spruik
simple answer for you
jesus said to the cripple
your sins are forgiven pick up your mat and walk
that is the same problem as the pharasies had
they also questioned who is this man who says he can forgive sin
you ve got it
this man was also god
now whereu
yes i agree that was a very stupid statement
that we allow god into our lives
i hope this post will correct and clarify
in my last post
you will see that for many years i turned away from god
and god let me go and do what i wanted
in his anger
but
in his love he allowed me to make one mistake after another
that was my free will
i chose to do that
but time and time again through all that wickedness
i knew by his grace
he was calling me
it is then i started to respond
very slowly to start untill
i came into a relationship with him
through faith and trust in the lord jesus christ
knowing that he came and died for me
took all my sin
and makes me rightous through him
no works saved only by grace
now to all those who think they or any christian
can say i have a get out of hell card think again
paul goes on to say ch 12
pharaphrased
brothers in view of gods mercies
offer your bodies as a living sacrafice to god
be humble dont chase after worldly things
be transformed by the renewing of your minds
so that you can test and approve what gods will is
now
this is where works begin that matters to god
since our minds are renewed
we no longer chase after to to do
to try and earn our way into gods grace--
which is never going to happen and angers and insults god--
we do things that god wants us to do
whether it be to teach others
help other people in a whole array of things
the poor the sick the lonely the widows the hungry the disadvantaged and so on
because now god has transformed our minds to help us think like him
and to do what he would want us to do
and this is where we boast in the love and grace and mercies of the only god
nothing of ourselves its all done by him
