The Cross of Christ Alone Can Save

[TheLegalist]

Originally Posted by notofworks

"The cross of Christ alone can save." That's a direct quote from The Holy Bible, so yeah, I believe it!

which would or could be a reference to us needing to have the "faithfulness of Christ"

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by TheLegalist

which would or could be a reference to us needing to have the "faithfulness of Christ"

See, there you go again getting it to say what you want it to say. I think it's actually in reference to the fact that only the cross of Christ can save.

[TheLegalist]

Originally Posted by notofworks

See, there you go again getting it to say what you want it to say. I think it's actually in reference to the fact that only the cross of Christ can save.

no actually it is Jesus who said unless you take up your cross and follow.... What would be our cross? The same cross Christ had! John 15 unto death! Thus we follow him and it is not just about him dying but our following with the same burden unto our dying.

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by TheLegalist

no actually it is Jesus who said unless you take up your cross and follow.... What would be our cross? The same cross Christ had! John 15 unto death! Thus we follow him and it is not just about him dying but our following with the same burden unto our dying.

He also said you had to sell all you had and give it to the poor. OK, He didn't say that to you, but to one particular person. We can learn something from that exchange, I suppose.

He also said you had to hate your family. Yes, I know: hyperbole. He meant you had to love Him more than you love your family. (Do you?) And He said whoever forsakes houses, brothers, sisters, father, mothers, wife, children, or lands for His name's sake will be rewarded. Hyperbole? If so, hyperbole for what? For kinda forsaking those things and people? Neglecting your family's needs if necessary to advance the more important cause of the church? What does it mean? Or was it just for the twelve disciples he was addressing at the time? Those twelve who will sit on twelve thrones. You know -- Peter, John, Andrew, Judas Iscariot, ... Those guys. (Can't you just hardly wait to see Judas on one of those thrones? )

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by KWSS1976

I have never heard tongues as it was on this day speaking about the wonderful works of god I have never understood tongue at all so I guess the accounts we are hearing in the churches are not the same acts2 accounts..

How would we know without knowing more than English?

[KWSS1976]

Cause those it Acts2 understood. The reason they understood was because God gave those speaking the gift to speak to all those people in there native languages.

[Neck]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Well, The Illegalist told me I'm not going to heaven, so maybe so!

What is he going to do when he get's to heaven? Will he think he's is in hell once he see's you?

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by Neck

What is he going to do when he get's to heaven? Will he think he's is in hell once he see's you?

Well, the question might be, what if I don't go to hell and The Illegalist and I aren't in the same place?

I've always said, in heaven we'll be surprised by two things: Who is there and who isn't!

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by TheLegalist

no actually it is Jesus who said unless you take up your cross and follow.... What would be our cross? The same cross Christ had! John 15 unto death! Thus we follow him and it is not just about him dying but our following with the same burden unto our dying.

Wait....so now it's OUR cross?

The statement is still true:

The cross of Christ alone can save.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by mfblume

How would we know without knowing more than English?

Doesn't the Spirit already know what languages the hearers can understand and thus inspire those languages as in Acts 2?