Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he
will render to everyone according to his works.
Revelations 20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them.
They were judged, each one according to his works.
Wizanda,
If good works are the basis of salvation then that would mean you also adheres with the cult churches who workout their salvation by works instead of Christ.
Eph. 2:8-10
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9.
not as a result of works, that no one should boast.
10.
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
If a person can be saved by good works or by works, why need to be a Christian or a believer in Yeshua? What is the use of your works?
It says they were out preaching, and healing the sick with anointing oil, not baptizing, you can't make it fit they were, by adding a later understanding of what Christian ideology means when it says to preach.
Acts 8:34-38
34. And the eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself, or of someone else?"
35. And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture
he preached Jesus to him.
36. And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?"
37. [And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may."
And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."]
38. And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch; and
he baptized him.
Not in the made up gospel of John, as we can't trust any of those are his words.... Yet someone in a chat room put forward a good argument yesterday; which is that when asked by the Sanhedrin:
Matthew 26:63-64 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us
whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.” (64) Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
So he did say he was in a future context, as all things haven't been fulfilled, and we will clearly know when it is the Messianic age.
I think you quoted Christ's second coming. What are you expecting for a Messiah?
Isa. 9:6-7
6. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
7. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Luke 21:8 He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I (Ego) am (I-mee),’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.
Paul made that bit up, as the vocabulary shows, Yeshua didn't speak that way in the synoptic gospels, and warns against it, it is only found in the bits that are made up or misrepresented.
Oh. There are a lot of misinterpretation about the synoptic gospels. What makes Jesus speaking to Paul not valid? Jesus did say he will use Paul as the instrument to bear his name to Jews and Gentiles.
Acts 9:15-16
15. But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
16. for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."
How about the parable of the Great Banquet at Luke 14:15-24, do you think that receiving Jesus Christ is not for Gentiles?
Thanks
