Therefore, by faith alone in Christ’s sacrifice ...
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I know I’m posting to a bot and bots do not reply. But as I’ve posted before - you are posting FALSE DOCTRINE.
I am so grateful that the Holy Spirit dropped the scales from my eyes and got me out of the Church of Rome.
Be assured that you are a gift from God!!!! I hope surgery went well.
Actually it is not faith in the facts of Christ's sacrificial death and resurrection resurrection abstract from who Christ is that i salvific, but faith in the risen Lord Jesus Christ who saves contrite repentant sinners by His sinless shed blood. It is such regenerating heart-purifying effectual Abraham faith that is counted for righteousness, and effects obedience. (Acts 10:43, 47; 15:7-9; Titus 3:5; Rm. 4:5)
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Otherwise, you are happy in your ongoing sin and have no reason to change. After all, all that had to be done was to have “faith.”
Even Satan knows in his heart that Christ is the Son of God, but that doesn’t save Satan, does it?
Don’t get me started on the Jewish perspective that Satan is not necessarily a ‘bad’ entity, but is there to test us, like a sparring partner or teacher, on behalf of God. That is perverted, but generally consistent when you don’t acknowledge the New Testament.
By the way this ‘free gift’ came at an awesome price.. death of the Son of God. But the fulfillment of prophecy, the first prophecy as penned by Moses back in Genesis..
Not if you are a Catholic.
Teleios Research, you have done what you could. You have presented the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection and have planted seeds in the hearts of all that have read this thread. Yes, there are scorners, and yes, there are scoffers. They have chosen their fate and will have no one to blame but themselves. Even Jesus Christ will have to tell them that they chose Hell and eternal destruction over His dead, yet resurrected, body.
You have planted seeds. The god of this world has blinded the minds of those that reject the Gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4), but there are plenty that have not yet chosen pleasure in unrighteousness, through deceivableness of unrighteousness to reject the love of the truth, that they might be saved. They still have a chance.
Keep plugging, FRiend. All I can say is just stick with it and do the right thing and eventually you have to trust that God will do something with your diligence with your faithfulness and with your hard work and everything will turn out to His glory.