Even more remarkable. In fact, almost unbelievable. You have eviscerated those two texts in order to fit them into your erroneous theological grid.
Isaiah 1:15-17. 'Your hands are full of blood. wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil. learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.'
Amos 5:24. 'But let righteousness run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.'
What these people were doing was professing faith in God without repentance and complying with His outward requirements while still carrying on with their idolatry and wickedness. Let's try another prophet: 'Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal.........and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations?"' And the answer of course is "yes! Because Revmwc said it would be alright!" '"Has My house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold I, even I, have seen it," declares the LORD' (Jer. 7:9-11). And again, 'They have also healed the wound of My people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace!" when there is no peace' (6:14).
Some of the stuff in your posts is simply incredible:
8 'Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.'
'Fruits meet for repentance' is a changed life. And they weren't to think that because they were Jews they were excused that. So, what does a changed life look like? 'So the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?" He answered and said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food let him do likewise. Then the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed for you." Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or falsely accuse, and be content with your wages." ' (Luke 3:10-14). Does he say, "Repent of your unbelief"? No he doesn't.
Now we don't do these things in order to be saved- we do them because we are saved. These people were coming to John for baptism, and therefore, led by the Holy Spirit, they should have repented and trusted in the coming Messiah. John doesn't quiz them about the Messiah or their faith, but he does quiz them about repentance. A profession of faith is worse than useless unless it is accompanied by true repentance.
Repentance and faith are two sides of the same coin. Faith without repentance can no more save than repentance without faith. Our faith must be a repentant faith, just as our repentance must point us to the Saviour.
So from what I see from you one must first show works before they can gain salvation. Is that what you see Lordship Salvation as? If that is what you are conveying then
"Titus 3:5
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;'
would show Paul to be wrong. There can be no works that bring one to salvation.
Then we have "1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
We are healed that is healed from sins penalty by the stripes of Christ, not by any pre-salvation works or fruit produced.
"James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
Abraham's faith as well as all O.T. believers were saved by Faith and had Righteousness created to their account, not by their works but by their Faith in the Savior who was coming. The Sacrifices never saved them, the sacrifices were a shadow or a symbol of their Faith.
Christ is the Lord of every Believers life because the Holy Spirit indwells them at Salvation. No works are good works until they are accomplished by the Holy Spirits guidance of the Believer. He brings conviction upon the unbeliever to come to Christ.
"1 Timothy 1:
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."
It appears everything done after salvation is done by our efforts to flee from sin, we are to make a profession before many witnesses. Gee again nothing done in God's name prior to Faith does man any good. No works of Righteousness that is that which is right in God's sight.
Woks done in Christ name before salvation are of no intrinsic value and we see what will happen to those who do things in His name apart from Faith, Faith must precede any works
Christ said:
"Matthew 7:
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:"
These are those who believe works can save them and they are without faith, yet they produced fruit worthy of showing true repentance and yet Christ never knew them because they never truly believed on Him that is believed that He was the Savior and that all that He accomplished on the Cross was done for their salvation.
