Well done, good and faithful servant! I might add one thing. This acceptance of Christ means a full surrender to His will.

Sir you need to reconsider what you are writing here. Salvation by obedience-faith is unbiblical, even if Roman Catholics teach it as official doctrine.

Please review the basics of the epistle to the Romans; where works (anything, literally anything we can do or continue to do to please God) and faith are two SEPARATE paths to being justified before God. One of those paths is strictly hypothetical, that if we wish to do well we can inherit eternal life on the grounds of full, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Or what you call "full surrender".

This was precisely the legal argument Jesus gave to the rich young ruler. He did not come to Jesus as the messiah, crying out for mercy as someone in a helpless state. He called Jesus "Good teacher" because he had moral conduct as a basis for eternal blessings on his agenda. He wanted to know what else must be done to fill out the required goodness that makes eternal life a reward. Jesus' response accepts the ruler's premise for the sake of argument. His response was not "Oh just be a disciple like these 12 guys here, do good make some sacrifices and follow me". Jesus in fact was saying this: you must be just as I am: give up everything (he set aside his glory to become a humble servant completely voluntariliy), sell to the poor (all that you possess and value in this life are now the property of strangers and even sinners who may not appreciate you whatsoever), and come follow me (literally, walk with me towards Jerusalem, to also be falsely accused, arrested, beaten, and allow yourself to be put to death purely out of self sacrificial love for your neighbor).

This "full surrender" is a higher standard than you can imagine. It means completing the same mission as Jesus himself did. Who is up for it? Show of hands? The answer is only Jesus did what could be done to inherit eternal life. That is the sum conclusion and fulfillment of the Law, loving God and neighbor so that one may attain life and blessing. We need a substitute (faith in Christ, redemption by HIS blood), we cannot fulfill personally what is required. Period.

Repentance is also not the grounds of justification, i.e. being accepted before a holy God. Otherwise Christ died for no effectual reason, if we only had to be sorry and do better against sin to be saved. We cannot mingle the content of the gospel with the consequences of the gospel. Those who are saved by faith in Christ alone, with no works added, no tears of repentance contributing to God's judicial decision, certainly will have new life and walk in a desire to please God and turn from sin. As evidence of justification by faith. But none of that is the grounds of justification. Again, read Romans carefully. This straightforward structural overview of the epistle I think would help clarify some things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6PjL3quBk

Well done, good and faithful servant! I might add one thing. This acceptance of Christ means a full surrender to His will.

Sir you need to reconsider what you are writing here. Salvation by obedience-faith is unbiblical, even if Roman Catholics teach it as official doctrine.

Please review the basics of the epistle to the Romans; where works (anything, literally anything we can do or continue to do to please God) and faith are two SEPARATE paths to being justified before God. One of those paths is strictly hypothetical, that if we wish to do well we can inherit eternal life on the grounds of full, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Or what you call "full surrender".

This was precisely the legal argument Jesus gave to the rich young ruler. He did not come to Jesus as the messiah, crying out for mercy as someone in a helpless state. He called Jesus "Good teacher" because he had moral conduct as a basis for eternal blessings on his agenda. He wanted to know what else must be done to fill out the required goodness that makes eternal life a reward. Jesus' response accepts the ruler's premise for the sake of argument. His response was not "Oh just be a disciple like these 12 guys here, do good make some sacrifices and follow me". Jesus in fact was saying this: you must be just as I am: give up everything (he set aside his glory to become a humble servant completely voluntariliy), sell to the poor (all that you possess and value in this life are now the property of strangers and even sinners who may not appreciate you whatsoever), and come follow me (literally, walk with me towards Jerusalem, to also be falsely accused, arrested, beaten, and allow yourself to be put to death purely out of self sacrificial love for your neighbor).

This "full surrender" is a higher standard than you can imagine. It means completing the same mission as Jesus himself did. Who is up for it? Show of hands? The answer is only Jesus did what could be done to inherit eternal life. That is the sum conclusion and fulfillment of the Law, loving God and neighbor so that one may attain life and blessing. We need a substitute (faith in Christ, redemption by HIS blood), we cannot fulfill personally what is required. Period.

Repentance is also not the grounds of justification, i.e. being accepted before a holy God. Otherwise Christ died for no effectual reason, if we only had to be sorry and do better against sin to be saved. We cannot mingle the content of the gospel with the consequences of the gospel. Those who are saved by faith in Christ alone, with no works added, no tears of repentance contributing to God's judicial decision, certainly will have new life and walk in a desire to please God and turn from sin. As evidence of justification by faith. But none of that is the grounds of justification. Again, read Romans carefully. This may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6PjL3quBk

Well done, good and faithful servant! I might add one thing. This acceptance of Christ means a full surrender to His will.

Sir you need to reconsider what you are writing here. Salvation by obedience-faith is unbiblical, even if Roman Catholics teach it as official doctrine.

Please review the basics of the epistle to the Romans; where works (anything, literally anything we can do or continue to do to please God) and faith are two SEPARATE paths to being justified before God. One of those paths is strictly hypothetical, that if we wish to do well we can inherit eternal life on the grounds of full, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Or what you call "full surrender".

This was precisely the legal argument Jesus gave to the rich young ruler. He did not come to Jesus as the messiah, crying out for mercy as someone in a helpless state. He called Jesus "Good teacher" because he had moral conduct as a basis for eternal blessings on his agenda. He wanted to know what else must be done to fill out the required goodness that makes eternal life a reward. Jesus' response accepts the ruler's premise for the sake of argument. His response was not "Oh just be a disciple like these 12 guys here, do good make some sacrifices and follow me". Jesus in fact was saying this: you must be just as I am: give up everything (he set aside his glory to become a humble servant completely voluntariliy), sell to the poor (all that you possess and value in this life are now the property of strangers and even sinners who may not appreciate you whatsoever), and come follow me (literally, walk with me towards Jerusalem, to also be falsely accused, arrested, beaten, and allow yourself to be put to death purely out of self sacrificial love for your neighbor).

