[Elsie]

...try to live a Christlike life to avoid being rejected (1Cor9). I do this by practicing the Beatitudes as taught in Matthew 5, and by following the myriad other examples throughout the Scriptures which teach us how to live as God wishes us to live.

This sounds like your works are without faith.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

This sounds like your works are without faith.
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No, Elsie, if it were not for faith in God’s Word as revealed in the Holy Scriptures I would not be trying to conform my life to His teachings and his commandments.