The Fruit that gets us in the Kingdom of Heaven!

[Whosoever]

When God commanded His word to create light, and His word did, "God saw that it was good! It was a reflection of His goodness.

Before Moses left Mount Horeb/Sinai, God said to Moses; "you shall see all my goodness go before you. 

In Mathew, at the entry of the Lords Kingdom, Jesus says "enter my GOOD and FAITHFUL servant. 

I could go on.  How do we know if we're good?  Write Jesus commandments on your heart and do them without ceasing.  His commandments represents behaviour.  "They shall know you by your fruit".   God loves eating "GOOD" fruit.  We need to get all that goodness in us.  

 

 

[NConly]

Wee dont need to write them on our hearts it is done for us

2nd Cor 3

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

we need to try daily to live them for sure.

[farouk]

13 minutes ago, NConly said:

Wee dont need to write them on our hearts it is done for us

2nd Cor 3

3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

we need to try daily to live them for sure.

@NConly It's indeed by the merits of Christ that we get to heaven by His grace, not by our works.

[NConly]

3 minutes ago, farouk said:

@NConly It's indeed by the merits of Christ that we get to heaven by His grace, not by our works.

I agree not by our works at all.

1 Phil 1

6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

we  have to be willing to follow what God is doing in us not fight to hang onto the old man

[farouk]

Just now, NConly said:

I agree not by our works at all.

1 Phil 1

6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

we  have to be willing to follow what God is doing in us not fight to hang onto the old man

@NConly I often think of that verse...

[PGS11]

Works do not save but we are asked and encouraged to bear fruit for God and as in the parables a greater reward awaits you if you do.God only rewards faith in this life not works.This is a good one for the parable of the talents.Do you bury it and just wait for Jesus or do you bear fruit?You are saved by the sacrifice Jesus made not by anything you ever do. 

[missmuffet]

42 minutes ago, Whosoever said:

When God commanded His word to create light, and His word did, "God saw that it was good! It was a reflection of His goodness.

Before Moses left Mount Horeb/Sinai, God said to Moses; "you shall see all my goodness go before you. 

In Mathew, at the entry of the Lords Kingdom, Jesus says "enter my GOOD and FAITHFUL servant. 

I could go on.  How do we know if we're good?  Write Jesus commandments on your heart and do them without ceasing.  His commandments represents behaviour.  "They shall know you by your fruit".   God loves eating "GOOD" fruit.  We need to get all that goodness in us.  

 

 

Being good will not get anyone into heaven.

[farouk]

37 minutes ago, PGS11 said:

Works do not save but we are asked and encouraged to bear fruit for God and as in the parables a greater reward awaits you if you do.God only rewards faith in this life not works.This is a good one for the parable of the talents.Do you bury it and just wait for Jesus or do you bear fruit?You are saved by the sacrifice Jesus made not by anything you ever do. 

@PGS11 Paul speaks of 'the obedience of faith' and 'obedience to the faith' in the first and last chapters of Romans; but salvation itself is indeed by grace, through faith, not of works (Ephesians 2.8-9).

[Sower]

19 hours ago, NConly said:

Wee don't need to write them on our hearts it is done for us

 

          "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee"      Psalm 119:11
                         a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.                                           Psalm 119:105

                             

19 hours ago, Whosoever said:

"They shall know you by your fruit".   God loves eating "GOOD" fruit.  We need to get all that goodness in us.  

 

                        Abide in me, and I in you.
           As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
           I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:
                       for without me ye can do nothing.  John 15, 4-5

WE, as branches in the true vine Jesus, do not make/produce any fruit. We can only bear it, the fruit that Jesus produces.
            
                            As Jesus says,  "for without me ye can do nothing"
           Abide means to remain in a given place, to tarry, continue, dwell, endure, pitch a tent, tabernacle.

              "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples"      John 15, 8

                                 We do not want to enter eternity as by fire...

Thanks NC/Whosoever

[Whosoever]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

Being good will not get anyone into heaven.

Not according to good as defined by webster...of course not.  

Jesus said it, I believe it.  "Enter my GOOD and faithful servant"  "Only God is GOOD".  We have His goodness in us.  Don't throw it away.