For you render to each one according to his works. Psalm 62:12 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. Proverbs 10:16
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14
I the Lord ... give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:10
When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness ... and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul. Ezekiel 18:27
I will judge you ... every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 18:30
Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. Matthew 16:27
If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments. Matthew 19:17
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Matthew 25:41-46
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. Luke 10:26-28
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:29
Who will render to each one according to his deeds.... For not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified. Romans 2:6, 13
For we must all appear before the jugment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 2 Corinthians 11:15
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Philippians 2:12
Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22
What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? James 2:14
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17
Was not Abraham our father justified by works? You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rabab the harlot also justified by works? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:21-25
The Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work. 1 Peter 1:17
I will give unto every one of you according to your works. Revelation 2:23
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. Revelation 20:12-13
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life. Revelation 22:14 [/quote]
If you are trying to convince the ignorant you might be successful. But the Bible student accepts all these verses and knows the rest of the story.
Hebrews 3:16-19 "For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. [/quote]
ok. fair enough. and we know that Moses didn't enter. was he a non-believer? could have been, and he was the ldr while walking away from the Philistines and their technology that protected/controlled the coast? [/quote]
Gus,
He didn't exist.
Just like the slaughter of the innocents never occurred, and the Romans never conducted a census requiring people to return to the place of their birth.
Heck,
The Gospels can't even agree upon the day of the Crucifixion. [/quote]
just the other day, read a posting about a chaldean archer assigned to the roman brigade in jerusalem. found and encountered a young hebrew girl. mary i think was her name. they became entwined, and a child was borne. maybe it was all circumstantial, i don't know. i wasn't there. but the record is available for scrutiny. maybe further research is needed?
