Actually, God said Abraham was counted as righteous because he had faith, which thus effected obedience. .
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (Genesis 15:5-6)
But it seems today that if a preacher trys to make the young girls understand that they should not take their pants down for any creep that comes along they are accused of preaching salvation by works which in most cases is nothing but a lie.
Which is largely a strawman as directed to Bible Christians, while Catholics testify to being more libera l, and the secular school teachers are worst.
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
1 Cor 1532
Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”if we just read part of it it appears that Paul is telling us to just live it up but if we read the rest of it we can see there is a little more to it..
“What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised,”
If the dead are not raised then we just as well eat drink and be merry.
“””Which is largely a strawman as directed to Bible Christians,”””
It may be to you but it is not to me.
Matthew 7:21
“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.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. ...