To: Iscool
“The apostle John already told us that no more knowledge than what he has written is required for us to receive salvation...That part of the argument is settled...It is recorded in scripture...It is a done deal...”
Back to that “God is stingy” argument.
God is not stingy. He has given us much more than “what is required,” which would be a bare minimum.
God is not stingy. He gives with both hands. In addition to “what is required,” He gives us a wealth of things to comfort us and aid in our salvation.
God is not stingy. It seems to me that it must sadden Him that Protestants make such a big deal of rejecting all those gifts.
As a sinner, I am not arrogant enough to reject any of God’s gifts, especially those that help me work out my salvation in fear and trembling.
307 posted on
04/01/2014 8:53:15 AM PDT by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: dsc; Iscool
>> “As a sinner, I am not arrogant enough to reject any of God’s gifts” <<
.
But all of those “gifts” were put in writing.
Yeshua told us not to accept any oral “traditions.”
He sent numerous “woes” to those that invented the traditions.
310 posted on
04/01/2014 8:59:02 AM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: dsc
He gives us a wealth of things to comfort us and aid in our salvation.
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
John 6:28-29
Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?
Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
1 John 3:21-23
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
332 posted on
04/01/2014 10:37:16 AM PDT by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: dsc; daniel1212
God is not stingy. It seems to me that it must sadden Him that Protestants make such a big deal of rejecting all those gifts. Oh, my! I do believe you are resorting to anti-Protestant bigotry all by yourself. Another one for your records, Daniel1212.
406 posted on
04/01/2014 8:00:33 PM PDT by
boatbums
(Simul justis et peccator.)
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