[Kansas58]

Again, you are wrong in your interpretation, and you are leaving out the fact that “Faith without Works is dead”.

EVERY reference you gave can be interpreted to mean that an Atheist who follows all of the Commandments will not make it into Heaven.

[boatbums]

See I'm just not understanding where you are coming from here. I gave no interpretation, I only quoted the scripture that was referred to and you slammed the guy because you said it was from Luther - whom you obviously despise. I wanted to show you that even the Catholic bible (Douay-Rheims) says the same thing as the King James and the New International Bibles.

Can we get off this hobbyhorse?

[ET(end tyranny)]

EVERY reference you gave can be interpreted to mean that an Atheist who follows all of the Commandments will not make it into Heaven.

You are correct. It is our adherence to YHWH's Commandments that 'mark' us as His, not any label that we may or may not attach to our 'faith'. It isn't about labels, it's about doing YHWH's will.

[boatbums]

You said:

EVERY reference you gave can be interpreted to mean that an Atheist who follows all of the Commandments will not make it into Heaven.

Can someone ever be GOOD enough to make it to heaven on his own merits? NO

Can an atheist be saved? H-LL NO!

Are works important in a Christian's life? Absolutely, YES

Are works needed along with faith for someone to go to heaven? NO

Are we commanded to do good works then? YES

What for if they can't help us be saved? Christ said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." Good works, a lifestyle of obedience to God, a life that brings honor to God, actions that show we have become a new creation in Christ, actions that don't bring derision to the faith. All these things are because we are born again not in order to become born again.