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Look in the context of what Jesus spoke those words:

Matthew 6:19-20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
--Your treasure is your reward. Have you ever heard of a treasure chest? A box full of treasures, full of good things, or rewards, or a reward for finding it? Jesus said to put it where it won't rust, where moths won't eat it, where thieves can't steal it, where those rewards will be safe. Those are your rewards. He is speaking of rewards.

From Thayer's Lexicon: "treasure"
Thayer Definition:
1) the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up
1a) a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept
1b) a treasury
1c) storehouse, repository, magazine
2) the things laid up in a treasury, collected treasures
--It figuratively refers to our good works. What else could it refer to?

Context:
Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
--This is a completely different context. "In whom" refers to Christ. In Christ is all wisdom and knowledge, not in the believer. We have access to some of it.

It is what the Bible teaches. If it has conditions attached, then what are the conditions? Keeping the Ten Commandments? Being circumcised as the Judaizers taught? That is legalism and it is a false doctrine. Salvation is by faith and faith alone. It is a gift to be received. If it is to be received by faith there are no conditions. It is not to be worked for.

You can set that as your goal, but you will not attain perfection in this lifetime. If you think you must attain perfection before entering into heaven you will fail and enter into hell instead.

They are not synonyms.
I give a dog a treat or reward when I train him, when he does good.
When good is done he is rewarded.
If he does bad he receives punishment.
Salvation is a gift given without reward, without works, without anything worked for. They are not synonymous.

If you believe not me, believe the Scriptures:
Romans 4:4-5 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

CONTEXT:
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
--It is speaking of service, not eternal life. The service is the inheritance. Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord. That is service.

They were going to heaven far before this. They already had eternal life. He was speaking of sacrifice. The context is obvious. He is speaking of forsaking all for Jesus. Jesus does add that on. But the emphasis is on service. Their reward was in their service. Some will receive a hundred fold in reward.

 

This is what I said:

Your reply is above.
It is totally unbiblical. You need to study this passage out. The entire passage is speaking of justification by faith. You need to learn this.

 

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

 

Yes, the context, salvation or justification to be more precise, is all of grace--the grace of Christ, to be accepted by faith. There is nothing that we can do to merit it.

 

You have to defend yourself only because you attack others simply because they interpret some scripture differently than you do. YOU DO THIS ALL THE TIME. WHY CAN YOU ATTACK AND NNE ELSE CAN. If....no... WHEN you attack it is because others are FALSE TEACHERS, teaching DOCTRINES of DEMONS, etc. If they don't even attack but say you interpret things differently, they are falsely judging you. This is all because you think you are 100% right 100% of the time in your interpretation of scripture. That is what ALL OF YOU POSTS ARE ABOUT!!!Why don't you just plainly speak the TRUTH, which you say you love, on about this thread and all of your threads. ARE YOU 100% right 100% of the time in your interpretation of Scripture? The Question is ON TOPIC, and IS ABOUT SCRIPTURE! You hide behind a cloud of self righteous JUDGEMENT, FALSE ACCUSATION, CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS, IMMATURE NAME CALLING, POINTLESS HAIRSPLITTING, and PRIDEFUL POSITIONING OF YOURSELF above EVERYONE!!! COME CLEAN MORIAH. YOU ARE 100% RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME aren't you? It does not matter how you are treated by anyone because with the next word typed they might disagree with you and YOU MAKE THEM YOUR ENEMY.

 

1. You can leave James out of this. James was written about 50 A.D., one of the first NT books to be written. It was written at least 10 years before Paul wrote this epistle to the Romans, James had no knowledge of Paul's writings.

2. Paul is speaking of works, period. The works of Abraham preceded Moses. Abraham lived ca. 2100. Moses lived ca. 1400. There is a 700 year gap there. The law came more than 700 years after Abraham.

3. The works that are referred to in Rom.4 were Abraham's obedience to God: his leaving Ur, his nomadic life, his offering Isaac, and simply doing what God wanted him to do. It was not a keeping of the law (it had not come yet).

4. All the good things, even the offering of Isaac, Abraham could not boast in. Even the tremendous rescue of Lot, defeating all those kings with his trained servants--just 315 men, he couldn't boast about. Why? His glory was in God and not himself.

5. He believed God, and that is what justified him, not his works, not the good things that he did.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

His works were nothing. Even if he had not done one work but simply believed he would have been justified. It was his belief in God that justified him. His works, as far as his salvation was concerned, were totally irrelevant. It was his faith that justified him.

Romans 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

So it was with David.
God imputed righteousness unto him without works. Why?
He believed God by faith alone.

 

Matthew 6:19-20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
You cannot lay up treasures in heaven unless you will be there. Going there is what was bought for us by Jesus sacrifice and GIVEN( as in GIFT) SO we believe, then receive the Gift. Any treasure we have (whether earned or given) is irrelevant if our heart is not with them in heaven.

When a person comes to God through Jesus, they HAVE COME TO MOUNT ZION, to the heavenly Jerusalem. We actually come to heaven where God is. Hebrews 12:22 Sounds like a spiritual gift to me. I bet you recognize this ,Moriah

 

Then neither circumcision nor baptism are good works. Marriage is not a good work . . . what is? Giving to charity? Anything else?

 

Do What you say others should do!!

Moriah,
You have to defend yourself because you are the first to attack!!! YOU ALWAYS ATTACK EVERYONE when they interpret scripture differently than you do. THIS THREAD and ALL OF YOUR THREADS BOIL DOWN TNE THING : YOU ARE RIGHT and ALL who disagree with you are WRONG! The question "Moriah, do you believe that you are 100% right 100% of the time in your interpretation of scripture? IS ON TOPIC and IS ABOUT SCRIPTURE! when someone disagrees with you you ALL WAYS ACCUSE and ATTACK them. Why is it O.K. for you to call those who interpret scripture another way than you : FALSE TEACHERS, Teachers of DOCTRINES of DEMONS,etc? Why can you so-called defend yourself but others can't defend themselves. YOU MAKE an ENEMY of EVERYONE. It doesn't matter how they treat you. You hide behind a cloud of Judgement, False Accusation, Self Righteous Condemnation of everyone, and PRIDEFUL Presentation of yourself as the only one who love the truth and understands it correctly. Why don't you answer the simple question, Are you 100% right 100% of the time in your interpretation and understanding of Scripture? I don't think you will answer it because if you tell the TRUTH you will have to admit that you may be wrong about any of your posts. The question is on topic and about scripture. So why do you refuse to quit judging and accusing?

 

The state of Abraham's heart was that of simple faith in God. Who are you to judge it?

Romans 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
--Abraham was not judged or justified by what he did, or by works.

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
--He was justified by faith and faith alone. He believed God.

What was the most important thing that he did?
What made him a believer?

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

No that is not what Paul says in Romans 4:9 and following. You are confused.

Romans 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
--Abraham was not circumcised. He is considered here as the father of the uncircumcised. That goes against your teaching.

Abraham was a believer; those in Sodom and Gomorrah were not. Apples and oranges. Sodom and Gomorrah were judged because of their gross wickedness. Abraham was a believer because (as the word indicates) he believed God.

Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
--Nothing is said about his works here.

Are you inferring that Abraham had demonic faith?? Sad! Truly sad!

Where does it say that? It doesn't. You are reading into the scriptures things that aren't there. Look again.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
--No works.

Romans 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
--no works.

Romans 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
--no works.

Romans 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
--no works.

Again and again the Bible teaches that salvation is by faith alone without works. See again Eph.2:8,9 and Rom.5:1

 

Better to be in a corner alone than to live forever with constant drip.