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To: Forest Keeper

The context of giving a ‘reward’ is as a result of deserving that reward. But the Reformed will say that nobody deserves Heaven...


5,542 posted on 09/06/2007 2:17:53 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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To: MarkBsnr
The context of giving a ‘reward’ is as a result of deserving that reward. But the Reformed will say that nobody deserves Heaven...

Yes, that's right. That's why we do not say that we are "rewarded" with salvation, for any reason. Rather, we are given salvation without any merit from ourselves.

5,735 posted on 09/08/2007 9:21:09 AM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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