Mat 5  

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Quite sure, you and I are not the only people God can use and this is not the only avenue Gaunter learn from. But it will be from people he is open to hear from.

Ive learn everyone is built different, not all exhibit similiar character like you or me.

What I do know is, if one is offended, no matter what you say, he/she is not going to be open to listen.

That is why building repo with the person helps instead of getting all riled up.

Like I said, I prefer to turn over a new leaf.
1 Peter 3:15 (NIV) - But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
Highlight in bold is something God commands of us.

Being born again = Saved

And what is the will of God in this case?

John 6:40 (NIV) - For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
The very first will of God is that you get connected to God by your faith (believes in him) and just by that you are granted Eternal Life.

The believe has to do with believing:

1. Christ died for your sins
2. Christ is your substitution, representing you before God the Father
3. Christ is the one who save you.

All these has to be the first and primary criteria before repentance can even come in.
Repentance = Work of the Holy Spirit which you trust God to do the work in you. And you rest in that trusting God.

It's not you sweating, gritting your teeth trying to obey God. <----Most ppl got it wrong here.

I think you may want to consider all that is said above.

John 6:40 (NIV) - For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
The very first will of God is that you get connected to God by your faith (believes in him) and just by that you are granted Eternal Life.

The believe has to do with believing:

1. Christ died for your sins
2. Christ is your substitution, representing you before God the Father
3. Christ is the one who save you.

All these has to be the first and primary criteria before repentance can even come in.
Repentance = Work of the Holy Spirit which you trust God to do the work in you. And you rest in that trusting God.

It's not you sweating, gritting your teeth trying to obey God. <----Most ppl got it wrong here.

I think you may want to consider all that is said above.

how do you read John 6:40?

I'll be honest to say I don't know why Christ said that. We don't know the full revelation in the Bible, nobody does , except the Holy Spirit.

But what I do know is that in book of Revelations 7

Revelations 7:9 (NIV) - After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

According to this verse, the people who made it to heaven are uncountable. So this means "only a few find it" means something else. It cannot refer to only a few enter Heaven.

My style of reading the Bible, whatever I don't, yet understand, I keep it aside, until it is revealed later or if not I'll ask God when I meet Him in Heaven.

But when I contemplate Matthew 7:14, it could very possible refer to blessed life here on earth. Because eternal life in Greek =  aiónios  zóé. Whereas here in Matthew 7:14, it's only zóé.

Possibly talking about abundant life that Christ promised. (John 10:10).

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When you talk about works of wonder, I guess you're referring to God's miraculous power? I don't believe as how most conservative church teaches where it's only given to the most pious or most approved.

If we go by what the Bible states, it's promised to any believer via their faith. Only thing is, every believer is given different giftings, so not everyone has gift of healing or deliverance, etc.

What I'm trying to say is that, the Holy Spirit will give every believer different giftings. But every believer has God's power operating, it's not reserved only for the VIP church leaders, apostles or only pastors..No.

It's given to every common believer. So it may interest you to find out what is your gifting.

anyone thinking they can "EARN" the salvation is wrong at all level.

Just like the thief next to Jesus. Believe and Saved.
On top of that.

i believe :

We are Saved to Serve the God.
We never Saved becaused we Served.

maybe my english is bad
God Saved you not because you served HIM

God Saved you to Serve HIM.

Saved is Done. Serve come later.

And those who served well, prize are waiting.

Those who reject Jesus's Salvation ( by alter/refuse to believe ) are considered Reject Salvation.

The thief on the cross was an exceptional one case because he couldn't do anything anymore and luckily for him
This is a obviously example of Truth Rejection.
God is Perfect.
God is Justice.

If some1 think Jesus's blood only Clean the SIN before you accept the Christ ( but not After .... )
This is another great example of Truth Rejection.

Are you telling the world, the best moment to accept Christ is seconds before you Die?
What Jesus salvation covered were the sin of our life ( whole life )

Except the Sin of Reject Salvation/Truth.

Google charles templeton
1 of the Greatest Preacher in US
He publicly rejected God. ( after 30 years serving God and maybe bring thousand and thousand of people into Christ )
1 can doing God's work at the same time Rejecting Truth.

You are 1 fine example.

You are saying, Our Effort matters in Salvation which is very offensive to God's Original Plan of Salvation.

i remind you because your username represent Church.
You should really becareful what you said in this forum.

And you continue to use rude words to bash me off.
Well, i am fine. but this is 2nd time i give you some important reminder.

and you bash me off again.