Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredoheaven
What about repentance in sackloth and ashes (Matthew 11:21)? What is meant by this? Can we still practice this as David did and others?
Jude 25 |
Aloha brother Fredoheaven,
The Roman Catholics "
think" that they can
DO something (in the flesh) that will be pleasing to God. They CANT' And neither can we!
[Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.]
God wants and expects "FRUIT"
{love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance [
Galatians 5:22-23]
} in our lives. IF we have FRUIT - WORKS will follow.
Please notice the words describing "fruit" in the Bible: Our HEART bears (or produces) "FRUIT" - NOT our FLESH! Most Catholics (and many Christians) "
think" that if they
DO "
something" (good "
works", or self-induced "
suffering" of some sort) in the flesh that they are "pleasing" God - it's
impossible to please God in the flesh!
If Christians concentrates on "bearing FRUIT", God can "WORK"
through them. If a Catholic (or a Christian) concentrates on producing "WORKS" (absent "fruit") they will end up "
thinking" that they are pleasing God when they "
punish themselves" or OTHERS!
But they are greatly mistaken, since the "testimony" of Scripture is that real, genuine fruit is always:
Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is
in all goodness and
righteousness and
truth)
If a person's "WORKS" don't line up with the preceding verse, then you know that there is a LACK OF FRUIT in their lives, and that their "works" are NOT pleasing to God!