This "full surrender" is a higher standard than you can imagine. It means completing the same mission as Jesus himself did. Who is up for it? Show of hands? The answer is only Jesus did what could be done to inherit eternal life. That is the sum conclusion and fulfillment of the Law, loving God and neighbor so that one may attain life and blessing. We need a substitute (faith), we cannot fulfill personally what is required. Period.

Repentance is also not the grounds of justification, i.e. being accepted before a holy God. Otherwise Christ died for no effectual reason, if we only had to be sorry and do better against sin to be saved. We cannot mingle the content of the gospel with the consequences of the gospel. Those who are saved by faith in Christ alone, with no works added, no tears of repentance contributing to God's judicial decision, certainly will have new life and walk in a desire to please God and turn from sin. As evidence of justification by faith. But none of that is the grounds of justification. Again, read Romans carefully. This may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6PjL3quBk

Well done, good and faithful servant! I might add one thing. This acceptance of Christ means a full surrender to His will.

Sir you need to reconsider what you are writing here. Salvation by obedience-faith is unbiblical, even if Roman Catholics teach it as official doctrine.

Please review the basics of the epistle to the Romans; where works (anything, literally anything we can do or continue to do to please God) and faith are two SEPARATE paths to being justified before God. One of those paths is strictly hypothetical, that if we wish to do well we can inherit eternal life on the grounds of full, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Or what you call "full surrender".

This was precisely the legal argument Jesus gave to the rich young ruler. He did not come to Jesus as the messiah, crying out for mercy as someone in a helpless state. He called Jesus "Good teacher" because he had moral conduct as a basis for eternal blessings on his agenda. He wanted to know what else must be done to fill out the required goodness that makes eternal life a reward. Jesus' response accepts the ruler's premise for the sake of argument. His response was not "Oh just be a disciple like these 12 guys here, do good make some sacrifices and follow me". Jesus in fact was saying this: you must be just as I am: give up everything (he set aside his glory to become a humble servant completely voluntariliy), sell to the poor (all that you possess and value in this life are now the property of strangers and even sinners who may not appreciate you whatsoever), and come follow me (literally, walk with me towards Jerusalem, to also be falsely accused, arrested, beaten, and allow yourself to be put to death purely out of self sacrificial love for your neighbor). This "full surrender" is a higher standard than you can imagine. It means completing the same mission as Jesus himself did. Who is up for it? Show of hands? The answer is only Jesus did what could be done to inherit eternal life. That is the sum conclusion and fulfillment of the Law, loving God and neighbor so that one may attain life and blessing. We need a substitute (faith), we cannot fulfill personally what is required. Period.

Repentance is also not the grounds of justification, i.e. being accepted before a holy God. Otherwise Christ died for no effectual reason, if we only had to be sorry and do better against sin to be saved. We cannot mingle the content of the gospel with the consequences of the gospel. Those who are saved by faith in Christ alone, with no works added, no tears of repentance contributing to God's judicial decision, certainly will have new life and walk in a desire to please God and turn from sin. As evidence of justification by faith. But none of that is the grounds of justification. Again, read Romans carefully. This may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6PjL3quBk

Well done, good and faithful servant! I might add one thing. This acceptance of Christ means a full surrender to His will.

Sir you need to reconsider what you are writing here. Salvation by obedience-faith is unbiblical, even if Roman Catholics teach it as official doctrine.

Please review the basics of the epistle to the Romans; where works (anything, literally anything we can do or continue to do to please God) and faith are two SEPARATE paths to being justified before God. One of those paths is strictly hypothetical, that if we wish to do well we can inherit eternal life on the grounds of full, perfect, and perpetual obedience. Or what you call "full surrender".

This was precisely the legal argument Jesus gave to the rich young ruler. He did not come to Jesus as the messiah, crying out for mercy as someone in a helpless state. He called Jesus "Good teacher" because he had moral conduct as a basis for eternal blessings on his agenda. He wanted to know what else must be done to fill out the required goodness that makes eternal life a reward. Jesus' response accepts the ruler's premise for the sake of argument. His response was not "Oh just be a disciple like these 12 guys here, do good make some sacrifices and follow me". Jesus in fact was saying this: you must be just as I am: give up everything (he set aside his glory to become a humble servant completely voluntariliy), sell to the poor (all that you possess and value in this life are now the property of strangers and even sinners who may not appreciate you whatsoever), and come follow me (literally, walk with me towards Jerusalem, to also be falsely accused, arrested, beaten, and put to death purely out of self sacrificial love for your neighbor). This "full surrender" is a higher standard than you can imagine. It means completing the same mission as Jesus himself did. Who is up for it? Show of hands? The answer is only Jesus did what could be done to inherit eternal life. That is the sum conclusion and fulfillment of the Law, loving God and neighbor so that one may attain life and blessing. We need a substitute (faith), we cannot fulfill personally what is required. Period.

Repentance is also not the grounds of justification, i.e. being accepted before a holy God. Otherwise Christ died for no effectual reason, if we only had to be sorry and do better against sin to be saved. We cannot mingle the content of the gospel with the consequences of the gospel. Those who are saved by faith in Christ alone, with no works added, no tears of repentance contributing to God's judicial decision, certainly will have new life and walk in a desire to please God and turn from sin. As evidence of justification by faith. But none of that is the grounds of justification. Again, read Romans carefully. This may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6PjL3quBk