Posted on 02/14/2013 8:35:10 AM PST by Salvation
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The grace by which a person is restored to God's friendship, either for the first time, as in baptism, or after baptism, as in the sacrament of penance.
See Also: SUFFICIENT GRACE,
See Also: EFFICACIOUS GRACE,
See Also: GRACE,
See Also: GRATUITOUS GRACE,
See Also: HABITUAL GRACE,
See Also: SACRAMENTAL GRACE,
See Also: SANATING GRACE,
See Also: SANCTIFYING GRACE,
See Also: ACTUAL GRACE
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Grace is something that God The Father, His Son and The Holy Ghost arranged for us from the beginning. We fell from the presence of God and are in no way eligible to ever again be worthy of that presence. Only because God loves us did He send His Son to come to earth and pay the price of our evil ways.
Christ paid for our sin because He loves us. Only because Christ paid our debt will we ever be allowed to be in the presence of God.
No matter what we ever do on this earth we cannot be good enough, pure enough, or clean enough to be worthy to sit in the presence of God. Christ was and is pure enough, good enough and clean enough to sit in the presence of God, He is perfect, because of this He was able to pay our debt because He had no debt. Christ only is “Justified” and because He paid our debt we will be able to again be in the presence of Christ and we will forever be “debtors” to Him because He paid our debt.
At least that is how I see it. This is only doctrine according to me. I am nobody, but, I feel that I have as much right to decide what the Bible means in my life as anyone else does for their life. I don't begrudge anybody elses interpretations and claim no private interpretation. What I believe I am willing to share with anyone, I just don't believe I have any special authority to make my beliefs bind anyone else.
I love The Lord Jesus Christ and have felt His presence in my life and know He lives. I have met others and have seen this love in their lives, it is good. I can never say bad things about someone whom I know loves The Lord. This why I get so upset when I read of people bashing someone elses faith. If you can see and feel the love of Christ in another person you should be glad for it. This is what my tagline is all about.
However anyone comes to this realization I hope everyone gets there.
Which aligns with and explains Our Lord's words,
"It is finished"
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I am saved by grace, not of myself (nor can I muster up or call down .. grace) .. not of works (or a work or any work (including baptism)
why?
So no man can boast
God provides freely so that with childlike faith, we can come to Him and be saved
Festus cautioned Paul,
"As he spoke these things, and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad. - Douay Rheims Bible"
I like and prefer the simpler way God has provided.
I was baptized that righteosness be fullfilled ... not to be saved.
I appreciate your hard work posting so much, but it is not needed
So you can go out and kill your neighbor or have an abortion or embezzle money at your job or cheat on your spouse freely and you are still saved?
What nonsense to osas.
Is there no "conversion" with salvation and the indwelling of God in the form of the Holy Spirit?
You deny God and his saving power if you believe that.
Classic Jesuit argument.
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