Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
That is exactly what you are doing, playing games. You do that by twisting what I said and changing the meaning so you can try to prove your point.
The Bible is inconsistent but it does not demonstrate that itself since it is just a book.
People read it and interpret it and they can easily see that it is inconsistent.
The scripture is inconsistent. What I think has nothing to do with that.
So you bring out some 'other verses' to try to prove that the verses that I cited are not inconsistent, wonderful. But it won't work.
Of course there are some verses in the Bible that are consistent, but that does not change the fact that there are other verses that are inconsistent.
Paul says we are saved by faith alone, not by works.
Ephesians 2
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Jesus says we need works in order to be saved.
Matthew 25
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
But then, we have Jesus' parable about the sheep and goats, which clearly indicates that the sheep were rewarded with eternal life by Jesus for their works and the goats were condemned to eternal damnation by Jesus because they failed to do good deeds, such as feed the poor, take care of the sick, and visit prisoners. The popular theme of Christianity is "God loves you," but if you disobey him and sin against him, then he will send you to hell to be tortured, and you'll suffer for all eternity. However, if you repent of your sins and accept Jesus as your savior, then God will forgive you, and you're safe. But there's a catch. There is a loophole in this seemingly hopeful biblical promise: you could still be stripped of your salvation and be cast into hell if you don't follow God's will. Jesus' parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31–46) and his clear warning: "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21) demonstrate that even though you repented and were forgiven of your sins, you could still go to hell if you don't toe the line exactly the way God wants you to, and herein lies another conflicting message in the Bible, because Romans 10:9–13 says that if someone declares with their mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believes in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, they will be saved. The verse claims that whoever calls on Jesus' name will be saved, but his warnings of not doing God's will indicate otherwise.
And Ephesians 2:8–9 states, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." However, in Matthew 7:21, Jesus stated, "Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven," and his parable of the sheep and goats in Matthew 25:31–46 states the "sheep" were rewarded with eternal life for their good works of feeding the hungry, giving water to people who are thirsty, inviting in a stranger, clothing the needy, and visiting the sick or people in prison. However, the "goats" in this parable were lambasted by Jesus for not feeding the hungry, giving water to people who were thirsty, inviting in strangers, clothing the needy, and not visiting the sick or people in prison. Jesus cursed them and sent them to eternal damnation. The "goats" in the parable lacked the good works to be rewarded with eternal life, despite the fact that they were Christians who accepted Jesus as their lord and savior.