Whence do we get that Moses preached “salvation by works”? We get it from the verse where he taught the
reason neither Moabites nor Ammonites would be allowed to enter into “the Lord’s assembly” [thereby
becoming part of God’s Holy People] was their refusal to feed the hungry and the thirsty.
As is written: “AN AMMONITE OR MOABITE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF
THE LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
[Why?...] BECAUSE THEY MET YOU NOT WITH BREAD AND WITH WATER IN THE WAY, WHEN
YE CAME FORTH [HUNGRY AND THIRSTY] OUT OF EGYPT...”- Deuteronomy 23:3-5, KJV Bible.
And whence do we get Jesus too preached “salvation by works”? We get it from the verse where he taught
the reason for the nations not to be allowed to enter into the assembly of the righteous will be their refusal to
feed the hungry and the thirsty.
As is written: “... Come, ye blessed
of my Father, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD: FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YE GAVE ME TO EAT; I
WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME DRINK; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked,
and ye clothed
me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me...
...
DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED, INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE WHICH IS PREPARED FOR THE
DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS: FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YE DID NOT GIVE ME TO EAT; 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”- Matthew 25:34-36, & 41-43 (American Standard
Version).
In short, a wise and mature believer will have no problem understanding that God's own religion is “results
oriented”. Thus, the things that really mater in the eyes of the Almighty isn't the words that we speak (the
theology we claim to follow), but rather the things that we do (our acts of loving kindness). Why? Because
nature teaches that, “the tree can be known by it's fruits”.
And the former is such a paramount truth, that even the Christian
writings bears witness to it, when they go
on to say:
“Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. HE THAT DOETH GOOD IS OF GOD: HE
THAT DOETH EVIL HATH NOT SEEN GOD”- 3 John 1:11. And they also say, “FOR THERE IS NO
GOOD TREE THAT BRINGETH FORTH CORRUPT FRUIT; NOR AGAIN A CORRUPT TREE THAT
BRINGETH FORTH GOOD FRUIT. For each tree is known by its own fruit.
FOR OF THORNS MEN DO
NOT GATHER FIGS, NOR OF A BRAMBLE BUSH GATHER THEY GRAPES”- Luke 6:43-44 (American
Standard Version)
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