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To: SoothingDave; CCWoody
Salvation is freely given to those who truly repent and believe in Christ as Savior. To truly repent and believe entails actual actions and not just words. SD

There was once a man who said the following Words:

Please fill in the blanks. After saying these Words, the man in question performed the following Good Works:

1.) ____________________
2.) ____________________
3.) ____________________

This test will be graded.

86 posted on 02/26/2004 8:17:41 AM PST by OrthodoxPresbyterian
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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian
There was once a man who said the following Words:

"Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom".

Please fill in the blanks. After saying these Words, the man in question performed the following Good Works:

Oh, you've got me stumped. I guess I'll give up and join the Calvinists now.

You are at least consistent. You imgaine that the god who creates for destruction and rules with an iron fist deciding all things and willing the worst of human evilness would judge a new believer based not upon his opportunity but upon some arbitrary imaginray standard.

Did you excise "to whom much is given, much is expected" from your version? There is a corollary.

And, by the way, this man provided a witness, both then and in the pages of our Book. So he was not without good deeds. Not that it matters. The True God does not expect a lifetime's worth of merit in a few fleeting seconds. What is not tolerated is a few minutes worth of merit in a lifetime of "belief."

SD

92 posted on 02/26/2004 8:43:48 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian; SoothingDave; CCWoody
There was once a man who said the following Words:

"Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom".

Please fill in the blanks. After saying these Words, the man in question performed the following Good Works:

1.) ____________________
2.) ____________________
3.) ____________________
This test will be graded.

If I may be so bold as to offer an extra credit question, targeting aimed at no one in particular;

In which body of water was the above mentioned individual baptized?

121 posted on 02/26/2004 11:20:58 AM PST by Gamecock (If Luther posted his 95 Theses on FR he would be banned.)
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