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"The Messiah's many parables are about works of faith and love, and his final words to the (genuine) churches are about works, works, works."

Hogwash sir. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on virtually ever issue, including what is a “genuine” church. I don’t agree with your vague answer in post 1183 either. I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but I have assurance of salvation. I don’t talk around it, like other people do. You wouldn’t know anyone who talks around it would you? 🤔

I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but I have assurance of salvation. I don’t talk around it, like other people do. You wouldn’t know anyone who talks around it would you?

In general, one does not have an insurance policy by believing one has an insurance policy, nor by telling others one has an insurance policy. One has an insurance policy when one actually has an insurance policy and does not break the terms of that policy.

This sums up assurance rather well:

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Second Peter, Catholic chapter one, Protestant verses one to eleven,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James