Are Works And Commandments Necessary For Salvation?

Unsealed ^ | 3/25/2020 | Gary

[SkyDancer]

Nope. It’s nothing we can do ourselves. It already has been done on the Cross; however, I will show you my faith by what I do.

[Mogger]

With any luck (or not), we will find out when we croak.

One thing is for sure.

If there is an afterlife, an awful lot of people are going to be very surprised.

We just don't know who.

With most religions claiming to be the only way, and so many denominations of the Christian religion, most claiming to be the ONLY way, or you are going to hell, surprises are in order.

I hope everybody gets a good surprise.

[Artemis Webb]

Gee, I wonder if this question has ever been addressed before.

[Liaison]

good Christian works ensure you have a higher residence in heaven. More closer to God than the pit of salvation.

[Mad Dawg]

Is breathing out neccessary for breathing in?

That’s how I look at it.

[MrEdd]

They aren’t necessary for salvation but if you have a relationship with Christ you will want to do those things.

[Dave Wright]

Was Job saved by his belief?

[cherry]

I'll start....No, absolutely Not...just say some words...words is all you need...then go about your day stealing, raping, assualting,lying, and porn ingesting..... God doesn't care as long as you say some words.....

you're saved! /sarcasm/

[Old Yeller]

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9

[mythenjoseph]

There is a manual with full instruction out there regarding this issue/topic/question,the Bible.

[jjotto]

Well, without them, individuals and societies will experience Hell on earth.

[caww]

No they are not..for Salvation. But they will certainly come into play sort of like a compass/guide until you know the ground tread and the sound of his voice as you walk with Him.

New Christians are called...”Babes In Christ” for a reason...but as they read his word they will understand and grow to maturity in time and tide as our walk is one of faith.

[Yosemitest]

"Are Works And Commandments Necessary For Salvation?"

That's one of Satan's favorite questions and distractions, just like "Come as you are" !

Read again

" Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. "

And read again:

" But he that heareth , and doeth not,
is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth;
against which the stream did beat vehemently ,
and immediately it fell ;
and the ruin of that house was great. "

Are we not judged by our INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS ?
Shouldn't judgement begin with US ?

Our ACTIONS matter as we go through this fiery trial, and every action we take, every idle word we speak, we WILL answer for.

And so it has been written, and so IT SHALL BE DONE.

Can you remember reading about "a thorn in their side"?

"But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you;
then it shall come to pass,
that those which ye let remain of them
shall be pricks in your eyes,
and thorns in your sides,
and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Moreover
it shall come to pass,
that I shall do unto you,
as I thought to do unto them."

Someone once said:

"The only way one can accept the truth and retain their sanity is to trust God."

They may be more to it than that.
Doing is important.
I believe the "fiery trial" has already started.
We haven't been very diligent " ... to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses ... "
and there are consequences for our actions and in-actions.
We are living in the time of those consequences.

[caww]

Well it’s certainly far more than words that occurs in the moments of Salvation...but I saw you’re sarcasm mentioned.

[Bob434]

Matt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light

Nuff said-

[GBA]

It’s a fun argument, but I don’t care one way or the other.

To be honest? I never know for sure what someone means when they say “works” or “commandments”.

But, I have read what Revelation 20:12 says:

“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”

According to Scripture, I am a sinner who believes, and believes in, Jesus and His Father.

Most of the time, I hope my belief might be obvious to anyone by how I live and treat other people and my self ... but ...

I am a natural born sinner and sometimes I don’t struggle with this self-truth as much as might later I wish I had.

Commandments were broken and my works condemn me and I might not even know.

Thankfully for people like me, Jesus is the God of Unlimited Love and Second Chances.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner.

[Bob434]

[[If there is an afterlife ... We just don’t know who.]]

We actually do know- there have been eyewitnesses to heaven- John, Steven, Elijah etc- all recorded in history-

[mythenjoseph]

There is a manual with full instruction out there regarding this issue/topic/question,the Bible.

[caww]

.....”That’s one of Satan’s favorite questions and distractions, just like “Come as you are!” .......

Oh really?.....well most do Come as they are, but they won’t stay as they are because God has begun a work in them.

Isaiah 1:18 shows us, as the lord said..... “Come now, let’s reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.”.....He recognizes how dirty with sin we are and he does invite us just as we are...dirty!

And just as 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us.... “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

Just as surely as Galatians 2:20 declares...... “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”