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To: fidelis

Paul says we’re not saved by works.

That means faith alone.

Unless you think there’s something other than faith or works that can save?

Maybe a bowl of pasta?


169 posted on 09/12/2019 11:23:23 AM PDT by Luircin
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To: Luircin; fidelis; Salvation
Paul also says "If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:2).

So even "ALL FAITH' gets you "nothing" if you have not love.

If we will allow Jesus to chime in for a moment here, He says: "If you love me, keep my commandments."

So it seems the commandments still retain a tad bit of relevance, somehow, despite our advanced theology.

I don't see where it says "Faith and bowl of pasta will get you eternal life," but we do have St. James saying "Faith without works is dead." (James 2:17).

This is probably a good illustration of the insufficiency of trying to prove things via one-liner proof-texting.

Paul made reference to "all of Scripture," not one-liners. So put that in your pasta-cooker, with a nice dollop of olive oil and grain of salt.

Tagline, to see the only place in Scripture where it says "faith alone"

175 posted on 09/12/2019 11:44:41 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." - James 2:24 (KJV))
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To: Luircin
Maybe a bowl of pasta?

Make that a HOLY bowl for me!


376 posted on 09/13/2019 4:47:24 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Luircin

Only the FSM can sieve!


377 posted on 09/13/2019 4:48:08 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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