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To: Prince of Space

Yes, and no.

Yes, believing is all that is required to be credited with righteousness, just like Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness, before he even did ONE action.

Nobody ever made the claim that accepting Christ equated to living a sinless life.

Of course we’ll sin again. Everyone does. If we claim we don’t then we’re liars. (1 John 1:8)

But we’re forgiven.


300 posted on 07/22/2015 2:10:55 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

By whom and when? So immediately after telling a white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings, you throw yourself into God’s arms and beg for his forgiveness...and presto, you’re going to Heaven again? It’s that simple? But what if you sin like that multiple times a day, as most people do, even if the sins are minor (a concept I know you don’t believe in, but humor me). You just rinse and repeat like that all day every day? If so, it sounds exhausting, for both you and God, lol.


302 posted on 07/22/2015 2:31:46 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Be Breitbart, baby. LIFB.)
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To: metmom; Prince of Space

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>> “Yes, believing is all that is required to be credited with righteousness...” <<

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As long as that belief meets the standard of belief that Yeshua and his disciples held.

(Which is found clearly described by Yeshua’s beloved disciple in his first epistle)
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382 posted on 07/22/2015 7:39:48 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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