That is a very interesting remark for a christian, actually Bahira your response is a full blown example of carnality which is hatred against the lord.
Ro 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
G2189
ἔχθρα
echthra
ekh'-thrah
Feminine of G2190; hostility; by implication a reason for opposition: - enmity, hatred.
It is important for Christian to be accurate and truthful.
When we study this particular Fruit of the Holy Spirit, we find that it is translated differently in various translations. Some translations show it as faith, while others describe it as faithfulness.
The Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionary explains that the term used when the scripture was written would have meant "...moral conviction of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God..." to the readers of the time.
I think this definition more closely lines up with the way we would define the word faith, so that is what we will examine here.
What is faith?
NOW FAITH is the assurance
(the confirmation, the title deed)
of the things [we] hope for,
being the proof of things [we] do not see
and the conviction of their reality
[faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
-Hebrews 11:1 (AMP)
Faith is the "title deed," or, essentially, the proof of ownership for the things that you are still hoping for. The things that, with your senses, you can't even see yet. In fact, you may be seeing the opposite!
But, it is your faith that is the confirmation that you already possess it in the spiritual realm.
Faith is probably one of the biggest challenges, because it is believing in something that you can not see, long after you thought it would have appeared. That is why faith is not something you have to come up with on your own - It is a One of the 9 Fruits of the Spirit.
I have heard a lot of Christians say that they are not sure that they have enough faith for something. Hey, I've even said it myself.
But, faith is not something that you just have to scrounge up from inside of yourself. It is something that grows inside of you from spending time with God's Holy Spirit.
Never think that you do not have enough faith. The Holy Spirit is your source for as much as you need!
So the fruit produced by the Spirit is more than being faithful, it is having faith! Being a person of faith is what makes us trustworthy.
So we see that faith is a spiritual gift given to the regenerate only as it is produced in their lives as a fruit of the Spirit. How can a lost man have faith? The Spirit has to be at work in His life before anyone has any hope of believing! In Ephesians 2:8-9 we read that grace and faith are gifts from God and not of works. Faith is not something we can work up on our own. Our continued ability to take God at His Word, to trust Christ, is a gift from the Spirit produced as He works in our lives with the Word of God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Faith is a gift and also a manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit. The gift of faith is imparted from God through the Word, but the fruit of faith is produced by the Holy Spirit. The gift of faith can move mountains, but the fruit of faith is what is required for daily living. The fruit of faith enables us to walk and live by faith (Romans 5:2). Without this kind of faith, it is impossible to please God
(Hebrews 11:6).
We are to call all men to obey the Gospel/Good News of salvation through faith in the God Jesus, repent of their sin, and trust Christ. But we must do so with this assurance: It is not up to us to persuade a man to believe and repent. It is not up to us to pick the most effective and emotion stirring words to bring him to faith. We do not bring faith out - God puts the faith in!! We preach the Gospel and call all to obey it understanding all along that God gives repentance and faith. He gives the increase. All we do is sow the seed!
Yes, this man, I posted my response above, is you. :rolleyes:
But who are you?
What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your life?
You do not want to say?
Ok, at least i will look at your age to have a little idea of who you are.
Guys, all check the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your lives because God is going to look at them too and judge us accordingly!
He is the Judge!
Let me remind you how God is going to gather the fruits of our lives:
Brothers, God sent prophets to Israel to save all people from His coming WRATH against their crimes/evil deeds. All prophets called people to abandon their sins and turn their hearts to the God of Israel. Only Muhammad was a false prophet receiving his revelations of demons/satan/jinns lying in bed with Aisha. You know now what I say is your Islam. Jesus explained us how can we reach the Kingdom of Heaven. He gave the parable of the man/ landowner who hired workers for the day, each at a different hour of the day and when the day was finished he paid them all the same wages (they all reached the Kingdom of Heaven). But some of them were killed. How could people claim obedience as God�s people and still reject His prophets? God repeated His appeal through His prophets to an unrepentant people to save them and give them eternal life. The situation becomes even more critical. The landowner sends his own Son, believing that they will surely respect him. But the tenants/farmers see an opportunity here. They believe that if they kill the son they will then receive His inheritance.
But NEVER killers will inherit the Kingdom of God. Let me say it so for you Hamas fighters: NEVER killers will inherit the Kingdom of God. God said that.
Background: There are 5 main characters in this parable: 1) the landowner�God, 2) the vineyard�our world, 3) the vinedressers � all people, 4) the landowner�s servants�the prophets who remained obedient and preached God�s word to the people of Israel, 5) the son�Jesus who existed always and came to our world to dwell among us and save us. Let�s read now the parable/story said by Jesus to see who can enter into the Kingdom of God.
The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers
�Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, �They will respect my son.�
But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves,
�This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.�
So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
�Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?�
They said to Him, �He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.�
Jesus said to them, �Have you never read in the Scriptures:
� The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the LORD�s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes�?
�Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.�
Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet. Matthew 21:33-46
Jesus said here that He is the Stone rejected by people. He came to them from His Father. But they killed Him. God wants to receive our fruits/holy life but if you kill and commit violence you will NEVER inherit the Kingdom of God. You, a killer, will NEVER be accepted by God to His HOLY dwelling place. God came to gather fruits of our life. If there is only violence, He will judge us for violence. The Son killed by people become the Chief Cornerstone. He is God Himself and equal to His Father. Moreover He is the Judge during the Judgment Day.
Even calling the Son by the name Jesus which means �God is Salvation�, God shows us that He desires to give us SALVATION for every Arab and Muslim and Jew who will believe in the Son of God.
Those who kill and disrespect i.e. disobey the Son of God, how can they enter the Kingdom of God?
The first part of the post is pretty scriptural and then it dives off into fear here:
Btw fear is nothing but Satan's twist on the word of God that produces faith.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God it comes no other way and the holy spirit has nothing to do with it being planted and growing in the heart of man, it is man's responsibility.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
This teaching is very explicit in the parable of the sower: The faith process is revealed in these three accounts.
Oh thank you for reading my posts and your comments.
May be I should read your posts sometimes too....
At least I am going to share with Muslims my response to your comments that I hate my God.... :ROFL:
And will teach them what God says.
What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit in your lives Christians?
No fruits, no the Holy Spirit manifestation?
Repent of your sins, confess your sins to God in a prayer and abandon your sins! Believe in the Son of God! He is the Judge and God Himself. :excited:
Brothers, God needs that we would believe in Him and OBEY Him and His Son.
Remember that the apostle John said that any who claim to �know Him [Christ], and keeps not the commandments, is a LIAR:angeldevil:, and the truth is not in him�(1 John 2:4).
Strong words!
I have known many people who claimed to know Christ but did not keep the commandments. We now see how God views them. He views them as unbelievers.
Our faith causes us to act and implement what God says.
If you do not obey God, you are a liar and sinner.
God will judge you.
As predicted by the prophets, the Son of God Jesus was born in Bethlehem. He lived a perfect life. And then He went to the cross and died for our sin, meeting the righteous demands of God. He absorbed the full wrath of God in our place. Then He rose again from the dead. Jesus stands at the door of our lives, and He knocks. He says that if we will hear His voice and open the door, He will come in.
So make sure your faith is real and genuine.
Are you ready for the Jesus� return? It's closer than it has ever been before. Have you put your faith in Jesus Christ? He is the Judge and He is coming back to judge Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Believe in the Son of God and live eternally! This faith will save you.
Honor the Father and the Son
For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, �My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.�
1Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
Then Jesus answered and said to them,
�Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does;
and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them,
even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Bahira here is another point the twisting of one's words is a common practice of carnality which the bible says is hatred against God, Phillip did not say that, my motive is simply to help you.
GOD HAS PROMISED IN JEREMIAH 29:13: YOU WILL FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH **ALL YOUR HEART**.�
John 14:23: Jesus says, �If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching, My Father will love him, and We will make Our home with him.�
Matthew 28:19,20: Jesus commands, �Go and make disciples of all nations... teaching them to *OBEY EVERYTHING I have commanded you!�
I John 2:3-5: �We know that we have come to know Him **IF** we obey His commands. The man who says, �I know Him,� but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the Truth is not him. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**, God's **LOVE** is truly made complete in Him!!�
So let us read God's Word daily {Acts 17:11} and then *DO WHAT IT SAYS*! {James 1:22,25}
Acts 17:11: �The Bereans were of noble character, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures *EVERY DAY*!�
James 1:22,25: �Do not merely listen to the Word. *DO WHAT IT SAYS*!... and he who continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but *DOING IT*�will be blessed in what he does.
2 Peter 1:3-11: �His Divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this reason, make every effort to add to your faith {a 100% Free Gift}; goodness, and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, LOVE. For if you possess these qualities in INCREASING MEASURE, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a **RICH WELCOME** into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!�
Matthew 16:27; Jesus says, �The Son of Man is going to come in **HIS FATHER'S GLORY WITH HIS ANGELS** {See Matt 24:30,31 & 2 Thess 1:6-10}, and *THEN* He will reward each person according to what he has done.� Revelation 22:12: Jesus says, �Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done!� {When Jesus comes in His Father's glory with His angels}
2 Corinthians 5:10: For we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, {When Jesus comes in His Father's glory with His angels} whether good or bad.�
Ephesians 2:8-10: It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is NOT from yourselves, it is the GIFT of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. So Salvation is the ***FREE GIFT*** of God's grace and good works can only be performed by the saved.
Salvation is a 100% Free Gift and REWARDS are 100 % earned.
Matthew 5:14,16: Jesus says, �You are the LIGHT of the world...Let your LIGHT shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
I Corinthians 3:6-9: Paul says, �The Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed. Apollos watered it, but God made it grow... The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers!�
Daniel 12:3: �Those who impart wisdom will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!!�
So let our lights *SHINE* with the many gifts God has given us and we can have a REVIVAL with the hope of countless eternal rewards for faithful and loving service.
I Corinthians 1:7: For �You do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be *REVEALED*!�
Donna you can not afford to put anymore death on your plate, you would not want to meet the lord in your state, and pointing the finger my way is not your concern there is no one in Calvinism that is in fellowship with the lord.
