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To: Luircin

Ephesians 2: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus TO DO GOOD WORKS, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (emphasis mine)

I interpret your interpretations differently; it would seem there is an assumption that people of faith would by extension do good works.


38 posted on 04/19/2018 8:37:10 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

I interpret your interpretations differently; it would seem there is an assumption that people of faith would by extension do good works.

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Of course people of faith would do good works. I’m quite insulted that you’d think that Protestants don’t do good works.

For pity’s sake, the apostle James says that faith without works is dead.

It doesn’t change the fact that the revealed Word of God says that we are saved by grace through faith and NOT on account of works over and over and over and over again.

Do YOU do good works only because you think that you’ll get some kind of reward for them? Do you only do good works because you think you’ll earn salvation?

I would find it hard to believe that works done because you expect payment from God would be called good works at all.

I believe in the true Apostolic teaching, not what a bunch of twits in the Vatican want me to believe.


40 posted on 04/19/2018 9:00:47 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: kearnyirish2
Ephesians 2: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus TO DO GOOD WORKS, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (emphasis mine)

Did you forget a bit MORE of your 'emphasis?


...for us to do; so that we attain salvation.

45 posted on 04/20/2018 4:51:01 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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