"For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God and not the result of actions, to put a stop to all boasting." - Ephesians 2:8-9
Many people want to be 'good' in their own terms. But even after they're saves they claim that it is of their own efforts. Our own efforts will never get us anywhere, no matter how many times we are proved 'good' by the world, we are sinners. Why? Because Satan is that god of this world and controls sin. God and the devil have enmity between each other. Our moral definition of 'holy' is not God's way of being holy. Holy means righteousness and able to go into God's presence - but we can't. We are sinners and God's presence is dangerous for us. We have been saved through faith. What is faith?
Faith is...no, hold on, let's see what the Bible says:
"Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists." - Hebrews 11:1You see, we need to be having faith all the time. Faith that whatever we need should be given to us. But we hardly ever remember God's Will. If we just asked, without acknowledging whether it's God Will or not, our asking is in vain. Let's look at Jeremiah 29:11 and pick out the concepts:
"For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
Okay, so this question has popped up many times: why should I obey God's Will.
God's Will is His plans for us. And as Jeremiah said, they are not for evil. They are not for calamity or...
THAT'S NO EXCUSE FOR THE CALAMITY WE HAVE TODAY!! WHY DOES GOD LET THAT HAPPEN!
Now remember, God is not god of this world. Because this world is full of sin, Satan manages it (Further study: 2 Corinthians 4:4) God does not like sin, meaning He can only get to the Christian's
Now, before you ask, God does not tempt. Everybody is tempted.
"When someone is tempted, he should not say, “I am being tempted by God,” because God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. Instead, each person is tempted by his own desire, being lured and trapped by it." - James 1: 13.14
To endure temptation we need to stand our ground in faith, many things happen just for us to curse God and bring our faith to zero-level. This is ALL from Satan, the devil, Lucifer! All one person with many different names. Let's look at Job. His own wife cursed against him, possessed by Satan, meaning that Satan is one of those anything-it-takes people. Job had everything taken away from him, his house, his sons, his money, everything. Put yourselves in Job's shoes-or sandals! We probably would have cursed God, swore at Him and maybe said we will never serve Him again. But Job even stuck up for his opinion when his friends disagreed with him! You see:
When you stand up for what you know is right and have faith that God will do it, it works.
What I mean to says is, everyone has their time of temptation and those who pass gain more than they had before, and should still sustain their faith.
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