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1 | Does this mean God is the author of sin? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Brian.g | 15918 | ||
Joe I'm not sure as to why you are focusing on good works getting people into heaven, that was not my point. You have no argument from me that good works alone is not the key to salvation. Believing and accepting Christ and then living your life accordingly is what I think we are both saying. My only point is that it is easier to see, understand and accept Christ, when people are given proper guidance to do so, from an early age. And, in addition, I believe that, by nature, people want to and are willing to follow Christ, but are side-tracked by other influences in our life. But, the bottomline is, if you don't accept Christ by the time you're ready to move on, then don't hold your breath waiting for good things to happen in the next life. Brian |
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2 | Does this mean God is the author of sin? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Reformer Joe | 16624 | ||
I was not focusing on good works getting into heaven at all, since we are saved not by our rightousness or our works or the things we have done, but SOLELY by the mercy of God through the righteousness and perfect works of Jesus Christ (Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:6-8; Romans 4:2-5; Romans 3:28). My point of disagreement with you is precisely on the nature of humanity apart from Christ. The Bible says that that humans by nature are "children of wrath" (Ephesians 2:3). We do not want to serve God. We have all gone astray. There is no one good; not even one. There is no one who seeks God. St. Paul made that abundantly clear in Romans 3:10-18. We are NOT good. We do not desire to please God. We are God's enemies until regenerated by the Holy Spirit: "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." (Romans 5:10) We in our own nature do not please God at all (Romans 8:7-9). Our natures are morally corrupt, not basically good. The whole of Scripture demonstrates that tendency in humanity. I do agree that it is important to present the truth to a child. The Holy Spirit works through the proclamation of His truth, and God uses the Word of God to draw His own chosen ones to Himself. However, the difference between us and the terrorists is not a matter of non-evil versus evil. The terrorists were undoubtedly misguided, but what that misguidance fed is the evil that already exists in all of us. It didn't corrupt a "good person." --Joe! |
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