Works That Save; Works That Enslave

Friday, February 1, 2013
The Rev. Angel Carrillo

When you're saved by Men's Good works, this happen!

GALATIANS 5:4 ...You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

MARK 7:13 ... Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."

LUKE 5:39 ... And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately[ ] desires new; for he says, "The old is better", (they love religion more than Jesus Christ's Gospel).

JOHN 15:24 ... If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

TITUS 1:16 ... They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.

When you're saved by God's Good works, this happen!

GALATIANS 1:3-5 ... Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

LUKE 3:8 ... Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

LUKE 13:1-5 ...There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

ROMANS 6:14 ...For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

PSALM 111:10 ... The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.

EPHESIANS 2:8- 10 ... For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

PHILIPPIANS 2:13 ... For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

JOHN 15:5,8 ..."I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20 ... Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body[ ] and in your spirit, which are God's.

EPHESIANS 2:2 ... in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, (did you notice that all communication is through the air).

PHILIPPIANS 1:6 ... Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

PHILIPPIANS 1:27 ... Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.

TITUS 2:11-13 ... For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

1 JOHN 2:29 ... If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

1 JOHN 3:24 ... Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

2 PETER 1:3 ... as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.

HEBREWS 5:8-9 ... though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.

1 PETER 4:1 ... Therefore, since Christ suffered for us[ ] in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.

If you turn your back to God again!

HEBREWS 12:15 ... looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.

ROMANS 8:7 ... Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

JAMES 4:1-5 ... Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously"?

1 JOHN 2:15-17 ... Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world―the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life―is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Remember my beloved brothers and sisters: the world will know that we're Christians;

By our walk, for we walk: in Love (Christ's Love), in Truth, in Faith and in Unity!!!

God bless all of you! And remember I love all of you in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior!

You are all welcome in McCook Harvest Church! Because we love all of you.

Pastor Angel,

McCook Harvest Church

PS: If you need a ride to church, call Pastor Angel at (308) 350-0793.

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