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To: sevenbak
How righteous is your life and what is the ‘ergon’ of what you suppose to be righteous living? Belief in the King James is from the word ‘pistis’ which is ‘faith’. Greek nouns are derived from Greek verbs so the King James might should have used ‘faithe’ instead of believe, because faith is an action word. By Faith the spirit of man is cleansed, then the Holy Spirit of God comes into that cleansed spirit to transform the soul, by faithing ... in this sense faithing is submitting the old nature which is drawn to sin, submitting that nature for crucifixion and newness in His righteousness. By ‘all that you can do’ you will never have righteousness before God. By ‘faithe’ you may walk with God. The schism between Paul and James is in the Bible to instruct us, not to hang your hat on 'all that you can do.'
749 posted on 10/17/2007 9:15:43 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
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To: MHGinTN
MHGinTN,

My life is not important, just know that I try to live the commandments the best I can, and know that only one man alive has ever been perfect. I fail every day, but the closer I get to God through obedience, the easier it seems to withstand the buffetings of the tempter, and Jesus Christ takes up the slack. He is the great mediator between the Father and me. The Father requires perfection, and Jesus's blood washes me clean so that I can hopefully someday dwell with Him.

The scriptures make absolutely clear several facts about how imperfect we are. First, every person is a sinner, and therefore cannot by his own merits attain the glory of heaven. "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of god" (Romans 3:23), said Paul. Similarly, John indicated that, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8) And The Book of Mormon informs us that "if ye would serve God with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants." (Mosiah 2:21)

The atonement of Jesus Christ saves us from our sins, not in our sins.

752 posted on 10/17/2007 9:40:12 PM PDT by sevenbak (Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. ~Psalms 85:11)
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