Posted on 09/02/2014 11:28:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
First of all, the Catholic view of salvation is not faith plus works, if by works you mean purely human efforts to win God's favor.Catholics believe in salvation by grace alone, yet grace must not be resisted, either before justification (by remaining in unbelief) or after (by engaging in serious sin). Read carefully 1 Corinthians 6, Galatians 5, and Ephesians 5.
Second, the Bible nowhere uses the expressions "justification by faith alone" or "salvation by faith alone." The first was directly the invention of Luther; the second his by implication. Luther inserted "alone" into the German translation of Romans 3:28 to give credence to his new doctrine.
But your question deals with John 3:16. Yes, this passage does speak of the saving power of faith, but in no sense does it diminish the role of obedience to Christ in the process of getting to heaven.
In fact, it assumes it. Just as Fundamentalists overlook the rest of the chapter in connection with what being born of water and the Holy Spirit really means--they ignore the water part, which refers to baptism--they also overlook the context when interpreting Christ's words about obtaining eternal life in John 3:16.
In John 3:36 we are told, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him."
This expands on John 3:16. It is another way of saying what Paul says in Romans 6:23: "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Although we cannot earn God's unmerited favor by our good works, we can reject his love by our sins (that is, by our evil works) and thereby lose the eternal life he freely offers us in Christ.
He almost has the beheading stuff mastered. The rest of Islam should be a cinch.
Simpson’s after a new fan base....his extreme ego feeds off attention regardless if favorable or otherwise. Just as with most psychopath’s Simpson can and will manipulate to his advantage.
Have you got a list somewhere? The only unforgivable sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
The only verse to suggest this is in Hebrews. If you subscribe to the belief you can lose your salvation, then you have to take that part of Hebrews where it says you can't ever get it back.
Is that what you believe??
Dear OJ,
Allah commands you to martyr yourself. Don’t let the infidels enjoy your imprisonment. Find a way to cut your own throat to the praise of Allah!
Thanks
Exactly what I was thinking: OJ already knows beheading, so he is a step up on other “converts”.
Who doesn’t want to be a 2nd class citizen under Islam.
It could enhance his chances of getting his gig back with NBC.
Islam - a “religion” that justifies how men want to behave anyway.
He was always a Mohammedan. After all, he hacked the heads off two innocent people.
ALLAH FUBAR!
Well, he does like to cut off heads.
This is a joke RIGHT
For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Sounds pretty clear to me.
“...whoever believes in Him...” is the key phrase here that you are making believe doesn’t mean what it means. If you do not MANIFEST your belief in Him it isn’t real. Period. Full stop. Christianity isn’t magic or incantation voodoo.
Clarify “MANIFEST your belife in Him”.
“Clarify “MANIFEST your belife in Him”.”
LIVE His commands to you. ie;”Go AND SIN NO MORE!”
You’re saying you never ever sin anymore??
Simpson was and remain nothing more than the dung he’s been all along. Age hasn’t mellowed him one bit....he just wants out...didn’t work the way he planned it.
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