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To: AlaninSA; Alex Murphy
You said, "good works have nothing to do with it" - but the Bible says "faith without works is dead."

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.

510 posted on 03/04/2007 11:44:28 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
I forgive you for making a personally insulting remark which is against the posted rules of the FR religion forum.

Why forgive? There was no slight given...unless you take offense at the insinuation that protestants know little of scripture. Of course, doing that would be no different than us Catholics finding the initial article of this thread insulting.

716 posted on 03/05/2007 4:20:06 PM PST by AlaninSA ("Beware the fury of a patient man." - John Dryden)
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