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Okay. What was a difference of opinion has now seen you start making rude comments. But, I’ll play one last time:

How about “No one comes to the Father but by me” — where’s the works? You come to the Father through Christ by faith.

Or, how about John 5:24 — “Truly, truly I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come to judgment, but has passed from death to life.” Where are the works there? Sounds like “hear”, “believe” — f-a-i-t-h.

Oh.. and here’s another little goodie:

John 6:37 ff: “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” Again, I ask: where are the works? This is Christ speaking!!! God the Son - he says NOTHING of works. Belief. Belief is an act of faith.

And a tad farther down in vv. 43-47: “Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me-not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.” God the Father draws those who will believe to Christ. Those who believe on Christ are saved — have eternal life. Again, where are the works required? Belief. Faith.

John 11:25-26 — “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Do you? If you do, you believe in Christ, you don’t do good works. Again, “believe”...not work. Faith

John 12:44 to the end of the chapter. Pretty straightforward.

All of John 17 — the High Priestly Prayer — of which, note vv. 20-21 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you that they also us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”’
—’...believe in me...” — where are the works??

So. Not that it will make any difference, although I hope and pray that the Lord will open your eyes, there are but a few of many, many scriptures that specify the Gospel — which we ALL need — that describes how we are saved. It is by grace of God the Father, through faith in Jesus Christ. Not through any works.

I hope you can see that one day.

I will not be responding to any further replies.

Hoss