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James 2:14 (NKJV)
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

Or in other words “can that faith save him”. That kind of faith, is a dead faith, not a saving faith and hence not real faith.

True faith in Christ saves and produces good works.

James 2:15-17 (NKJV)
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

What makes that kind of faith a dead one is the lack of love.

Real faith is a faith that works by love.

James 2:18-19 (NKJV)
But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe — and tremble!

Real faith demonstrates itself by works of love. Knowledge is not the same as belief.

It is belief in Jesus which saves.

James 2:20-21 (NKJV)
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

Yet, we also read in Romans 4:2-5 (NKJV)…
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

So how then is someone justified, by faith or by works? Abraham was justified before men by his works but justified before God by his faith. Faith does result in works if it is indeed the true and justifying kind.

The works mentioned in the above passage cannot be in reference to “works of the law” as the law of Moses did not even exist as yet during Abraham’s time.

Therefore, we are not saved by works at all of any kind except by the work of Jesus Christ Himself through the Spirit of God!

Titus 3:5 (NKJV)
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Hebrews 9:14 (NKJV)
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

We cannot be justified by a faith that doesn’t work. But yet, neither can we be justified by faith and works.

Romans 11:6 (NKJV)
And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

Once you have attempt to add works to grace you have denied God’s grace that is received by faith.

Then how are we justified? By faith which works!

James 2:22 (NKJV)
Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

Faith did the works through Abraham. We are saved only by faith. However, that faith is a fruitfully productive one which is spurred by love.

James 2:23 (NKJV)
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.

It was Abraham’s faith belief that He was made righteous by God.

Works demonstated this justifying faith.

James 2:24 (NKJV)
You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

We see that a man is justified only by faith which demonstrates itself by works. Works cannot save, faith plus works cannot save, but faith which works does save.

We see faith in action.

James 2:25 (NKJV)
Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

Hebrews 11:31 (NKJV)
By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

Faith was working together with the works of Rahab.

We can see now that faith must have love to work.

James 2:26 (NKJV)
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Faith without works is dead being alone without love.

Having faith alone in Jesus Christ for your salvation means that you are believing only in Jesus to save you. It also means you are not placing your faith in anyone or anything else, not even in your own works, for your salvation.

This does not mean that faith salvation is that which is alone lacking love or resulting works. Dead faith doesn’t work but real and true living faith works!

Trusting in a false “faith and works” gospel or “faith plus works” gospel denies the work Jesus did to save you and renounces Him as the only and true Savior.

Galatians 5:6 (NKJV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything,
but faith working through love.

Real salvation is found in the true “faith which works” gospel because faith works by love!

FAITH + LOVE = WORKS
FAITH + LOVE = SALVATION, true gospel
This is a real and productive faith.

FAITH – WORKS ≠ LOVE
FAITH – WORKS ≠ SALVATION
FAITH – WORKS = LICENTIOUSNESS, false gospel
This is a dead faith.

FAITH – LOVE ≠ WORKS
FAITH – LOVE ≠ SALVATION
FAITH – LOVE = EMPTY RELIGION, false gospel
This is a superficial faith.

FAITH + WORKS ≠ LOVE
FAITH + WORKS ≠ SALVATION
FAITH + WORKS = LEGALISM, false gospel
This is a counterfeit faith.

There is no need to add works to faith to be saved because faith is what produces works. Moreover, your works cannot save you.

Ephesians 2:8-10 (NKJV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Dividing your faith in Jesus Christ with other people, things or works not only distracts you from Jesus, the only and true Savior, but actually prevents you from receiving salvation which comes only through faith alone in Him.

If you could be saved by your own works in addition to God’s grace through faith then you would become your own savior and Jesus would be but merely your co-savior. What blasphemy!

Who else do you believe saves you besides Jesus Christ to insult His name? Do you trust a church denomination, religious leaders or dead people? How many saviors do you put your faith in?

In order for salvation to be received it must be received by faith alone in the only true Savior Jesus Christ. Otherwise it cannot be received at all.

