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1 | Do Jesus and Paul agree on salv by faith | NT general Archive 1 | reilly1041 | 81202 | ||
Yes, Emmaus, getting back to the original question concerning what Jesus said. How do the by-faith-alone people align their thinking with what Jesus talked about. I can't find anywhere where Jesus Himself talked about faith alone getting one to the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus talked about the narrow gate - wouldn't the "faith-alone" gate be quite wide? (Just a note on myself, I was raised R. Catholic, started reading the Bible a year ago, love the concept of faith-alone, but I'm having trouble getting my arms around it. I don't mean my questions to be inflammatory, I'm just trying to get to the right questions to clear up my confusion! Thanks everybody!) |
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2 | Do Jesus and Paul agree on salv by faith | NT general Archive 1 | Radioman2 | 81213 | ||
In the NT belief means "adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in a person or an object." reilly1041: To help answer your questions, it would be helpful to define what belief actually means. "Belief in the N.T. denotes more than intellectual assent to a fact. The word (Gk. pistis, noun; pisteuo, verb) means *adherence to, committal to, faith in, reliance upon, trust in* a person or an object, and this involves not only the consent of the mind, but an act of the heart and will of the subject. "Whosoever believeth in him" is equivalent to "whosoever trusts in or commits himself to him [Christ]." Belief, then is synonymous with faith, which in the N.T. consists of believing and receiving what God has revealed" (New Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford, 1967). Grace and peace, Radioman2 |
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