[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

What part of "Not of works lest any man should boast" don't you understand? When you are forced to do something by the church, and condemed to hell if you don't, that is works.

Becky

[SoothingDave]

What part of "Not of works lest any man should boast" don't you understand? When you are forced to do something by the church, and condemed to hell if you don't, that is works.

So anything we do, or refrain from doing, is a "work"?

God has a list of things we shouldn't do. They are called Commandments. I realize you probably don't think they apply to you because you are "saved," but most Christians try to adhere to them. Are they doing this as a "work"? Isn't God "forcing" us to follow them under threat of eternal punishment?

SD