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1 posted on 03/04/2015 4:45:32 PM PST by RnMomof7
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2 posted on 03/04/2015 4:46:16 PM PST by RnMomof7
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I watched fire consume a building in Brooklyn once. There was so much heat you had to stand on the next block to watch it. The entire corner was a hurricane of flame. You could even hear it.

It put the fear of God in me.

3 posted on 03/04/2015 4:54:44 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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But is this what Jesus said? Not on your life! Jesus said the opposite, in fact. The point in what Christ said is not that the Christian is to hold on to God or lose it all; rather, it is all about God holding on to you. This is not a subtle shade of difference, it is contradistinctive in a most complete sense.

Praise God for such security.

It's far more safe and secure than if it depended on me.

6 posted on 03/04/2015 6:02:12 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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You may just want to review the second half of The Lord’s Prayer.

“and Forgive us our trespasses AS we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”


7 posted on 03/04/2015 6:40:54 PM PST by G Larry (I'm not here to make liberals happy.)
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Powerfully Kept

Indeed!!!

It does nary a bit of good to be 'saved by grace', if we have to turn right around and be 'kept by works'.

10 posted on 03/05/2015 5:07:00 AM PST by Elsie
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