GRACE IS NOT CHEAP
Readers, do you know that grace is not cheap? We have to earn it. We have to work very hard to earn grace from God. The apostle Paul says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9. Paul doesn’t know that salvation is not a “gift” from God. We have to earn our salvation. We have to keep earning it until we die. Adam and Eve lost their salvation. Lucifer and millions of his angels lost their salvation. Why? Because salvation is not a gift. Grace is not a gift. We have to earn it. Even if we are already saved, God can take it back from us, grace and salvation, the whole package. God said, "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. "Because you say, `I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.” Revelation 3:15-17.
Salvation is not a gift. If it is a gift, we can keep it forever! Don’t let the apostle Paul fool us into believing that salvation and grace is a gift when it is not! Don’t be gullible!
“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” Genesis 6:5-8.
Readers, do you know why Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord? It is not because he kept his beard clean everyday, but because he worked his butt off to do what God wanted him to do.
That, Bro, is the key to salvation and grace, and nothing less.
In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me in that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'”
Readers, do you know what the will of God the Father is? It’s not the “law of Christ”. That is the law that is invented by the Gentiles or the Pagans , and not by Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ does not give any new law that God the Father does not give to Him for us.
Jesus said, "For I have not spoken on My own [authority]; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak." John 12:49-50.
So, what is the will of God the Father? What is the will of YAHWEH? His will is found in Exodus 20:3-17, "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness [of anything] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth [generations] of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless who takes His name in vain. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day [is] the Sabbath of the LORD your God. [In it] you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who [is] within your gates. For [in] six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that [is] your neighbor's."
Readers, the “law of Christ” is NOT God’s will. The “law of Christ” is the will of the Gentiles, aka the Pagans.
Salvation is not a gift. If it is a gift, we can keep it forever! Don’t let the apostle Paul fool us into believing that salvation and grace is a gift when it is not! Don’t be gullible!
“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” Genesis 6:5-8.
Readers, do you know why Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord? It is not because he kept his beard clean everyday, but because he worked his butt off to do what God wanted him to do.
That, Bro, is the key to salvation and grace, and nothing less.
In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. "Many will say to Me in that day, `Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'”
Readers, do you know what the will of God the Father is? It’s not the “law of Christ”. That is the law that is invented by the Gentiles or the Pagans , and not by Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ does not give any new law that God the Father does not give to Him for us.
Jesus said, "For I have not spoken on My own [authority]; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak." John 12:49-50.
So, what is the will of God the Father? What is the will of YAHWEH? His will is found in Exodus 20:3-17, "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness [of anything] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth [generations] of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless who takes His name in vain. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day [is] the Sabbath of the LORD your God. [In it] you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who [is] within your gates. For [in] six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that [is] your neighbor's."
Readers, the “law of Christ” is NOT God’s will. The “law of Christ” is the will of the Gentiles, aka the Pagans.
Make no mistake, grace and salvation is not the same as rain and sunshine. The obedient and the disobedient can both enjoy rain and sunshine, but only the obedient will be rewarded with grace and salvation, with rare exceptions like one of the thieves on the cross.
The cost of salvation is not cheap! Once saved, forever saved has no truth in it!
The cost of salvation is not cheap! Once saved, forever saved has no truth in it!