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To: Citizen of the Savage Nation
Finally a well balanced scriptural answer. Don't forget these: "What does it profit my brethren if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him?...Faith by itself if it has no works is dead." James 2:14, 17
41 posted on 11/19/2001 8:05:47 PM PST by hazwhopper
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To: hazwhopper
Excellent verse, I forgot that one, which is very appropriate.

Here is a reply from a very dear friend who is very knowledgable about the Bible:

Read the web site you sent. Seems to me to be the same "once saved always saved" theology. Of course John 3:16 is always quoted as if there is nothing else in holy writ. And, of course, works are bad, which is not true. Good works are both spiritual & physical. Praying for someone is a good work. If one has the grace of God - he will do good works. Remember the cup of water our Lord talks about. Good works are a manifestation of the Holy Spirit. I've seen this "works" stuff twisted around to the point that to many quasi-theologians it seems that good works are bad. Salvation in an instant is not salvation but an emotional response. Remember, we work out our salvation in fear and trembling over the course of our lives. If Jesus isn't with us on the journey, He won't be there at the end. We are always in a constant state of redemption pleading mercy for our sins because our Lord loves us and died for those sins we confess. And God loves us so much that even death on the Cross was not enough to satisfy His love for us. "Lord I am not worthy."

42 posted on 11/20/2001 7:59:48 AM PST by wwjdn
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