Anyone who thinks of himself as a pretty good person ought to think again. Ephesians 2:1 says we come into the world spiritually dead ruled by Satan. his World system, and our own sin nature. From the divine perspective, we are deserving of punishment.
QUICKENED MEANS RISEN WITH HIM SERVING IN NEWNESS OF SPIRIT NOT OLDNESS OF SIN..
Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
THE LAW WRITTEN IN THE HEART THROUGH BEING QUICKENED WITH CHRIST MEANS KEEPING IT, TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW IS SION, YOU KEEP NOTIHNG AND BELIEVING IN NOTHING BY WORKING EVIL
2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Every prophecy from the Lord of course is the same, describing the deceivers in the end.
The tares, instead of wheat, produce no good fruit, no loving others in every thought and every deed.
The wheat do produce only good, every thought to obedience of Christ and with the selfless Spirit of Christ are guided by God to prefer others before themselves, as this is glory to God and is why He maintains them.
The devil maintains his followers, here below we are told how they are, and what they can speak.
Firstly, they profess belief in Christ.
Their professed belief is as a tare, to be excused by God for never producing the peaceable fruits of righteousness...
Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
The tare has zero conscience and no sense of morals.
The tare professes belief in God, and their excuse to never be able to only do good is answered by Gods testimony, they are evil against every good work, and the pure have all things good already..
Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
When they have a form of godliness, they break Gods ways, their excuse is nobody can keep them, they despise those that are good, they claim nobody could ever be good in God's sight, they blaspheme Gods judgement, they say grace is all you need..
2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Another favorite the tares love is their excuse why they prefer fables than Gods words. The tare cannot endure temptation themselves, and they are seen in not being able to endure sound doctrine also..
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The tare is yet again exposed as turning the grace of Christ into lustful sin.
Gods testimony says these tares excusing lust blaspheming Christs name deny Christ through their evil.
The tares excuse this time is, it is self belief to believe any requirement is told from God to do right..
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Another of the tares fulfilment of Gods actual words, is their heresy of covetousness, along with subtle words and pretense. Their excuse this time is truth has nothing perfect in it, or as the saying of the world, nobody is perfect.
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
The heresy is Gods words describing it, not their added lies trying to speak falsely.
Gods words as all here state one way of the tares....
The tares do unrighteousness, this is the heresy described and said again, this is how they deny the Lord that bought them.
They cannot cease from sin, is Gods testimony, and they always excuse, this is their only evil pattern, they are led by satan and have no self. Their excuse for not ceasing from sin, is no man is sinless. That is their covetous practice, that is their forsaking of the right way, receiving the wages of sin..
2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
The tares final excuse is why they do not do well yet, and why they commit sin hurting others. They say because they need time to grow.
Do servants not obey their own masters fully ?
If servant took time to serve their master, they are no servant at all, but a self servant.
Being freed from one master, is the beginning to serve righteousness.
The servant of sin never served any righteousness at all, never needed time to grow more wicked, it was from their heart too.
God rewards His servants with eternal life for producing righteous fruits, the fruit is holiness as testified.
The tares still being astray produce unrighteousness, they are yet unholy, as above their mind and conscience is defiled..
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Should it worry you that the tares say there is no context, they say walls of scripture, say perfectionism heresy, say no man is sinless, say grace is all you need?