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To: Mrs. Don-o

Amen. His name as One is I AM. Is there anything the list needs to be completed?


182 posted on 07/02/2015 11:18:39 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: MHGinTN
"By faith," OK?

Any true Scriptural list showing "how we are saved" must be understood to add up to this one point: being incorporated into Christ.

If by "faith" you mean you are "incorporated into Christ," --- then there, you've got it.

How Scripture proclaims we are saved:

By believing in Jesus Christ (Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31)
By repentance (Acts 2:38; 2 Pet 3:9)
By baptism (Jn 3:5; 1 Pet 3:21; Titus 3:5)
By eating His flesh and drinking His blood (Jn 6)
By the work of the Spirit (Jn 3:5; 2 Cor 3:6)
By declaring with our mouths (Lk 12:8; Rom 10:9)
By coming to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4; Heb 10:26)
By works (Rom 2:6-7; James 2:24)
By grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 2:8)
By His blood (Rom 5:9; Heb 9:22)
By His righteousness (Rom 5:17; 2 Pet 1:1)
By keeping the commandments (Matt 19:17)
By childbearing (1 Tim 2:15)
By our words (Matt 12:37)
By compassion toward the needy (John 10:25-37; Matthew 25:31-46)
By enduring to the end (Matt.24:13)

This is all Scripture, and...

"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16

If you want to find one word which comprises all of these items, and call that word "faith," that's fine: not a dead faith, as St. James says, but a 'living' one.

Which is to say, being incorporated into Christ. That's what Paul says in Galatians 3:23-29. Faith: Baptized in Christ - "immersed" in Christ - clothed with Christ - one in Christ - "Heirs according to the promise."

189 posted on 07/02/2015 11:43:04 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Faith with love is the faith of Christians. Without love, it is the faith of demons. -Venerable Bede)
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