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Bible-Exact Instruction to Deserve the Peace in Serene Kingdom of Eternal Bliss.
Bible – Exact Instruction, How in one Life deserve Eternity in the Kingdom of the God Himself.
Jesus – A Man who, by His Personal Example, Proved How to Implement It.
I will add:
The essence of our Being on Earth - is the Atonement, Good Deeds and own Sacrifices - For the sake of Someone and for the sake of All.
- Atonements: Atonement is that, which is charged from us without our will. Any oppressive circumstances in our life helps us Redeem as much as possible. Be it a terrible disease, poverty, fiasco, and unbearably cramped circumstances. Our task is to try to accept Suffering with Humility. The God wants to See if we remain the same Good, Generous and Merciful, the same Compassionate, Loving and Thankful, Brave and Great in the Own Spirit, in our oppression, as in freedom, for only in the Struggle is our True Person manifested.
- Good Deeds: In addition to the Atonement, we need to prove ourselves in Goodness and Mercy. This is whereat the Will is ours. And the Highest Moral - To give in Poverty, in Illness, in Persecution and in any kind of burden. But this does not mean that it is not necessary to give in wealth, often Fighting with own greed, fastidiousness, scorn, disgust and arrogance. Good Deed can start from the smallest: to give a pregnant place in the bus, to give extra clothes to the Orphanages and Shelters for the Homeless, to transfer Grandmother across the road, to bend your back by giving alms to the Homeless on the ground seated, to say to the sad man encouraging words, smile to the passerby, say Thanks to your Parents for Existence, for Bread and Shelter. There are thousands and thousands of Ways to do Good Deeds every day and there are thousands and thousands of Ways to Come to Goodness.
- Sacrifises: This is Voluntary Refusal and Suffering for the Benefit of Someone. And of this is also our Will. Only with our own Sacrifice we can prove to the God the Purity of Our Spirit and finally Deserve the Long awaited Peace in the Serene Kingdom of Eternal Bliss. Sacrifice is for each one's own - Mother who starving for the sake of the survival of her children, Man who throwing into the water to rescue the drowning, to the burning hut Entered to save the baby from the fire, Consoling mortally ill patients from cancer, Fancy Woman Sold herself for the sake of medicine to her ill child, a man who takes the blame for a friend, blood Giver for the sake dying, limb Giver for the sake dying, who to Sacrifice himself for the Good of All.
But also on a smaller scale affairs, we can to sacrifice: to spend time once a week in the Pension for Old Humans, playing with Grandmothers and Grandfathers in their favorite games or simply talking with them about their favorite themes.
More Smaller scale - to replace someone at work, when you have your plans on the same time. Wait for the late, do not rush your Lover with the answer, accept someone's annoying traits to save the Family.
But what degree of Sacrifice Is Ours, the main thing that it must came from the Pure Heart and must be filled with True and Unconditional Love.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV)
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Permalink Reply by Axe Elf on
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If I might be allowed to respectfully disagree, I believe you have it backwards. We don't prove our worthiness to God by good works in order to receive salvation; we prove our salvation to the world by our good works in order that the world might see God through us. Good works do not result in salvation; salvation results in good works.
"So then [God’s gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God’s mercy. [It depends not on one’s own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God’s having mercy on him.]" --Romans 9:16
"Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith and [absolute] reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God)." --Galations 2:16
"For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character]. For we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law). [The observance of the Law has nothing to do with justification.]" --Romans 3:20, 28
"For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because or works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]." -- Ephesians 2:8-10
Any good works that we do are not because of ourselves or our own wills; they are due to the grace and plan of God. Good works do not earn us God's favor; God's favor allows us to do good works.
(All citations from the Amplified Bible.)
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Permalink Reply by Carla on
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Hi Ilze,
Welcome to AAG!
Do you know Jesus?
Please check out this article which tells you about the gospel of Jesus. Gospel literally means "Good News".
If you continue to live in these ways you've outlined above, you are putting yourself on the Throne. Jesus wants us to put Him on the Throne. HE is at the centre of how we live, and we can't earn our salvation. It's a gift.
Check it out and let me know what you think:
http://www.allaboutgod.com/common/good-news.htm
I'd love to hear what you think of it.
Blessings, Carla
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