"For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?" -- 1 Corinthians 4:7
Likewise from Scripture we know that "whatsoever is not of faith is sin." (Romans 14:23)
Therefore all the good things we have received and all the good attributes we possess in life are not sin but gifts from God by and for and through the faith of Jesus Christ.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." No faith required.
No faith is required to hunger for righteousness???
Who has the ability or even the desire to "hunger for righteousness" if it is not by faith? Do you figure all men "hunger for righteousness?"
The reprobate does not "hunger for righteousness."
I don't recognize your faith in the slightest.
DR.E: How is a man saved?
KOSTA: The Bible is full of "options" on this.
"Options" on "how a man is saved???"
Wonder what the EO thinks about your self-proclaimed multiplicity of methods of salvation?
No argument there. However, we are expected to do something with our talents. In the end we will be judged accoridng to what we did with them, and not what we believed.
Do you figure all men "hunger for righteousness?"
No.
"Options" on "how a man is saved???"
Lots of them! :)