Apr 27, 2012 -- 7:12PM, marken wrote:

Apr 23, 2012 -- 4:14PM, wrote:

Is there anyone out there who honestly thinks they can do the will of God? I know  that  my Lord  said  he  would  reject  my  service  unless I did  the  will  of his  Father.  Matt 7:21-23 .  He shows  how important  it  is  that  I  do  godly works and stop doing lawless works.  He goes on  to  say  that  if  one  does  the  works he  spoke  of before this(matt 5:3--)would be like a  house  built on  rock.  If one  studies  those  words  out, you will  find  they all  express  the  will of his  Father. It  takes  work  to  study  the  bible,  but it  is  a work of  righteousness, not  lawlessness.  It  takes  work  to  learn lawless  works  as  well, so r.it  isn't  the  work  that  saves  you  but  it  is  doing  the  will of  the  Father  He  would  not  tell us  this if it  were impossible  to  do,  but  for  sure it  is  going  to take  works  built  on  the  faith  that John 3:16 tells  us  about.

57: Keep trying.  Works are a product of ones salvation.  

Anyone?

Sure you may "feed the hungry" from time to time..... but more often than not we miss the will of God.

There is also those who think that if they do the will of God..they can point to it and say...see what I did for you God!!!  You have to let me into heaven.   In other words they feel the need to do it to obtain something.

Others do the will of God because they want too...not because they have too in order to get something.  

If you think you are doing the will of God in order to  receive something...your motivations are messed up. You  can  not  do  the  will  of  God without  receiving  a  great  deal.  You will  receive  peace of mind  and freeness of  conscious.  You  will  receive  accurate  knowledge  and  holy spirit.

You haven't.  You still claim Jesus isn't God...despite the numerous verses that say so.  Perhaps you should work harder.

  The  fruitages  of God's holy spirit  is  the  greatest  gift.  This  can all  be  received  because  Jesus  gave his  human life  as  a perfect  sacrifice  and  therefore  bought  back  the  hope of  everlasting life for  all humans.  If  we  then, do  the  will  of  god  within  our  imperfect  abilities, we  can  receive  blessings  beyond  compare.
Salvation is a free gift from God.   Once your sins have been imputed to Jesus Christ....doing the will of God should come naturally......despite that, we still don't always do the will of God. Of course,  salvation  is  a  free  gift  and,because  we  are  imperfect,  Jesus  is  the  one  who  has  been made  judge of all mankind.  Those  with a  heavenly hope  and  those  with  an  earthly hope  and  those  who  will  be  resurrected  to  a  cleansed  earth.  

Works is a by-product of ones salvation...NOT  a means of achieving it.Works are  either  doing  the  will of  God,  which  we  should  work  night  and  day  at, or  lawless,  which  we  should not  be involved in,  at  all!!

with affection  from Marken

Apr 28, 2012 -- 3:37PM, marken wrote:

Jesus  is  god in  that  he  shares  the  exact  nature  of his  heavenly  Father.  The  Trinity  Doctrine, however, is  a lie  in  that  it  states  he is  equal to his  Father.  I  believe  him. John 14:28.  I also  believe  that  if  we  pray  for  holy spirit, he  will  give  us  much  work  to  do with it. 

with affection from  Marken

Looks like you have a bit of a problem here. 

You say Jesus is Gods son?  OK, then if the Holy Spirit is NOT God..then God is not the father of Jesus. 

According to Luke 1:35 it is the Holy Spirit who did the begetting. 

Jesus said that God's will for us (or God's commandments) are that we love God, love ourselves, and love each other. With the Spirit's enablement, sure, we can do it.

May 7, 2012 -- 7:56PM, mrjordan wrote:

May 7, 2012 -- 7:12PM, micah68 wrote:

Jesus said that God's will for us (or God's commandments) are that we love God, love ourselves, and love each other. With the Spirit's enablement, sure, we can do it.

There is some truth to this comment and it sounds easy. There is more to serving Jehovah than just these 3 things though.

 However for now, lets look at the commandment to "love each other". How can we love each other and yet go to war to kill one another. If we truely followed this commandment there would be no war.

Yes, Mr. Jordan - Micah's post was good - cp. Matthew 22:37-40.   He may simply have meant what Jesus meant!    And most certainly war goes against love for our enemies, which Jesus also taught - Mt. 5:44

Welcome to the DJW board micah68!  Look forward to seeing more posts from you!

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