Mei Sek leh. 

Unofficial Christian. I read it from the Catholic thread in serious kopitiam.
Why it got do with Freemason?

Your Freemanson postings deleted liao lar

Hello everyone. First time posting here.

What is to you guys the hardest thing about being a Christian? Just asking out of curiosity. Hehe.

I ask any saved man to look back upon his own conversion, and explain how it came about. You turned to Christ, and believed in his name: these were your own acts and deeds. But what caused you thus to turn? What sacred force was that which turned you from sin to righteousness? Do you attribute this singular renewal to the existence of a something better in you than has been yet discovered in your unconverted neighbour? No, you confess that you might have been what he now is if it had not been that there was a potent something which touched the spring of your will, enlightened your understanding, and guided you to the foot of the cross. Gratefully we confess the fact; it must be so. Salvation by grace, through faith, is not of ourselves, and none of us would dream of taking any honour to ourselves from our conversion, or from any gracious effect which has flowed from the first divine cause.

It's not only the Catholics but protestant as well.

The problem lies in trying to reconcile in the book of James, Faith without works is dead.

It's in the verse

James 2:20 (KJV) -  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

There are some Christians in the protestant denomination who believe that one of the sure sign you are saved, you have to produced Holy Life Results or Fruits & they will quote this verse.

Deeds..Works...the easiest to understand is Man's Effort/Performance.

Yes and thus with that verse...So Grace alone is not enough. Something along that line.

Not repeating the same sin is the hardest. Keep falling to the temptations damn

Actually it has more to do with misinterpretation of James 2. This Faith without Works is dead is justification before Man, not God. Before God, the only justification God accepts is Faith and not works.

That is why the example;

James 2:14-17

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

The focus is horizontal..Man to Man.

There's also a lot of misunderstanding about the status of a Christian's Righteousness.

There are some who equate a Christian's Righteousness is interrelated with his actions.

That is erroneous.

Yes In the New Covenant, our Righteousness comes as a gift, not works therefore even when a Christian missed the Mark, His Righteousness status is not changed. 

There are many..I mean many Christians who have yet to understand this.

If your righteousness status does not change, you cannot lose your Salvation by your works.

Our natural inclination to sin separates us from God. We cannot make ourselves right or earn salvation on our own.

In his loving kindness, God provided a way to redeem us through his Son Jesus Christ, who paid our sin-debt through his sacrificial death.

By accepting Christ as Savior and believing in his atoning work, we are saved.

Jesus' righteousness is credited to us.

The Holy Spirit works in us to help us avoid sin and grow in holiness. God's grace, not keeping the law, makes us acceptable.

God's plan is just and fair. Both Jews and Gentiles are eligible to come to Christ and receive salvation.

Sincere service to Christ is an appropriate way to express our gratitude to God for his gift of salvation. When we work together with other members of the body of Christ, the church, we build each other up and give honor and glory to God.

Actually there are many treasures of the Bible that I want to share..one of them is this.

The Work of the Holy Spirit. Some Christians say the Holy Spirit Convict believers of Sin.

But Scripture says otherwise. I say the HS convicts the believer more of righteousness as in this verse.

John 16

7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

He will convict unbelievers of sin..because they don't believe in Jesus. The word World...denotes people who are not saved.

He will convict believers of Righteousness because Jesus is now with the Father. This is only for believers of Christ. Why does the HS convicts of righteousness? Because the devil and legalistic people wants to condemn you through misinterpretation of Bible.

As what we feel might not be real even we feel that are real. Only way is holy spirit that dwell in us can assist to identify. Thats why have to stay close to God. Only way is to communicate with God. One of it is reading bible, as its God's word. Time will tell as everyone was given gifts from god.

There is no if not. You living with a purpose.. The only possibility is either they can receive it o not. Some do receive but do not practise, some practising it but ain't know is a gift or don know how to use or only know how to use it at certain %.

The fruits of Holy Spirit.