Faithfulservant
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I stand by what I said... noone is good.. only one who is without sin is good. Jesus knows our hearts.. He knows our intents. We are plagued by evil thoughts all the time.. we cant help it. The person who does good every day of their life is not pure in thought or deed.. or intent. We have a sin debt that we build upon every day of our life we cannot pay it back without Jesus Christ. Its not possible. Sin is also following short of Gods glory which all of us do. Not following Gods will is a sin..didymus said:I am looking solely at what Jesus said. Follow the commandments to inherit eternal life. What contradicts this statement made by Jesus? Show me the passage. Jesus said follow the commandments, not if you do a, b or c or if you were born before or after. he was clear in his reply. Jesus never said that after my resurrectyion if you believe in me you'll have eternal life. he was preaching the kingdom of God here on earth. The kingdom is within you. Case and point.
Faithful, your statement that nobody is good was very disturbing to me. Is this what you really believe, that nobody is good? Why don't you reconsider that. I believe the majority of people in the world are inherently good. Everybody is tempted to do evil but that does not make them evil people.
You say only Jesus was good. Look at Mark 10:18
It would be like paying off a $10k debt on your Visa with your Mastercard.. you never pay off the principle.
Jesus also said that He and His Father are one.. and He said to the disciples that they did not need to see the Father because they saw Him. Jesus was showing that He was wholly man in that verse and later showing that He was also wholly God.
Anyone that says that they are good and can make it to heaven on that merit is deceived... It is impossible to make it to heaven on works alone.. Jesus said it Himself that He is the way and that noone can get to the Father except by Him.
I would also suggest that a better translation is that The Kingdom is in your midst rather than within you. Many scholars agree on this fact.