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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Next, appy pappy - The Church since the Pentecost has clearly stated that we are saved by Grace alone

You do realize that the Church has always taught sola gratia?

By the grace of God, we are saved through our faith; this faith entails by its very nature, good works, always enabled by prior grace, without which this faith is dead.
Grace is primary in the whole process -- by you putting in 'sola fide'- which is non-biblical btw, you go against the core concept of sola gratia

The awareness that divine grace alone could bring about such a conversion never left Paul

It is to Jesus Christ, God, and His grace alone that we owe what we are as Christians

172 posted on 06/25/2020 8:14:43 AM PDT by Cronos (Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
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To: Cronos

Cronos, you just called me apply pappy..... that is a different FReeper.... I am APPLE PAN DOWDY.

Now to answer your post....
It is through Sola fide (faith) that we receive the gift of grace so that we might be saved. So I don’t understand why Sola Fide is not important enough to list.

And of course your church (which, by the way is different from “The Church”) teaches Sola Gratia (grace).... and yes faith does lead to good works.... but again no one, not anyone can produce only good works, we all sin sometimes, or enough good works to justify us in God’s Eyes. God’s justice means perfect like Him. Thus he gives us the gift of Grace if we believe (faith in Jesus Christ).

Your Roman church does not teach that we are saved by Grace Alone, because that would mean that your Pope and other figure heads would have no power over you. But, my friend, when you accept Christ Alone the you will truly set FREE from that earthly power over your soul.


181 posted on 06/25/2020 9:44:30 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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