prods think you can be a shit human
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works in life, I'm good now".
Jesus emphasized to Nicodemus "you must be born again" to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You can look at the book of Acts to see people being saved and being transformed. The root of salvation is not "try really hard to be good, use your willpower and if your willpower is better than others you win". Works are the fruit, not the root.
Though we could go further, because the root of all that is true and saving faith. You can't accept the transformation without faith in the one who provides it.
prods think you can be a shit human
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works in life, I'm good now".
Jesus emphasized to Nicodemus "you must be born again" to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You can look at the book of Acts to see people being saved and being transformed. The root of salvation is not "try really hard to be good, use your willpower and if your willpower is better than others you win". Works are the fruit, not the root.
Though we could go further, because the root of all that is true and saving faith.
prods think you can be a shit human
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works in life, I'm good now".
Jesus emphasized to Nicodemus "you must be born again" to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You can look at the book of Acts to see people being saved and being transformed. The root of salvation is not "try really hard to be good, use your willpower and if your willpower is better than others you win". Works are the fruit, not the root.
prods think you can be a shit human
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works in life, I'm good now".
Jesus emphasized to Nicodemus "you must be born again" to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You can look at the book of Acts to see people being saved and being transformed. The root of salvation is not "try really hard to be good, use your willpower and if your willpower is better than others you win". Those are fruits, not the root.
prods think you can be a shit human
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works in life, I'm good now".
Jesus emphasized to Nicodemus "you must be born again" to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You can look at the book of Acts to see people being saved and being transformed. The root of salvation was not "try really hard to be good, use your willpower and if your willpower is better than others you win"
Also incorrect. Try to find a true Bible believing protestant pastor who a) Doesn't do good works b) Tells you to skip doing good works.
You're just confusing cause and effect. Good works for the Lord are a symptom of salvation, not the root cause of it. And that distinction is very important.
If you are unsaved but are trying to convince yourself "good works will do it" you're engaged in a futile effort and should be corrected. The root is to repent and be born again, it's an internal yielding to the Holy Spirit, not "I willed myself to do so many good works, I'm good now".