His commandments were to love one another; to pray without ceasing (Luke 18:1), to search the Scriptures; to have fellowship with one another; to obey the Great Commission (Mat.28:19,20), etc.
He is not speaking of keeping the law, the letter of the law, or of entire sanctification or sinless perfection. No one can live without sin. That is not the point here. We know that we are saved if we are obeying him. It is a life-style of obedience to Christ. It doesn't mean that if I slip up and tell a lie, that I am not a Christian. Paul and Barnabas got angry with each other so much so that they had to part ways. No doubt there was sin involved there. Paul withstood Peter to the face. There was sin involved there. None of the apostles were perfect. No one lives a perfect life, and no man can keep "the law" perfectly.
I believe it is the Ten Commandments and He added the two but if you keep the two then you will be keeping the ten, for it is impossible to love your neighbor and covet his wife or steal from him at the same time. Jesus said to the rich young man who asked what to do to be saved, "thou knowest the Commandments" and began to quote the Ten, He didn't talk about 613 laws of washing the pots and pans. That is a big problem when Jesus said He came to fulfill the Law, men confuse that with the Ten Commandment to the 613 of which the ten He said not one jot or tittle would be removed until Heaven and earth passed. Last I checked that hasn't happened yet.
So if you don't keep the Commandments then according to Jesus Himself, you don't even know Him.
You keep bring up angry, where is that in the Ten Commandments anyway? Jesus didn't call it a sin for He said, get angry but sin not.
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But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Who are these people? These are the people who are not saved. It contradicts the Bible to say that a saved person who tells a lie will be cast into the lake of fire. Romans 3:4 says: "Let God be true, but every man a liar.
We all are liars. The Bible doesn't contradict itself. Rev.21:8 is simply a description of the unsaved who will not enter into heaven. A similar description of the unsaved is given at the end of Romans one.
To the unsaved is my point, not yours. You are saying come on be ye saved if you want to do those things and it will be alright. I say for you and others to try all you want and you won't get one of them saved unless the repent, and as Jesus told the woman caught in the very act of adultery, "go and sin no more".
If she went back to adultery then she is in Hell today.
Gal:
19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time
past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God These are the works of the flesh. When one gives his mind over to do the things of the flesh the above is the result. The Bible says we reap what we sow.
Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
This is written to Christians. Christians sow to the flesh. Christians shall of the flesh (their own sin nature) reap corruption.
But they will not lose their salvation even if it happens just before death.
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DHK
IMO, to say this is to a Christian that all you whoremongers come on and be saved and then you are free to do those things but you will have to eventually die though. Well, guess what? They are going to eventually did the natural death anyway.
I tell you by the authority of God's word, to do these things will send you to the Lake of Fire and Brimstone and you better be cleaning up your churches for if you condone such works then you also will be found wanting when the Lord comes again.
Its hard to believe that someone says "if you so to the flesh,you shall die" is the natural death.
If you so to the Spirit, Ye shall live. Is that this natural life?
I am sorrow DHK, but this doctrine is just not true doctrine and not the Gospel delivered unto the Saints.
Also, to the others. That which is born of God cannot sin it to that which is born of God "born again" which certainly is not the flesh or outward man. He still has to die to receive his changed but that which is born of God is born of an incorruptible seed. You seem to not know what that is but that is where Christ dwells in a man and where the Mind of Christ is. Surely you don't think that Christ dwelling in you sins, do you?
