On "Throwing Your Vote Away"

I am not sure that denying a passage while saying you are not is a logical position.

Either those who have been redeemed, who call God "Father", who have been chosen by God's foreknowledge", and who have been born again will be judged by God impartially according to their works or Scripture is wrong.

You can't hold your position on my post and not deny God's Word.

The more logical (and biblical) direction you could have taken was a discussion in the manner of this judgment. Instead you became fixated on the judgment of the lost.

 

I agree. The only reason not to take a claim of faith at one's word is if their behavior contracts that claim.

 

Lol....God always makes it.

Scripture tells us several times that we will be judged by our works. We will be held accountable for our voice. We will be held accountable for our works.

We cannot deny that without denying Scripture.

I am not talking about the judgment of the lost (condemnation).

But you are wrong to deny passages that don't suit you. And that is exactly what you did.

 

Sure you did.

I asked if you believed those redeemed by the blood of Christ would be impartiality judged by God according to thir works. You answered that they wouldn't.

That is directly denying the passage. I even tried to pull you back from denying the passage by pointing out we were not defining that judgment (but you kept pushing towards the judgment of the lost).

But to present a biblical answer, we should conduct ourselves knowing that God will judge our works. We will be accountable for our voice and deeds.

This isn't condemnation (where you were fixated).

 

No, it is not. You are wrong to deny one passage and provide another to justify that denial.

How would judging a Christian by their works and holding a believer accountable for their voice (which Scripture says God WILL do) equate to going to Hell???.

You keep going to the Judgment of the lost. Why? We are not condemned. But we will be held accountable for our words and deeds.

 

The first part is right.

But I don't know how our works are judged. That is something I have wondered about.

What I do know is that Peter addresses "born again", "redeemed", "sanctified" believers and tells them to conduct their lives in a holy manner knowing that the God they call Father will also judge them according to their works.

I know that Jesus told us we are accountable for our voice.

I know that Paul speaks of the believer will be accountable for his works - that some will be reworded but others will have everything burned up, though they themselves will be saved (as one who escapes a fire).

So to simply suggest Christians will not be judged according to their works (although they themselves will be saved) is to deny several passages.

But I do not know how that will look.

I tend to think of it as a refining fire. Some things endure, others are destroyed.

 

Hymn vs Scripture. Interesting.

The Bible says several times that Christians will be judged according to their works.

Now, you keep going back to salvation which is not the issue. You keep talking about the judgment of the lost, which is not the issue. You say Christians will not go to Hell, which nobody denies.

Get on the subject, Bro. There is a reason Jesus, Paul, and Peter spoke of God judging believers by their works.