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To: Luircin
Romans 5:10-11 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Grace is grace beginning to end.

grace

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grace

a : unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification
b : a virtue coming from God
c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance

The Catholic definition of grace is different from what it really is. They don't get that you don't have to do anything to get it. God just gives it because........ We didn't/couldn't work to earn it in the first place, and we don't/can't work to keep it or continue to be given it.

363 posted on 06/08/2018 4:52:38 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: metmom
The Catholic definition of grace is different from what it really is.

I think Mormons and JWs do pretty good in this line of thinking as well...


 
  

 


'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,
' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'  


364 posted on 06/08/2018 4:59:41 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: metmom

Grace + works, for salvation, steals glory from the ONLY ONE due the glory.


367 posted on 06/08/2018 3:42:35 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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