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To: Jonty30

Hinduism sees karma as the relationship between a person’s actions and the consequences in this life and in previous lives of following those actions.
But, according to Ephesians 2:8-9: “By grace you are saved, through faith, and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, so that no man may boast.”

God’s grace is His gift to you. You can’t earn it. The blood of Christ interrupts karma, the chain of cause and effect, the consequences of positive or negative action. You receive life eternal by accepting His gift, not through the consequences of your behavior....


11 posted on 09/28/2023 4:09:47 AM PDT by freebilly
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To: freebilly

“You receive life eternal by accepting His gift, not through the consequences of your behavior....”

Which relieves you of self accountability and self responsibility.


14 posted on 09/28/2023 4:19:54 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: freebilly

Amen.
I didn’t to imply an earning of salvation by being holy. If you have been saved by Christ, you want to be holy and make a lifetime study towards that.


22 posted on 09/28/2023 4:58:31 AM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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