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1 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | mark d seyler | 164242 | ||
Hi Emmaus, Thank you for this information. I want to say a bigger thank you to you as well, as over time when you have posted material on the sacraments, you have helped me to learn the greater significance of these things, and how they join us in the physical realm to the spiritual. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that while the motion we go through is ours, the actual work that is performed is Christ's. But if the work is wholly His, how is it that it cannot be performed unless I also perform an action? When we say "works", are we not talking about particular behaviors, actions, that we perform, whether giving alms, attending church, mass, or being baptized? I believe, as you do, that the work of salvation is wholly Christ's to perform, but I do not believe that salvation requires of me a complementary "work" or action. I consider that salvation comes, on my part at least, through an act of will rather than an act of behavior. I believe that I become born again when I choose to repent, and to obey Christ. Love in Christ, mark |
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2 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | lionheart | 164247 | ||
Mark, Bless you brother.Sometimes I think when we refer to works it's almost like we are saying one of those nasty four letter words. It has alway been the tenet of our faith that we are saved by grace through faith (Eph 2:8,9). It's impossible to argue the point,the bible is quite clear regarding salvation.James chapter 2 does a quite credible job on the subject of faith and works.In closing I will make this statement- What we do (works If one so chooses to call them)evidences what we have or in more instances than I care to addmitt myself what we may lack. I heard a learned man of God say a number of years ago that if we were put on trial for our faith would there be enough evidence to convict. In Christ, lionheart |
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