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To: Dr. Eckleburg
You sent me the post. Does that mean that God did not work in you to do so? No. You and God both acted *concurrently*, as secondary and primary cause, respectively. Until you grasp that, you will continue to misinterpret the Bible in such a way that eliminates our role in our salvation (i.e. "work out your salvation"), because you will use your false dichotomy to create a false either/or, i.e. either God or man.

-A8

14,854 posted on 05/21/2007 4:24:24 PM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: adiaireton8; Risky-Riskerdo
This is one of the things I've learned on this forum -- how the RCC thoroughly obscures the difference between justification by Christ's one-time, perfect atonement alone and the Christian's ongoing, life-long walk of sanctification as led by the Holy Spirit.

The RCC erroneously thinks they're the same thing.

They are not. Christ alone justifies the ungodly.

"Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." -- Romans 4:4-5

You seek to take the credit that is rightly due God alone, even in the face of being given massive amounts of Scripture to the contrary.

"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened." -- Romans 1:21

As God wills.

14,859 posted on 05/21/2007 4:34:27 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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