22 Aug '14 01:20>
RajK,
Did you misunderstand Pudgenik's answer? We cannot earn a relationship to God. It is given. What is done with that relationship is different than earning a relationship.
For instance, you have had a mother and a father. What you do in life will not change that you have a parent-child relationship. You were born to your parents, and nothing you do will earn you the relationship you already have. You cannot work for it. You already are their child.
Your fellowship with your parents might change or be damaged, but you are still their child. If you murdered someone, you will still be their child. If you save the lives of 1 million people you will still be their child. Saving 1 million lives will not make your any more their child than you already are.
Fellowship is what Pudgenik must be talking about, not the relationship itself.
Nothing of good works will make you anyone's child. Nothing of bad works will make you not someone's child. God makes a child out of a Sinner and it is God who controls your connection with God as a child. Relationship to God is a gift. Fellowship with God is what people can seek to maintain by asking for forgiveness of continual Christian sins. Growing in Christ may also be gained.
Did you misunderstand Pudgenik's answer? We cannot earn a relationship to God. It is given. What is done with that relationship is different than earning a relationship.
For instance, you have had a mother and a father. What you do in life will not change that you have a parent-child relationship. You were born to your parents, and nothing you do will earn you the relationship you already have. You cannot work for it. You already are their child.
Your fellowship with your parents might change or be damaged, but you are still their child. If you murdered someone, you will still be their child. If you save the lives of 1 million people you will still be their child. Saving 1 million lives will not make your any more their child than you already are.
Fellowship is what Pudgenik must be talking about, not the relationship itself.
Nothing of good works will make you anyone's child. Nothing of bad works will make you not someone's child. God makes a child out of a Sinner and it is God who controls your connection with God as a child. Relationship to God is a gift. Fellowship with God is what people can seek to maintain by asking for forgiveness of continual Christian sins. Growing in Christ may also be gained.