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To: rzman21; editor-surveyor
Try meticulously keeping all 613 laws and see how successful you are.

Which is EXACTLY why Christ had to die and salvation is by grace through faith in Him alone.

The Law wasn't put into effect as a means by which we earn salvation, but rather to show us our sin and lead us to saving faith in Christ.

Galatians 2:16-17 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Galatians 3:6-11 6 Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Galatians 3:24-25 24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

523 posted on 01/20/2012 8:41:32 PM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom; rzman21

>> “Try meticulously keeping all 613 laws and see how successful you are.” <<

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Huh ?? This is what catholics do, so why ask us?

Since rzman21 can’t possibly win the debate through knowledge of the scriptures, nor understanding thereof, he tries to use a shell game, bringing up irrelevent, and unrelated chaff, and spam-posting them.


723 posted on 01/22/2012 2:17:51 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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