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NASB | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." [Ex 3:6] |
Subject: purgatory is it true? |
Bible Note: Emmaus I pondered this all day. If you are giving me this passage to show works accompany faith, your preaching to the choir (I agree). I think I even understand the faith part of penitence I just don't understand the what appears to be the works parts. To me it appears that by being told to say the rosary 10 times for lying and 50 times for committing fornication that there has been a value judgement made. Fornication is worst than lying, then the penitence must be worst. Yet your saying penitence in not punishment but rather a reinforcement of grace through faith. However the fact that one carries a more demanding reinforcement seems to void that claim. Penitence then more correctly appears to be punishment in an effort to provide a sort of recompense for the sin. EdB |