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To: Eagle Eye
I do not have to follow Abraham for salvation. In fact, it would be wrong for me to seek salvation by following Abraham and the subsequent ways.

Huh? Abraham was saved by faith. He loved the Lord more than his own life - more than his own son's life. Jesus says there is no greater love than a man to lay down his life for another. This is the entire theme of the Bible. This IS Salvation. There is no other path. Following Abraham's example is the ONLY way to be saved.

Abraham was...Christ is!

This is nonsense. This looks like a notion concocted by men to insinuate that Christianity is something different than the faith of the OT. I worship the God of Abraham, Icaac, Jacob, and Christ.

Joh 8:23 And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

208 posted on 02/09/2007 9:29:48 AM PST by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20, Eze 22:26)
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To: kerryusama04

Yeah, whatever. I'm not sure what you're saying anymore, it doesn't make a lot of sense especially in the context of these discussions.

One can be saved and never know Abraham.

If one tries to follow the law, then one is trying to be saved by works and not grace.

Abraham's faith and salvation was based on a continuing belief of the coming messiah.

My salvation is based on confessing Jesus as Lord and believing that God raised him from the dead.

Abraham's way of salvation won't work today.


212 posted on 02/09/2007 10:54:54 AM PST by Eagle Eye (There oughta be a law against excess legislation.)
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