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To: conservonator; HarleyD; Quix; Manfred the Wonder Dawg; Gamecock; WileyPink; ScubieNuc; wmfights; ...
lol. You're the one dancing around this, not me. I've maintained from the beginning (because it's pretty darn easy to understand since it's written in Scripture so often) that to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour is evidence of God's grace through faith in Christ. Salvation.

I'll note I gave you considerable evidence from Scripture to back this up, and you have offered...none.

What is it to believe?

I doubt you really don't know the answer to that, although you could surprise me. You probably just think it's not enough of an answer.

When you get around to showing us that anything more is required for salvation than God-given, merciful faith in Jesus Christ alone as Lord and Saviour, I'm all ears.

This is what sets the RCC apart from the truth since the RCC teaches a works-based salvation, and the Bible tells us men do not and cannot earn their way to heaven.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." -- Ephesians 2:6-8

Good works, while part of every Christian's walk, are not a requirement for salvation; they are evidence of it. They are the fruit of the indwelling Holy Spirit, which likewise, is a gift from God.

169 posted on 01/28/2008 7:03:43 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
meant to ping you to #173 too.
175 posted on 01/28/2008 7:18:45 PM PST by conservonator (spill czeck is knot my friend)
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