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To: infool7; FourtySeven; ealgeone
I believe in all of these so I give myself a perfect score however

I thought pride was one of the seven deadly sins.

Paul thought he was doing pretty good as a pharisee, to, but then met the risen Christ and that all changed in a heart beat.

Philippians 3:2-9 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith ...

522 posted on 06/03/2019 2:04:14 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
I thought pride was one of the seven deadly sins.

I am not sure what your are getting at,

perhaps you misunderstood the point of that post.

The perfect score I am referring to is

that I agree with all the listed articles of faith,

not how well my life comports to them.

I am after all an imperfect human being like

everyone else and perhaps even more so than the average.

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549 posted on 06/03/2019 3:59:45 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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