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To: fred4prez

Salvation is all the work of God. Our only involvement as a natural course in the manifestation of our love for our fellow man is to communicate the Gospel.

Proselytism is not a Christian function.

No human is able to convert an unbeliever into a believer, nor in the Church Age into a Christian.

This is simply because no human being can generate a human spirit in the anthropology of a fellow human being, but that rebirth of life is only available from God Himself.

There may be nothing wrong in being a good steward of our resources to provide logistically for those whom we love, but avoiding the communication of the Gospel, or performing such good works independent of faith through Christ are simply works which are good for nothingness in the final judgment.

There is only one avenue to eternal life with God and that is through what He has provided, namely faith in Christ. God provides all the rest.


137 posted on 09/08/2010 5:40:47 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

Well, we aren’t trying to rack up brownie points with God, just helping someone in need.... I honestly don’t care whether or not I get credit for it in the judgment. Remember the story in the Bible where God commended people for serving Him, yet they said “when did we do this?”. It was when they ministered to the helpless - they obviously weren’t doing it to please God or to gain merit, but because it was the right thing to do.


141 posted on 09/08/2010 7:47:41 AM PDT by fred4prez
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