That's not what I said. I said: "It's like having to take continuing education courses to keep your license current, even though you can't lose your license if you don't!"
If this were true, very few people would attend those courses. In othwer words, compliance is forced.
There is a reasonable comparison to salvation here. The difference is in who is in charge of getting those credits turned in on time.
Not in your book, FK. :) In the Reformed theology the CLEs mean nothing! You get a "certificate" of salvation at the beginning, and from there on nothing you do or don't do will cause you to lose it.
Not in your book, FK. :) In the Reformed theology the CLEs mean nothing! You get a "certificate" of salvation at the beginning, and from there on nothing you do or don't do will cause you to lose it.
Why is it that for your side nothing in the universe has any meaning unless it is directly tied to progressing one's salvation? It sure sounds to me like the only reason you would ever do a good deed is that you knew that it would have the effect of earning you more salvation points. But to us it is quite the contrary. While salvation is assured because of the finished work of Christ, obeying Him still does mean something good. It means pleasing Him. With my new heart I want to please God, even though I will be no more saved because of it. Does that sound so ridiculous to you all? :)