WHY GOOD WORKS IF I AM SAVED BY GRACE?

1. The Bible teaches that good works are a demonstration of our faith and love for

God. In James 2:18, it is written: "But someone will be able to say, 'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith by my works."

2. Doing good works is a way of imitating Jesus Christ, who dedicated his life to serving others. In Ephesians 5:1-2 it says, "Like God, therefore, as beloved children, and live in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice of a pleasing aroma to God."

3. Good works are not a way to buy salvation, but are a response to the salvation we have already received through God's grace. In Ephesians 2:8-9, it is written, "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."

4. Good works are a way to glorify God and testify of his love to the world. In Matthew 5:16, it is written: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

5. Finally, doing good works can bring us many blessings and rewards in our earthly life and in the eternal life. In 1 Timothy 6:18-19, it is written: "That they do good, that they are rich in good works, generous in giving and ready to share. In this way, they will store up for themselves a secure treasure for the future and have the life true that is real life."

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 The light is good right?

The light illuminates to find what we are looking for...

Help us find what we lost...

It allows us to see things. Arrange the objects...

Light allows us to do any task without hindrance...

Upon arriving home, after opening the door, the first thing we do is turn on the light! Right? Whoever walks in darkness loses sight, bumps into stumbles, does not know where he is going because everything is darkness! Therefore, if you are in darkness, turn on the light of Jesus in your heart! So that you have vision and follow him on the Path 🙌

Text: Lucilene Camelo de Sousa

 

Salvation is by Grace, but it wasn't by Grace.

 Blood price has been paid!

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 1:13-14

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7

Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, such as silver or gold, that you were redeemed from your vain way of life, which you received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of an immaculate and undefiled lamb.

1 Peter 1:18-19

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the everlasting covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with every good work to do his will, working in you that which is before him. it is pleasing through Christ Jesus, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen!

Hebrews 13:20-21

But now, in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

John 6:56

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Hebrews 9:14

Come then, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 1:18

In like manner he took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Luke 22:20

 Jesus is alive! Jesus is risen!

It's Easter! Jesus conquered death! And he will come back!

Resurrection is the greatest victory over death and God is the only one with enough power to defeat it. And the greatest demonstration of this victory was when Jesus rose on the third day.

In his own strength, no one is able to overcome death. But those who trust in Jesus and his resurrection power have already defeated death!

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live;

John 11:25

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of that.

Acts of the Apostles 3:15

By his power, God raised the Lord and will also raise us up.

1 Corinthians 6:14

I want to know Christ, the power of his resurrection and the participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death

Philippians 3:10

He is not here; he is risen, as he had said. Come and see the place where he lay. Go quickly and tell his disciples: He rose from the dead and is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him. Note that I already warned them."

Matthew 28:6-7

"Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out; those who did good will rise to life, and those who did evil will rise to be condemned.

John 5:28-29

Happy and holy are those who participate in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them; they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:6

That same day, the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, approached him with this question: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without leaving children, his brother must marry the widow and give her descended from him. There were seven brothers among us. The first married and died. As he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened with the second, with the third, until the seventh. Finally, after all , the woman died. Well, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since they were all married to her?" Jesus replied, "You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God! In the resurrection people do not marry or are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:23-30

As he was going up to Jerusalem, Jesus called the twelve disciples privately and said to them: "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles that they may mock him, flog him, and crucify him. On the third day he will rise again!"

Matthew 20:17-19

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the religious leaders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, he should be killed and three days later rise again.

Mark 8:31

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Jesus died for our sins...

 Jesus died for our sins...

The Wrath of God fell on Jesus...

He stayed until the end! He consummated our victory on that Cross!

It's done!

Anyone who believes can receive the remission of sins through Jesus!

You receive? It is of Grace and oela Grace.

Understand what happened on a Good Friday:

According to the Gospels, Jesus was nailed to the cross on Friday at noon, dying at "the ninth hour", or three in the afternoon. It was customary to place a plaque at the feet of the crucified, so that everyone would know the reason for the condemnation. The sign at the feet of the Messiah read: "Jesus, Nazarene, King of the Jews" (in Latin: INRI - Iesus, Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum). At the foot of the cross is Mary, her head turned upwards.

A few hours later, Jesus, with dry lips, wished for water. His mother understands and asks the soldier to help her. Instead of water, they offer drops of vinegar. Suddenly, Jesus pronounces in Aramaic: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani?, which means: "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" These are the words that open Psalm 21(22). For Eliphas Levi, the correct translation would be "My God, my God, how much you glorify me!"

