A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

[Stewardofthemystery]

John the Baptist said “A man can receive nothing, except it be “given”him from heaven.”

Everything we have, we have been “given to us by God.”

The grace of God is a gift.

The faith to believe is a gift.

The Holy Spirit is a gift.

The gifts of the Spirit are gifts.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye to understand God’s words are also a gift from God.

Our righteousness is not our own, it is Christs that is imputed to us “as a gift.”

In this we see there is no boasting on our part concerning our salvation.

All praise, honor, and glory belongs to God who loved us first and chose us in Him, even “before the foundation of the world.”

 

2 Timothy 1:9

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was “given us”in Christ Jesus before the world began

 

Peace

[Cntrysner]

33 minutes ago, Stewardofthemystery said:

John the Baptist said “A man can receive nothing, except it be “given”him from heaven.”

Everything we have, we have been “given to us by God.”

The grace of God is a gift.

The faith to believe is a gift.

The Holy Spirit is a gift.

The gifts of the Spirit are gifts.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye to understand God’s words are also a gift from God.

Our righteousness is not our own, it is Christs that is imputed to us “as a gift.”

In this we see there is no boasting on our part concerning our salvation.

All praise, honor, and glory belongs to God who loved us first and chose us in Him, even “before the foundation of the world.”

 

2 Timothy 1:9

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was “given us”in Christ Jesus before the world began

 

Peace

If it is not a free gift then it is nothing but filthy rags.

Isa_64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

[Stewardofthemystery]

18 minutes ago, Cntrysner said:

If it is not a free gift then it is nothing but filthy rags.

Isa_64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Right, it is not our own righteousness that saves us, it is the Righteousness that is of God.

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and “their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”

 

Romans 10:3

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Philippians 3:9

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

[BlindSeeker]

On 6/1/2024 at 11:34 AM, Cntrysner said:

If it is not a free gift then it is nothing but filthy rags.

Isa_64:6  But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

I believe Isa_64:6 is greatly misunderstood, and I do not mean to take away from the truth that "all have sinned and come short of of the glory of God.

However, the filthy rag is literally a menstrual cloth who purpose was to catch the expelled blood from the uterus. This cycle for a woman is for the dischargement of an accumulation of blood for the washing out of an unfertilized egg. Thus, if a women and her husband had relations and yet the sperm failed to penetrate the egg, both thee egg and the "seed" was purged. Thus, if a married woman had a cycle after relations with husband, both it and her menstrual cloth became a testimony to  the failure of the seed bring forth life in the womb.

With this in mind, what Isaiah was addressing was the state of the Jews at that time, that they were performing ceremonies and rituals to justify themselves, yet rejecting the word of God that was lead them to life, for God desires obedience over sacrifice.

 1 Peter 1:23 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

1 John 3:9 - Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Rev. 3:4 -  For you have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Edited June 3, 2024 by BlindSeeker

[Sower]

On 6/1/2024 at 9:57 AM, Stewardofthemystery said:

Everything we have, we have been “given to us by God.”

                    We also reap what we sow.

                                     But,

           "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

               and cometh down from the Father of lights,

         with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning"