>>>GOD, the Prophets and Jesus have nothing to do with it. It's a church doctrine.
To do with what? I provided the three different ways that the Bible talks about salvation. There is a specific point in time where one is justified and sanctified, but the process continues with sanctification, and then salvation will be complete when we are glorified.
>>>Of course he does. he just Challange and disobey GOD.
Are you saying that Satan
does "believe in God (or Jesus) in the sense of making him Lord of his life and trusting in him for salvation?" If so, then give Scripture to support this. Of course, if that is what you are saying, your second statement contradicts it. If Satan bears bad fruit, and indeed that is all he can bear, then he is a bad tree. By definition, then, he
cannot believe in God (or Jesus) in the sense of making him Lord of his life and trusting in him for salvation. That is an impossibility.
Again, you’re conflating to different meanings of “believe.”
>>>Friend, the whole disagreement between Jesus and the Pharisees is the law and how to be implemented.
Do you remember what Jesus said about them?
They sit in Moses' seat, do what they said and stay away from their deeds. Do you fellow his command?
No, because I don't have anything to do with scribes and Pharisees, whose works of the Law will not save.
>>>This is exactly what I am saying, a good believer must do good deeds!
But it isn’t what you are saying because I’m saying that Jesus and Paul say that good deeds don’t save. Justification is by grace alone through faith alone and good works are only evidence that a person is saved.
Rom 3:20 For
by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21 But
now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—
Rom 3:22 the righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom 3:24 and
are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood,
to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and
the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?
By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 F
or we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. (ESV)
Rom 4:4 Now
to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
Rom 4:5 And
to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, (ESV)
Rom 5:1 Therefore,
since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)
Rom 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
Rom 10:10 For
with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. (ESV)
Gal 2:16 yet
we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ,
so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. (ESV)
Gal 3:11 Now it is evident that
no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Gal 3:12 But
the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.”
Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Gal 3:14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,
so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. (ESV)
Eph 2:8 For
by grace you have been saved through faith. And
this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (ESV)
Php 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Php 3:9 and be found in him,
not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— (ESV)
2Ti 3:15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings,
which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
2Ti 3:17 that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work. (ESV)
Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone, not by works.
>>>In my opinion, you just disregard what Jesus' command.
Jesus: "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire"
You are entitled to your opinion, but that is not what I have done.
Mat 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Mat 7:16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Mat 7:17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Mat 7:18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. (ESV)
What is Jesus saying here?