John 14:6 (NKJV)
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Acts 4:12 (NKJV)
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Acts 16:31b (NKJV)
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,

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For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
– Hebrews 4:8-9

The sabbath day rest for the Christian is not Saturday.
Neither is it Sunday.
It is, in fact, the eternal rest which we have with Christ.

We observe this sabbath, keeping it holy, by placing our full confident faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Hebrews chapter 4…

1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
“So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way:
“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

5 and again in this place:
“They shall not enter My rest.”

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,

7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:
“Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

To insist that it is a sin before God for anyone to work on Saturday is placing a yoke of bondage on Christ’s disciples. The very insistence of such is sinful disobedience against God’s commandment.

Romans chapter 14 verses 5 thru 6a…

One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it.

The New Testament book of Colossians continually warns us not to fall into the error of legalism and not to attempt to justify oneself by things that cannot save.

Colossians chapter 2 verses 16 & 17…

So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

The Old Testament laws and holidays serve to teach us faith, the substance of things hoped for, in the hope of the eternal rest we have with Jesus.

ACCEPT JESUS, FOREVER FORGIVEN

Scripture taken from the New King James Version.
Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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Who crucified Jesus Christ?

Who is guilty for the murder of God’s Messiah?
 

Much has been said in great depth by many, all having various answers to the question.

In answer to this enigmatic mystery and long debate, herein you will read the Bible’s own complete and concise answer to this age old question…
 

For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anonited, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
– Acts 4:27-28 (NKJV)

What was God’s purpose for the death of His Son?

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first
Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern
to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
– 1 Timothy 1:15-16 (NKJV)

Jesus did not just die to take the penalty for your sins
but also to take the penalty for your worst enemy’s sins.

As you believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of all your sins,
you are enabled to forgive and others and forgive yourself.

Does this answer your question well enough?

 

ACCEPT JESUS, FOREVER FORGIVEN

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What should we do when we see a brother in Christ who is down?

KNOCK HIM OUT with the old JAMES ONE-TWO!
 

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
– James 1:2 (NKJV)

Do we count it “all joy” for just any reason?
No.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
– James 1:3 (NKJV)

So what do perservering trials and becoming patient do for us?
Perfects your character.

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
– James 1:4 (NKJV)

Trials in life that you face as a Christian make you mature, complete in the will of God.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
-1 Peter 5:10 (NKJV)

And what happens after we become mature and complete?
You end up putting strong trusting faith in Jesus Christ, looking for the expected hope of the eternal life waiting for us.

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
-1 Peter 1:13 (NKJV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith — the salvation of your souls.

 -1 Peter 1:3-9 (NKJV)

So, if you see a brother in Christ who is down,
KNOCK HIM OUT with the old JAMES ONE-TWO!

In memory of José “Joe” Marcelino of Bethlehem, PA
who would kindly knock me out when I was down.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version.
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Don’t Wait!  Tomorrow may be too late!

TODAY! You need the assurance of having the gift of eternal life.
Believe in Jesus Christ and be saved!

John 5:24 (NKJV):  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Hebrews 7:25 (NKJV):  Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them.

Romans 10:9 (NKJV):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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Don’t wait for Jesus to be your judge. Accept Him as your Savior right away! Now is the time for you to receive Him.

Acts 17:30-31 (NKJV):  “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

Hebrews 10:31 (NKJV):  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Corinthians 6:2b (NKJV):  Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

You may not have till tomorrow. If you neglect Jesus now, you may perish at any time.

James 4:14 (NKJV):  whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

Matthew 16:26a (NKJV):  “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

Hebrews 2:3 (NKJV):  how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Do you wish to try to enjoy merely this life without the joys of everlasting life?

Does delaying your decision to receive Jesus as your Savior make you feel better about what short life you have now before going to Hell?

Wouldn’t you prefer having the confidence of possessing the free gift of eternal life rather than living with the fear of the eternal torment awaiting you?

Your day of death could be today!

PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD!

This may be your last opportunity to receive Christ as your Savior.

