"Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation." - John 5:28-29
‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities." - Luke 19:17
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent." - Rev 2:5"
Speaking to "saved believers" in the churches who refuse to repent and do those "good works" Jesus says - "I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches[p] the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works." - Rev 2:23
Did Jesus change His mind? Either He did, and we're not sure what He requires of us, OR... we realize that we must embrace ALL that He taught, and not limit our understanding by accepting only the verses that seem to require nothing of us. That may appeal to our Adamic nature, but when we listen to the Holy Spirit our spirit knows we must be obedient and prove ourselves worthy if we are to attain to the promises of God.
Again, not a single 'sinner-saved-by-grace' will comprise the Kingdom of God. Only those who have truly been tested and tried in the fire, endured til the end, proven themselves worthy, come forth as gold, purified themselves, and been actually transformed by the Spirit into the divine image of the Firstborn Son of God. Oh, you won't hear this message from mos pulpits today, but you will hear it from that "still small voice" saying "this is the Way, walk in it."
Peace & Blessings, God's Wisdom and Understanding to all.
John 6:35-40 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 10:14-18,25-30 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me,is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one."
John 17:20-26 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Sadly, Michael, your understanding of scripture is so horribly off that your "truth" is actually demonic false teaching, which Jesus rejects, Paul rejects and the saints reject. Only a false teaching woman of the early 20th century would applaud your teaching, as well as all the others in darkness that you are leading down the path of empty works.
