To: CynicalBear; FourtySeven
The argument that I’ve heard is that if you believe in *free will* then it puts salvation in the works category, IOW, you have to do something to earn it.
133 posted on
07/17/2014 10:49:58 AM PDT by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: metmom
>>The argument that I’ve heard is that if you believe in *free will* then it puts salvation in the works category, IOW, you have to do something to earn it.<<
That’s another aspect of it absolutely! Scripture teaches that we can’t even come to God without Him calling and working in us. That gives no room for man to boast or take credit.
145 posted on
07/17/2014 11:28:18 AM PDT by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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