Understanding Salvation.
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Desire to be a vessel of honor unto the Lord Jesus Christ?
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Taking the time to pray? Christ is the answer in times of need
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How are famous preachers sometimes affected by sin?
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Actually I haven’t posted the scripture from Matthew 9:20-22, in this thread.
Your misrepresenting me.
Why?
JLB
How does obedience to what God says, and surrendering to Him differ from your perspective?
JLB
Actually from what I see that you believe, it seems to align with his perspective of a surrendered life.
You believe in obedience to Christ.
I don’t really understand why he rejects what we say, and why he thinks it’s so different?
What am I missing?
JLB
True " obedience" is adhering to a set of rules or mandates in order to fulfill expectations of something in return.
True " surrender" is a choice ! A choice to turn our life and will over to Him and live a life inspired by such surrender. And because we don't see our lives as ours anymore, we have no expectations of anything in return for the surrender.
Simply, your understanding leaves " your life and will" still in your possession. My understanding leaves my life and will in God's possession.
When someone surrenders to an enemy, do they pull a list of terms or things they want out of their pocket? No, the only expectation is to be a slave to the one surrendered to.
You aren't missing anything, but someone else certainly is especially when they do not want scripture to be used in the discussion.
Obedience to follow the Lord is a choice.
To surrender to Jesus Christ as Lord is to obey Him.
Same thing brother.
Lets please be in unity about these things as there is no reason to nit pick at each when we are saying the same thing.
JLB
No they simply submit and obey what their told to do.
No one here has mentioned anything about a list of rules.
Submit would be the closest word to surrender in the Bible.
Submit -
- to arrange under, to subordinate
- to subject, put in subjection
- to subject one's self, obey
- to submit to one's control
- to yield to one's admonition or advice
- to obey, be subject
JLB
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Pisteuo is closer, used 248 times in the NT. Defined in the Greek dictionary as, " a personal surrender to Him and a life inspired by such surrender."
But I don't use scripture.
Obedience was tried and failed in the old covenant.
We access God today by the new covenant, by Faith, by pisteuo, by a continually surrendered life.
What we get in return from being obedient to God and His commands is eternal life with the Father. If one is not obedient then one is not walking in faith or belief in the Father and is none of Christ own.
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
Hebrews 5:9
What do you mean by the “old covenant”?
JLB
Maybe you should read and use scripture so you would know the variants of pisteuo found in the Bible. Since you ignored the website I gave you I will post the full here. You refuse to use scripture as what you try to teach does not line up with that which is already spoken by God who gave the Prophets and the Apostles to write down for every generation to learn from as the Holy Spirit reveals all the mysteries of God that He wants revealed to us.
classic.net.bible.org Strong 4100
pisteuo <4100>
pisteuw pisteuo
| Pronunciation: | pist-yoo'-o |
| Origin: | from 4102 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 6:174,849 |
| PrtSpch: | v |
| In Greek: | episteuen 1, episteuete 2, episteuon 4, episteusa 1, episteusamen 2, episteusan 22, episteusate 7, episteusav 2, episteusen 14, episteuyh 2, episteuyhn 2, episteuyhsan 1, pepisteuka 2, pepisteukamen 2, pepisteukate 1, pepisteukav 1, pepisteukeisan 1, pepisteuken 2, pepisteukosin 1, pepisteukotav 1, pepisteukotev 2, pepisteukotwn 3, pepisteukwv 1, pepisteumai 2, pisteue 2, pisteuei 3, pisteuein 5, pisteueiv 7, pisteuetai 1, pisteuete 21, pisteuh 2, pisteuhte 5, pisteuomen 6, pisteuonta 1, pisteuontav 4, pisteuontev 6, pisteuonti 4, pisteuontwn 4, pisteuousin 14, pisteusai 6, pisteusantav 1, pisteusantev 8, pisteusantwn 1, pisteusasa 1, pisteusasin 3, pisteusav 2, pisteusei 1, pisteusete 2, pisteushte 8, pisteushv 2, pisteusomen 1, pisteuson 2, pisteusousin 1, pisteusw 2, pisteuswmen 3, pisteuswsin 4, pisteuw 4, pisteuwn 24, pisteuyhnai 1 |
| In NET: | believe 43, believed 32, believes 31, do believe 8, have believed 8, you believe 5, we believe 5, believers 4, Do you believe 4, you do believe 4, I believe 4, did believe 4, you believed 3, they believed 3, he believed 3, you may believe 3, had believed 3, to believe 3, did you believe 3, will believe 3, Believe 3, will you believe 2, you will believe 2, may believe 2, he has believed 2, have come to believe 2, you would believe 2, they did believe 2, when believed 2, was entrusted 2, you did believe 2, has believed 2, believing 2, who believe 2, does believe 2, believe in 1, believed on 1, I will believe 1, I believed 1, I am entrusted with a responsibility 1, Have you believed 1, Do believe 1, I have faith 1, I was entrusted 1, after believing 1, You believe 1, They believe 1, are they to believe in 1, have placed faith 1, were entrusted 1, we will believe 1, we became believers 1, to be entrusted 1, who believed 1, who does believe 1, you came to believe 1, would entrust 1, will entrust 1, they still to believe 1, they have believed in 1, faith is set 1, do you believe 1, do we believe 1, had come to believe 1, might believe 1, they had believed 1, they do believe 1, they believe 1, by believing 1 |
| In AV: | believe 239, commit unto 4, commit to (one's) trust 1, be committed unto 1, be put in trust with 1, be commit to one's trust 1, believer 1 |
| Count: | 248 |
| Definition: | 1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in 1a) of the thing believed 1a1) to credit, have confidence 1b) in a moral or religious reference 1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul 1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith 1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith 2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity 2a) to be intrusted with a thingfrom 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):-believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with. see GREEK for 4102 |
Well, I can't respect anyone's teaching that rejects the Bible for sound doctrine.
First, not a teacher, never claimed to be. I've known one gifted teacher in 33 years.
Second, I don't reject the scriptures, I reject your legitimacy to speak about them.