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Subject: Grace AND? |
Bible Note: Rowdy: Chapter 6 of Romans and 2 Corinthians 5:17 knit up all the "loose ends" that Mommabps, BradK and I are accused of having left to dangle, and they also answer in full your entire battery of "why bother" questions. ..... Rowdy, your soteriological position is puzzling to say the least. You have stated that you believe in salvation by grace. That's fine. It's what the Bible teaches. But you don't seem content to put a period after grace. You say you believe in salvation by grace, but you continue to gussy up your statement of faith with the addition of a long series of statements that fall nothing short of a works-based system of soteriology. If salvation is by grace alone, what role do works play in salvation? If by works alone, what role grace? If salvation is of God, what does man have to do with it? If of man, what does God have to do with it? If salvation is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-10), how can man earn that which has already been declared free? What saves -- the finished work of Christ on the Cross or the works of man? Rowdy, we've been through this hedge- your-bet, be-safe-not-sorry business before. There is no Scripture that supports this theory of yours. I suggest you go scrap your theories, go back to the drawing board and learn what the Bible actually teaches about soteriology -- about grace, works, regeneration and sanctification. In the meantime, let's not discuss your theories any more. It's becoming tiring and boring, not to mention a sad waste of time. --Hank |