For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– Romans 6:23

ACCEPT JESUS, FOREVER FORGIVEN

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And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:          

God was manifest in the flesh,          

justified in the Spirit,          

seen of angels,          

preached unto the Gentiles,          

believed on in the world,          

received up into glory.

– 1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)

    The greek letters “theta sigma” (θς) appear in New
    Testament manuscripts as an abbreviation for God.

SCRIPTURE QUOTES FROM THE AUTHORIZED VERSION / KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE

The first chapter of Hebrews from the New Testament (KJV):
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands; They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Nehemiah 9:6 (KJV):
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Isaiah 9:6 (KJV):
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 32:18 (KJV):
Thou showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

Isaiah 43:10-11 (KJV):
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

2 Peter 1:1 (KJV):
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

Isaiah 45:21-23 (KJV):
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.  Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Philippians 2:10 (KJV):
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Zechariah 12:10 (KJV):
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Zechariah 2:10 (KJV):
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

Zechariah 9:9 (KJV):
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Matthew 21:4-6 (KJV):
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

Isaiah 40:3 (KJV):
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Matthew 3:3, 11 & 13 (KJV):
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. … I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier that I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: … Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Matthew 1:23 (KJV):
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Mark 10:17-18 (KJV):
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

1 John 3:5 (KJV):
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

John 1:1 (KJV):
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14 (KJV):
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 5:18 (KJV):
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 8:28 (KJV):
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:58 (KJV):
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Exodus 3:14 (KJV):
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV):
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

John 10:30 (KJV):
I and my Father are one.

John 10:33 (KJV):
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

John 14:9-10 (KJV):
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Acts 17:18 (KJV):
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Psalms 35:23 (KJV):
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

John 20:28-29 (KJV):
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Romans 9:5 (KJV):
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Galatians 1:11-12 (KJV):
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:9 (KJV):
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Philippians 2:5-6 (KJV):
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Colossians 1:16 (KJV):
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Colossians 2:9-10 (KJV):
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

Titus 2:10 (KJV):
Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Titus 2:13 (KJV):
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 2:10 (KJV):
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Revelation 1:8 (KJV):
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 22:12-13 (KJV):
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Revelation 22:20 (KJV):
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Revelation 1:17-18 (KJV):
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Revelation 2:8 (KJV):
And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

Isaiah 44:6 (KJV):
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

1 John 5:20 (KJV):
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV):  
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

 
The word for “fear” in the verse above is not referring to general fear as it is commonly known. The word in the original greek language is not ‘phobos’ (φοβος) but rather is ‘deilias’ (δειλιας) which means “cowardice”. God has not given us a spirit of cowardice.  The actual context of the words found in 2 Timothy 1:7 refers to partaking in the difficulties of the work of sharing the good news of the free gift of salvation and not to wimp out.

2 Timothy 1:6-9 (KJV):  Wherefore, I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;  Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

2 Timothy 3:15 (KJV):  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

The Holy Scriptures are sufficient to supply the message of salvation to us. Salvation is by faith in none other than Jesus Christ.
 

Further commentary…

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (KJV):  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

It is the Scriptures that are God inspired. As we place our faith in Christ through them then we are completely equipped to perform resulting good works.

2 Timothy 4:1-2 (KJV):  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

What word was Timothy to preach? God’s word, the Holy Scriptures, of course. The Scriptures he knew and grew up with was what he was to preach revealing God’s salvation.   To be instant with the gospel, like instant coffee. We’re not to be slowly perking preachers. It is always open season for soul winning. The priority is urgent because God will judge.

2 Timothy 4:3 (KJV):  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

This time has already come when people desire to trust teachers before going to the Scriptures. They should be seeking God through the Scriptures themselves.   It is not teachers and Bible commentators that shed light on God’s word. Rather, it is God’s word, the Holy Scriptures, that sheds the light on the teachings of men whether they be of God or not.   The reason they don’t place their entire trust in the Scriptures is because they only want to believe what they want to please only themselves, uncaring of what God really wants and says.

2 Timothy 4:4 (KJV):  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Faith is not to be placed in fictitious stories and based on man-made traditions which are unproven as being from Christ or from the apostles and prophets.

