Again, a demonstration of a protestant being ignorant...
You said, "good works have nothing to do with it" - but the Bible says "faith without works is dead."
Which one is it? Whom will you believe? Calvin? Luther? Jimmy Swaggart?
Or the Bible?
I was making a joke with Alex Murphy who said he'd have to "work harder."
But I'm glad you discovered a theological significance in my comment even if that's not what I was talking about.
Good works have nothing to do with our salvation. Good works are the result of our rebirth by the Holy Spirit; not a requirement for it. We cannot earn God's mercy. Christ alone is the reason for our redemption.
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." -- Ephesians 2:10
Again, a demonstration of a protestant being ignorant...
I forgive you for making a personally insulting remark which is against the posted rules of the FR religion forum.