Mark_18

Would you not do ANYTHING for your own salvation? Are you not to love others as yourself? Then would you not do ANYTHING for the salvation of one other?

To do so be COMPLETELY submitted to God for Him to use you.

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Luke 15:31 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

JOKE POLICE

Boanerges

Indeed Mark!

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"If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God."

Watchman Nee

BreathOfGod

To answer the second question..... no. We can not choose salvation for others. They can only make their own decisions regarding their own salvation. To think about doing "anything" for the salvation of another can lead to dangerous thinking......

..... I read about a man in the 60's who thought that way. (I forget his name. I mentioned him once before on this forum in a thread that someone else started which gave a link to something of his.) Anyhow, this man believed in having sex with others to lead them to Christ. His ideology behind it was the very thing you mention when you talk about doing "anything" for the salvation of another. He believed that Christ gave his life for us, for our salvation, and we are commanded to be like Christ, and therefore we should give even our whole bodies for Christ-- which to him included having sex with others if it would lead them to Christ. He preached a lot on love (as did many others in the 60's).

Anyhow, I know that you were not even thinking about, nor implying, something of this nature when speaking of doing "anything" for your own salvation or the salvation of another, but I felt that it must be addressed because taken literally there are people out there whose thoughts do go those routes.

We should be careful that in doing things for the Lord, we are not doing things which are contrary to his teachings, or misinterpreting God's word in order to bring in more souls.

Mark_18

Yes. You must know His will IS the best way to bring others to Him. And only by obeying His teachings are you submitting to his will. And in turn doing what's best for everybody.

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Luke 15:31 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

JOKE POLICE

Boanerges

We can indeed save souls in one sense of the word (and the Word)

Jas 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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"If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God."

Watchman Nee

Who am I

I can plant the seed.
You can water it.

But God gets all the credit during the harvest.
God can do so much more than we can for someone else.

So, in other words, God is the one that does it all.
And He never gets tired.

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Blessings to all

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD,
thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Mark_18

Hide a multitude of whos sins? Huh? What nao?

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Luke 15:31 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

JOKE POLICE