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To: .45 Long Colt
They simply do not mean what you suggest they mean . .

They indicate there is a relationship ("according to") between works and eternal life. And Jesus illustrates the point amply in Matt. 25. "They don't mean what you say" isn't an answer.

Wrestle with these and get back to me.

The immediate thing that leaps off the page is what follows after each item is not the verse itself, but some anonymous person's take on those verses. That doesn't warrant much consideration. A lot are taken from Romans which just underscores my initial point: to understand the sense of "works" Paul excludes in Chapters 3-5 and later, one has to understand before then what sense of "works" Paul includes in Chapter 2.

Tossing out a page of verses is no substitute for intelligent exposition. If all you care for is the superficial, have at it.

62 posted on 02/23/2015 7:35:56 PM PST by CpnHook
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To: CpnHook
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. --Ephesians 2:8-10
63 posted on 02/23/2015 9:14:43 PM PST by .45 Long Colt
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