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To: ADSUM
Jesus said it is not enough to have faith in him; we also must obey his commandments.

I see that the "Saved by grace; Kept by works" viewpoint has appeared.


John 6:28-29

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”


1 John 3:21-24
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

241 posted on 08/29/2016 6:40:51 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

r comment: “we also must obey his commandments.”

Yes. Keeping His commandments requires works - actions - prayers.

How can we have faith in God if we do not act on that faith and keep His commandments to love God and our neighbor?

Protestants are known their slogan that we are justified by “faith alone,” but the expression “faith alone” only appears once in the Bible—in James 2:24—where it is rejected. This is a burr under the saddle for Protestants, for, if they wanted to use terms the way the Bible does, they would have to give up their chief slogan.


269 posted on 08/29/2016 7:23:08 AM PDT by ADSUM
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