Listen and obey!

[Tommy061]

But they did not hear!

Zec 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zec 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

Many who profess to be of Christ will emphatically say proudly that there is nothing we must do to be saved, and it’s all foolish pride for those who insist you must come to God on His terms.
All through scripture we are warned by almighty God what is required of His creation to be reconciled back to Him, but they say they can’t turn, or that if they could stop their rebellious ways then they would be saving themselves and wouldn’t need Jesus, plus a host of many more excuses why they don’t have to obey to be saved!
The Lord is very patient and merciful as many of us can confess, as I know I deserve hell fire for my foolish pride thinking I was a saved and sanctified fornicator, drunkard, idolater, immoral and full of lust, while I gave my tithe, offerings, time, talents and treasures to a church that told me every Sunday morning, I was just a poor begging sinner, telling another poor begging sinner where to find bread.
Nothing to do with real repentance, turning from my evil ways, purifying the heart through faith, and seeking the mercy of God, hoping and praying He will relent and grant me mercy and pardon, NO, that was all works, and they all know it’s NOT of works, especially work of righteousness, or simply doing what is right as commanded, because we have free will and ability to repent, stop sinning (willful rebellion) and come to God on His terms as commanded!
Eze 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
It’s simple to understand when you come to realize you were not born a depraved sinner, and God expects you do your part in working together with Him in His great redemption process called salvation, and I pray the churches who are dead to the truth will wake up, and understand that a passive repentance and faith is no repentance or faith and leads down the dark road to destruction!
Tommy 4-13-13

 

[Barny]

Gal 3:1-3
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

Gal 4:21-31
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written:"Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband."


Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman." So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.


Gal 5:4
You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.