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To: Dr. Eckleburg; metmom; RnMomof7; HarleyD; editor-surveyor; OLD REGGIE; 1000 silverlings; Quix
So the clock makes itself and decides how to function?

No,however God makes man in such a way that he, man, can decide how to function (Eph. 2:10).

And those calls go out to all the world. Who responds in faith which is the only marker of salvation?

That is not what Matthew 25:31-46 say. He who do the works is saved. We can suspect a good deal of faith in him, but that is not what the scripture says. The response to a call to good works is do the works. "So we should walk in them". More scripture, less Calvin, please.

4,080 posted on 12/01/2010 7:27:18 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex; metmom; RnMomof7; presently no screen name; OLD REGGIE; Quix; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; ...
He who do the works is saved

Read the Bible, annalex. Learn the truth. Christ is very clear that faith is the marker for salvation. And from that faith good works spring forth.

"Be not afraid; only believe." -- Mark 5:36


"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." -- Acts 6:30-3

Was Luke lying? Was he unclear? These words are some of the easiest to understand in the entire Bible, and yet Roman Catholics stumble all over them and somehow end up preening about their own good works as meriting salvation.

Good works are the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit. They are the result of God's grace; not the cause of it. If a man does not live a Godly life with love and charity, he obviously has not been graced with faith. That's what James was speaking to - true faith is alive by the Spirit which animates it.

"By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast." -- Ephesians 2:8-9

No wonder Rome tries to diminish Paul. Its theology denies what the apostle taught.

Repent.

"Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." -- Galatians 5:4-5


4,143 posted on 12/01/2010 9:58:23 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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