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To: Judith Anne
Lots of people do good works but that doesn't mean they're saved. Not everyone who does good works is saved and gets into heaven, but everyone who is saved WILL do good works. Works are not a basis for determining or earning salvation. Fruit is.

Matthew 7:15-23 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

625 posted on 10/27/2011 12:04:36 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom
Lots of people do good works but that doesn't mean they're saved. Not everyone who does good works is saved and gets into heaven, but everyone who is saved WILL do good works. Works are not a basis for determining or earning salvation. Fruit is.

You prots keep posting that, as if I ever said anything to the contrary. Yet, on the contrary, none of you give evidence of having understood the sheep/goats passage, rather, you appear to be saying the opposite of what Christ said. BTW, FAITH is the badis for determining our salvation. Mayge that's what you meant, instead of fruit.

629 posted on 10/27/2011 12:17:29 PM PDT by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of god, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death)
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