Thought for Today - January 24, 2024
Only One Way!
By: Robert A. Searles
In spite of that which may be believed by the masses, not everyone shall enter into fellowship with God, the Father, and enter into and enjoy the blessing and glory of heaven. There is only one way that we can have our sins forgiven and enter into fellowship with God the Father is through our LORD Jesus Christ. Christ fulfilled all the law, and paid for the redemption of sinners with his own blood, nothing more and nothing less. There is only one way. Chris alone is the way, the truth, and the life. No man commeth to the Father but by him.
Down through the ages past, and even in this present time, scholars, theologians, and preachers and laymen have tried to convince us , as did the Jews with the early Galatians Christians, that our salvation is not secure and complete, unless we do good works, and keep the Ten Commandments as well as receive the sacrifice of Christ. This teaching, according to the writings of Paul is another gospel than that given us by the LORD and should not be believed.
" Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.I
have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise
minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he
be. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. I would they were even cut off which trouble you. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.For
the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh:
and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the
things that ye would.But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,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 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. " Galatians 5:1-25
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