Subject: need for a bible-anyone |
Bible Note: Steve, hope you had a good weekend. You wrote: "Do you believe the Bible is inconsistent?" and cited Psalm 119:160 "All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal." That was my point. Throughout, the Bible says to believe, to have faith, to call upon the Lord to be saved. No one is saved without faith. I agree. No one is saved without faith. Or faith alone. How do you define faith? At what point of faith are you saved? I mean is it at mental acceptance? Do you “invite Jesus into your heart”? With faith only for salvation, is confession necessary? Do you need to repent? You wrote: You cited passages in James, Matthew, and John but none of them say that works lead to salvation. They all say that works should be the visible result of salvation. Nor do they mention any specific works. Define “works” for me. You wrote: Paul wrote "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9) How does one boast in obedience to God’s word? (You wrote: No baptism, no style of worship, no schedule for communion, just God's grace accessed through faith. Nothing more.) What type of works does this verse refer to? Mouse2 |