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To: RnMomof7

Not disagreeing altogether but Jesus did tell us a few things he expected out of his followers.

John 14
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Matthew 22
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Luke 18
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O god, be merciful to me a sinner.

True, we are saved by Gods grace but if we brag about being saved by faith only we ate just like the Pharisee who was bragging about his works.

James 2
15 And if a brother or sister be naked, and want daily food:

16 And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, what shall it profit?

17 So faith also, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

Jesus said love thy neighbor as thy self and that is exactly what James is talking about.


48 posted on 05/12/2015 6:51:24 PM PDT by ravenwolf (s letters scripture.)
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To: ravenwolf

And not a one of those says that our salvation hangs on doing those good works, or that we lost our salvation if we don’t.


64 posted on 05/12/2015 7:24:15 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ravenwolf
Not disagreeing altogether but Jesus did tell us a few things he expected out of his followers.

And in addition to d9ctrine (see above post) which group overall has most testified to real faith.?

141 posted on 05/13/2015 3:12:44 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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