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To: fidelis
Remind the believers to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone. For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, led astray, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people. (Titus 3:1-8)

82 posted on 09/11/2019 6:31:25 PM PDT by boatbums (semper reformanda secundum verbum dei)
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He saves his sheep by writing his laws on their hearts, just as Jeremiah and Paul prophecied. That is the faith that is the gift of Yehova, lest any man boast.


83 posted on 09/11/2019 6:37:52 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Democracies are never populated by free people)
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