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To: Melian
He said not everyone who cries, “Lord, Lord” is saved and that it’s difficult to get to Heaven.

Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. And it is not difficult to get to heaven because it's not by works, it's by faith. Works make it hard.

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

Romans 10:8-13 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

1 Corinthians 1:2-3 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


909 posted on 08/29/2013 7:56:13 PM PDT 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
Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. And it is not difficult to get to heaven because it's not by works, it's by faith. Works make it hard.

What do you think "faith" is? Is it an easy thing? Is it just intellectual assent to an idea? Belief in something?

I thought faith without works is dead. Do you need a living faith?

955 posted on 08/30/2013 5:33:08 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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