2 Timothy 4:5 (KJV):  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Keep your eyes fully open to God’s Bible truth and declare God’s Scriptural truth even when it hurts.

Finally, stop making cowardly excuses for not sharing the good news of the scriptures and tell people about the saving faith in Jesus Christ.

 
 
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Jesus continued and said…
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

-John 6:49-51

There is no mention anywhere of Holy Communion in the sixth chapter of John.

Saying that Holy Communion is the eating and drinking the actual physical flesh and blood of Christ was a false accusation made against Christians during ancient times.

For when the Greeks, having arrested the slaves of Christian catechumens, then used force against them, in order to learn from them some secret thing practiced among Christians, these slaves, having nothing to say that would meet the wishes of their tormentors, except that they had heard from their masters that the divine communion was the body and blood of Christ, and imagining that it was actually flesh and blood, gave their inquisitors answer to that effect. That these latter, assuming such to be the case with regard to the practices of Christians, gave information regarding it to other Greeks, and sought to compel the martyrs Sanctus and Blandina to confess, under the influence of torture, that the allegation was correct. To these men Blandina replied very admirably in these words: “How should those person endure such accusations, who, for the sake of the practice of piety, did not avail themselves even of the flesh that was permitted them to eat?”
– Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus XIII.

Now those oblations are not according to the law, the handwriting which the Lord took away from the midst by canceling it; but they are according to the Spirit, for we must worship God “in spirit and in truth.” And therefore the oblation of the Eucharist is not a carnal one, but a spiritual; and in this respect it is pure. For we make an oblation to God of the bread and the cup of blessing, giving Him thanks in that He has commanded the earth to bring for these fruits for our nourishment. And then, we when we have perfected the oblation, we invoke the Holy Spirit, that He may exhibit this sacrifice, both the bread the body of Christ, and the cup the blood of Christ, in order that the receivers of these antitypes may obtain remission of sins and life eternal.
– Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus XXXVII.

We obtain remission of sins and eternal life by receiving the antitypes, the actual body and blood of Christ.

These are revealed by the bread and cup which are the types of these.

Receive the body and blood of Jesus by coming to Him, believing on Him.

 
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I will show you my faith by my works. – James 2:18c (NKJV)

Partaking of the gospel to salvation is not merely an internal experience. It is an outward demonstration of saving faith. This turnabout to belief in God’s Son Jesus, resulting in obedient conduct to the law of God, is called “repentance”.
 

Mark 1:15c (NKJV):  “Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Acts 2:38 (NKJV):  Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:22 (NKJV):  “Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.”

Acts 16:31 (NKJV):  So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Acts 26:20b (NKJV):  “that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.”

Romans 10:9 (NKJV):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:13 (NKJV):  For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

The commandments of God are understood contextually, not cumulatively. Water baptism, prayer, evangelizing, doing works, confessing Christ, even calling on His name are all done as the result of receiving Christ by faith. These are not means, prerequisites, nor requirements for salvation. Acts demonstrating saving belief do not of themselves save us and neither do they save us in addition to our faith.

Romans 4:5 (NKJV):  But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

We are not saved by any work other than the completed work of Jesus Christ and His continual intercession on our behalf.

Hebrews 10:10 (NKJV):  By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 7:25 (NKJV):  Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Also, in the same, neither are we saved by an unproductive dead faith in Him as that would be false, licentious and counterfeit belief.

James 2:17 (NKJV):  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

The inward work of the Holy Spirit results in the good outward conduct of the Christian.

Philippians 2:12c-13 (NKJV):  work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

As salvation is within you, you let your salvation work out to show openly through your living faith in Jesus Christ. Your trust in God through His Son Jesus will continue to grow to new areas of your life.

True saving faith, by its own Spiritual nature, demonstrates itself.

Galatians 5:6 (NKJV):  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Thus, faith repentance is the requirement for salvation. Works of repentance are the result of such faith.

Acts 10:43 NKJV:  “To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

Acts 3:19 (NKJV):  “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,”

Matthew 3:8 (NKJV):  “Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,”

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