For three hours Mary suffered with Jesus. Kneeling, she embraced the cross and tenderly kissed her son's wounded feet. Then she heard Jesus say, "It is finished. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"; then He gave a great cry, expired, reclined His head and died, as Mark informs.

The Gospels relate that at that moment an earthquake shook the earth and a dark darkness covered Palestine. They all fled, saying, "This was indeed the son of God!" At 6 pm, Jesus, considered dead, was taken down from the cross. Maria fainted, being supported by those who were close. Afterwards, she received her dead son's body in her lap, warming it in her heart.

They wrapped the Messiah in a linen sheet and the image of the Savior was engraved on it. Maria, numb before the event, shelters her dead son in her lap. She embraces him with a vehement gesture of love and lies down beside him. She envelops him in an attempt to bring him close to her soul. With passion, she draws Jesus to her, as if she, the procreator of life, wanted to challenge God for having imposed this suffering on them.

Before having her son taken into the darkness of the grave, Mary caressed Jesus' face one last time.

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EASTER AND PAGANISM!

 

AWAKEN from this SLEEP of DEATH...

Speak the TRUTH to your CHILDREN.

To the sincere servants of Jesus a warning!

We are coming to another Biblical Feast called Pêssach, but along with it a religious syncretism that we must abstain from. Let's go to some commandments established by the disciples of the Messiah:

“But write them to abstain from defilement from idols, from fornication, from what is strangled, and from blood.” Acts 15:20

“I say rather that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to YHWH. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.” 1st Corinthians 10:20-21

With that in mind, I want to make a few observations:

They changed the elements of Passover: From the Lamb to the Rabbit. Bitter herbs and unleavened bread for chocolate eggs. This change is intended to honor and worship a pagan deity, the goddess Ishtar, also known as Easter, Ostera, Ostara, Eostre. Millennia before the biblical Easter was celebrated, some peoples like the Babylonians already celebrated the return of the “Goddess of Spring” holding an Egg in her hand while watching a rabbit (the symbol of fertility), jumping happily around her feet. Therefore brothers, in the face of these facts, celebrate the Feast of Passover with its correct elements! Do not give chocolate eggs to your children, teach them the truth, the Gospel with lamb, unleavened bread and bitter herbs (1st Co 5.8).

“Cast out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened, since the Messiah, our Passover Lamb, was slain. Therefore, CELEBRATE the Feast of Passover, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of wickedness and malice, but with the Matzot/unleavened bread of sincerity and Truth.” 1st Corinthians 5:7-8

*If you have any doubts, research about the Ostara Festival (Easter) and who she was and you will understand where the eggs and the rabbit (hare) come from.

SOURCE: Yeshua HaMashiach

 

One

  broken is closer to God...

This may be one of the reasons why God allows tragedies, pain...

A broken heart is a repentant heart, sad for its sins, wanting to change its life. God approves of those who are brokenhearted and ask forgiveness for their sins.

God cannot resist a contrite and broken heart. When someone comes to God repenting for sins, he forgives and restores. God comforts the broken heart and restores hope and joy.

the Lord is near

those with a broken heart

and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

He alone heals the brokenhearted

and takes care of your wounds.

Psalm 147:3

Sacrifices That Please God

they are a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart,

O God, you will not despise.

Psalm 51:17

For thus says the High and Lofty,

who lives forever,

and whose name is holy:

"I dwell in a high and holy place,

but I also dwell with the contrite

and humble in spirit,

to give new life

to the spirit of the humble

and new breath to the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 57:15

My body and my heart

may falter,

but God is the strength of my heart

and my inheritance forever.

Psalm 73:26

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Sacrifices That Please God

they are a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart,

O God, you will not despise.

Psalm 51:17

Godly sorrow does not produce remorse, but repentance that leads to salvation, and worldly sorrow produces death. See what this godly sorrow produced in you: what dedication, what apologies, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what concern, what desire to see justice done! In all you have shown yourself innocent in this regard.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

It wasn't my hands that made

all these things,

and why did they exist?"

asks the Lord.

"To this I esteem:

to the humble and contrite of spirit,

who trembles at my word.

Isaiah 66:2

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord,

it's over me,

because the Lord anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to care for those who are

with a broken heart,

announce freedom to the captives

and deliverance from darkness to the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor

and the day of vengeance of our God;

to comfort all who mourn and give to all who mourn in Zion

a beautiful crown instead of ashes,

the oil of joy instead of mourning

and a mantle of praise

instead of depressed spirit.

they will be called

oaks of justice,

planting of the Lord,

for the manifestation of his glory.

Isaiah 61:1-3

"Blessed

the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed

those who cry,

for they will be comforted. Blessed are the humble,

for they shall inherit the land.

Matthew 5:3-5

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