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obviously you didn’t read post 241 or arejust building straw men arguements like BO does all the time.

LeGrande.....I not only read it, but I responded to it and answered all of your misinterpretations and corrected your context in Post 254. The question is not whether I read 241 but did you read 254?

Or have you read Titus 3:5 which says, Not by works of righteousness [deeds].....but according to HIS mercy he saved us.." You cannot add anything to God's mercy. When you do you rob Him of His glory and power.

Galatians 2:16 which says, "....for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."

Galatians 2:21 which says, "....for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain."

Ephesians 2:8 which says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves...."

Romans 1:17 which says, "...The just shall live by faith."

Romans 3:20 which says, "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight:...

Romans 3:28 which we've already been over and you've yet to respond to which says again, "... man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law."

Have you read ANY of the above? You've got one verse supporting your argument. I've got several. In fact I've got whole chapters and sections and BOOKS of Scripture supporting mine. If ever there is a straw man argument based solely on ONE VERSE, its yours. But hey just for the sake of argument let's say you're right. Its faith PLUS works.

Then what? How good do you have to be LeGrande? How many commandments must you keep? Sacraments? Creeds? Even if you try and keep them all is that still good enough to meet GOD's standard?

Romans 3:10 - "There is NONE righteous...."

Romans 3:23 - "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"

And once again James 2:10 - For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Therefore you're going to have to meet 100% perfection if you're going to get to Heaven through your own merit, or even attempting to add to Christ's work of the cross. 100%. Can you honestly say to yourself you are 100% perfect? That's the standard.

Also, going back up to Galatians 2:21 again, by adding to the cross Christ's sacrifice and shed blood is meaningless. Christ said his work was sufficient when he proclaimed on that cross It is finished! in John 19:30. If there were ANYTHING that needed to be added to God's grace and mercy Christ lied. Because then it wasn't finished was it? By adding to the cross you've also slapped Christ smack in the face and have told him his shed blood isn't GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU. It must be added to.

What makes you think that God will accept that? If His grace and mercy ALONE isn't sufficient for you why should God ever let you anywhere near His kingdom?