· Extorting
· Being an angry person
Righteousness is following the law
Deuteronomy 6:25
And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 3:10
As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
Righteousness through Christ
Romans 3:21-26
But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
Romans 10:4
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
John 5:22
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
Obtaining Righteousness
Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
Romans 3:22
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Difficulty of faith
Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"
Matthew 17:20
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Even though it's a gift, we cannot ask for it.
Romans 6:23
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14
[The Offer of Life or Death]
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
Confession alone doesn't work
Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'
Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 6:46
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?
2 Corinthians 9:13
Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
Asking Jesus into our hearts doesn't work
The bible mentions "your heart" 103 times, and not one of them talks about letting Jesus in.
Works
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Isaiah 41:24
But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; he who chooses you is detestable.
Isaiah 57:12
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
Romans 4:2
If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.
Romans 4:4
Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.
Belief alone doesn't work
Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
James 2:19
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
John 12:42
Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;
1 Corinthians 1:21
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 15:2
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
The Sinners Prayer doesn't work
Heavenly Father:
I come to you in prayer asking for the forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my mouth and believe with my heart that Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and I ask you right now to come in to my life and be my personal Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and will Worship you all the day's of my Life!. Because your word is truth, I confess with my mouth that I am Born Again and Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus Name, Amen.
whats included in the prayer
Ask
Confess
Believe
Repent
Obtaining Righteousness through Faith Christ
1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
1 Corinthians 13:2-3
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Psalm 85:10
Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Titus 3:15
Everyone with me sends you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
What Must I do to enter Eternal Life?
Matthew 19:16-17 [The Rich Young Man]
Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."
Luke 10:25 [The Parable of the Good Samaritan]
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
John 12:50
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Galatians 6:8
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
What is Love?
1 John 5:3
This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Your Parents
When your parents tell you to do something, you do it. Why? Well, for one you do it because you know that if you don't you'll get in trouble.
You also obey your parents because you have faith that if you don't you'll be disciplined.
You also obey because you believe without question that what they are saying is possible.
You also obey your parents because you love them.
If you didn't believe that it was possible you would question and not do it.
If you didn't have faith in their disciplined you wouldn't fear the consequences.
If you didn't have love for them, you would ignore them.
Can we sin?
Romans 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Romans 8:8
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
So what are Jesus' Commands?
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
Leviticus 18:5
Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
Job 36:10
He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
Acts 17:30
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Mark 1:14-15
After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
Matthew 21:32
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Romans 2:5
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
The First step is Repentance
James 5:20
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Acts 17:30
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Matthew 3:1-2
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
Job 34:33
Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I;
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'
Job 36:10
He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
Isaiah 30:15
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Jeremiah 8:6
I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
Jeremiah 18:8
and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.
Ezekiel 18:32
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
Matthew 3:8
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
Matthew 4:17
From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
Matthew 11:21
"Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 21:32
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Mark 1:4
And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:15
"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!"
Mark 6:12
They went out and preached that people should repent.
Luke 3:3
He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 5:32
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Luke 13:3
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
Luke 13:5
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
Luke 15:7
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner whorepents."
Luke 16:30
" 'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
Luke 17:3
So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.
Luke 17:4
If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."
Luke 24:47
and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
Acts 5:31
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Acts 13:24
Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.
2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.
2 Timothy 2:25
Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Revelation 2:5
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do notrepent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Revelation 2:21
I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
Revelation 2:22
So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.
Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.
Revelation 9:20
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
Revelation 9:21
Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 16:9
They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
Revelation 16:11
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
Prove your repentance!
Acts 26:20
First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.
Semi Truck
If I told you that this afternoon I was hit by a semi truck doing 120mph on the freeway, you would call me a liar. Because you cannot come in contact with something that contains so much energy and power and not be transformed forever.
You cannot come in contact with the living God and not be changed forever.
You do not have Truth in You
Romans 1:28-32
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
The Test
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
1 John 5:13-15
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John 5:18-20
We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
If it's a cow it has characteristics of a cow. If it is a Christian it has characteristics of a Christian that are undeniable.
The Questions
Walking in Darkness
1 John 1:6
If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.Habitual sinners. Sin can be found in a child of God, but a constant habitual sin, cannot.
Walking in the Light
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
A True Christian will walk in the ways that Jesus walked.
Think of a little boy trying to walk in the giant steps of his father. They may be too large for the little boy to reach, the little boy fall, but he wants to walk like his father by any means necessary.
Admit your sin
1 John 1:8,10
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Deal with sin
Psalm 32:3-6
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD "—and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If you have been truly reborn, the sin that you once loved, you will now hate. In order to have a new relationship with God you must have a new relationship with sin. You must be sensitive to sin.
Being sensitive to sin is a characteristic of a Christian.
Those that do not keep his commands
1 John 2:4-5
The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him.
Keeps Gods Commands
1 John 2:5
This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
1 John 2:6
This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
Hating People
1 John 29:9-11
Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. Walk in love
2 John 1
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
The manifestation of your Godliness is Love. To lay down your life for your brothers in ChristThe primary responsibility of the pastor is to warn your sheep that they are wondering, that they need to head back in the right direction.
To Truly LOVE GOD, you must obey his commandments.
1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
Do Not Love the World
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
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jonathonbyrd 05/11/2011 15:00 |
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Craig from Illinois
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05/11/2011 22:14 |
So what does this list mean to you? What are your conclusions?
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jonathonbyrd
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05/11/2011 23:05 |
Oh, I'm a programmer, so when I'm debugging a system I start at the top and work my way through the system. This was my study notes as I worked backwords from the day of judgement to my responsibilities today.
I found that we are judged on righteousness. Our righteousness is directly determined by the things that we do through Love and Faith in Christ. There are many many many other things that I have taken from this study as well, but that's the gist of it.
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