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To: A virtuous woman; jacquej

To answer what you wrote would take too much bandwidth and TPTB around here don’t like the topic to begin with.
I will suffice it to say that:
(1) It does not answer the original question, and
(2) Your words show you are focused on what YOU must do to be justified before the Lord and be found righteous. Rightly, you say you fail at it, often.
In answer I’ll leave St Paul for you to ponder: Romans 3:28: “A person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.” and ask, how much effort must you expend to equal Christ’s death on the Cross?

I’ll now leave the subject.


735 posted on 11/14/2023 3:59:43 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
EXECF1 landed in SanFran.
My only speculation would be Obama hitched a ride for the meeting.
Might have to watch the news?


754 posted on 11/14/2023 6:16:02 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: Oratam

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”


758 posted on 11/14/2023 6:22:49 PM PST by Oratam ("I have INFO on everyone!" --@realDonaldTrump 1/16/2023)
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