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1 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Dachande | 98249 | ||
Ummm other Joe... Heinlin's theory doesn't oppose the gift of salvation... it demonstrates that blind faith erases the value of the gift... To blindly say you believe for the sake of being saved gives no value to the gift of salvation... I'm not pointing fingers, but there are many people who think just 'cause they say they're saved, they're saved... Which is why the gift of salvation isn't necissarilly "Free" in the understanding of most people... we still must do our part by keeping and exercising our Faith in Christ, that in itself is a "work" and Grace makes up the rest... which means we do our required part to earn it... so it's not quite... "free" as the word is so liberally used... I'm not saying it's impossible, since, obviously it requires little to do, but a little is still required Joe |
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2 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98260 | ||
"Heinlin's theory doesn't oppose the gift of salvation... it demonstrates that blind faith erases the value of the gift..." Asserting something is not the same as demonstrating something. " To blindly say you believe for the sake of being saved gives no value to the gift of salvation... I'm not pointing fingers, but there are many people who think just 'cause they say they're saved, they're saved..." And I stand with you in saying that simply saying something does not make it so. That does not take away from the biblical truth that human beings are saved by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ's work alone. "Which is why the gift of salvation isn't necissarilly "Free" in the understanding of most people..." It seems that it is you who is demonstrating a lack of the understanding of "free." 'we still must do our part by keeping and exercising our Faith in Christ, that in itself is a "work"' Sure it is a work, but it is in no way the ground or instrument of our justification. "and Grace makes up the rest... which means we do our required part to earn it..." Salvation is not earned; otherwise it is a wage, not a gift. You never did mention what you do with Paul's epistle to the Romans. Grace does make up the rest; the contribution I make is zero percent. God did the other 100 percent in Christ to bring me to Himself. --Joe! |
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3 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Radioman2 | 98267 | ||
Joe: Good points, well stated. You're so right -- anyone can make an assertion, but asserting something doesn't make it so. And I don't know about you, but whenever I wish to learn something about the gospel of Jesus Christ, I always check sci-fi magazines, movies, comic books, cartoon shows on TV, interviews with Carl Sagan, etc. All of these are gold mines of Biblical truth. Yeah, right! --Radioman2 |
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4 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 98270 | ||
"God is too big to fit into one religion." --Robert A. Heinlein Another insightful theological quote from the sci-fi writer extraordinaire! :) --Joe! |
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5 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Radioman2 | 98272 | ||
Joe: Good one! Coming soon to a forum near you -- Charles Darwin's Commentary on the New Testament. --Radioman2 |
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6 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 98280 | ||
Radioman - Charles Darwin's Commentary on the New Testament? Compared to what we've seen posted on this forum, Darwin's views might seem quite orthodox! Now Jesus' views and Paul's views were something else. Like, radical, man :-) As Charlie Brown says, "Sigh, sigh." --Hank | ||||||
7 | And what about those who will die before | NT general Archive 1 | Radioman2 | 98297 | ||
Hank: Good observation! :-) To whom it may concern, my next question: How is it that Paul and James can both contradict each other and not contradict each other at the same time? Maybe I should ask Nostradamus, Shirley MacLaine, or Stephen King. --Radioman2 |
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