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Let me ask you this...do you have a righteousness of your own, or do you have Christ's righteousness?
I ask this because at the end of Matthew 25, scripture says “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
At Judgment Day, there is separation, but the...
Welcome to CH. In your baptism you will be clothed in Christ's righteousness! Your sins will be washed away and you shall receive the forgiveness that Jesus won for you at the cross. Thanks be to God He's brought you to that day.
@Frankj and @fuddy Jesus' death took our sins to the cross and we're forgiven because of that. We can't do anything to earn the salvation won for us. His resurrection shows that the sacrifice was accepted.
The will of the Father is to believe that He is our Savior and He alone will give us...
You can't be a disciple unless you have the free gift of salvation by God's grace through faith. Living out your life as a Christian does not contribute to what Jesus earned by His death and resurrection.
Your post indicates that you don't believe in the forgiveness of sins because of the...
I heard that the new neighbors are about my age and the guy wants a lot of space to tinker since he'll be retiring. He's putting up a pole barn first thing! Yikes. I hope he doesn't rev engines all day/night.
God makes disciples through baptism and teaching (both are His works). Jesus sent men out to make other disciples, but it's really God doing that work through the Gospel proclamation.
That question is as if you're looking for something to do...but it's not you doing things for salvation...
We still live in sinful bodies that protest against the Holy Spirit and prefer to do it our own way. The Holy Spirit is sanctifying us. We do things that He wants us to do, but like everyone else in the bible (except Jesus since He's God), we fight it. This is why our works are not dependent...
Isaiah 40:11 (ESV): "He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young." [1, 2]
Deuteronomy 32:11 (ESV): "Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its...