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If all, are already condemned why tell people to DO works??? And why bother looking in the book, if no names are going to be there since all are condemned

We do "good" works because we are saved..not to be saved. They are the fruit produced by His grace. They are HIS works in us ,not ours by our design , and He is pleased with HIS works

Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

The Judgenment at the end will be a judgement of rewards..the tares will already be burned..ET when you die and go to heaven and God asks why you should be given admittance what will you say?

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GRACE FAITH BELIEF FRUIT

ET when you die and go to heaven and God asks why you should be given admittance what will you say?

That I obeyed God rather than man. By obeying his commandments, and doing the works asked of me, my love and respect for him is shown. And I have 'faith' that he is telling me the truth, to follow his 'way'.

Paul is a man. God commanded that we obey his commandments. (the law) The Holy Ghost is given to those that OBEY God, not those that obey Paul.

Hebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Is it backed up by the Old Testament?

Deuteronomy 12
32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Deuteronomy 13
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

Now, here is an interesting verse which comprises several things that I have mentioned earlier.

Judges 2:17
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

Their fathers obeyed the commandments and thus walked in 'the way'.

Jeremiah 7:23
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Yep. Obedience to God's commandments of 'the way' are backed up in the Old Testament.