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To: Elsie
Saved by Faith; but Kept by Works.

I don't think so, Els. That thought might pass under Wesley's theology, but not under Pauline thinking. What I hear this suggesting is that you have to do good works to keep your salvation; that otherwise you can lose it. That's Arminian, not Biblical.

Try this:

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"Saved by Faith; Served by Works; Kept by Jesus and My Heavenly Father.

Joh 10:27-29 AV:

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all;
and no man is able to pluck i>them out of my Father's hand.

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Once I am His and no longer Satan's possession, nobody, not even me, can escape His grip as His possession. If I coulf, I would be stronger than Satan. But, why would I, once committed to Him, ever even think of it?

"Saved by Faith; Serving by Faith; Kept by His Faithfulness"

261 posted on 04/14/2017 11:06:24 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: imardmd1
That thought might pass under Wesley's theology, but not under Pauline thinking.

I wasn't suggesting it being biblical; just the way it seems to be accepted by so many folks.

303 posted on 04/15/2017 1:33:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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