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  1. Sagart

    Not By Works

    Post #67,911 is highly imaginative, but not at all biblical. Indeed, post #67,911 says in part, None is this is true! In James 2:14 we read, 14 Τί ὄφελος, ἀδελφοί μου, ἐὰν πίστιν λέγῃ τις ἔχειν ἔργα δὲ μὴ ἔχῃ; μὴ δύναται ἡ πίστις σῶσαι αὐτόν; 14. What use is it, my brethren, if someone...
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    OSAS= House Built on Sand

    James 2:14. What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15. If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16. and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them...
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    OSAS= House Built on Sand

    Biblical faith is a faith that is inseparable from good works which are an integral and essential part of that faith rather than a mere consequence of that faith. We find this truth aggressively taught in Hebrews 11:1 - 40 and James 2:14-26. We find it less aggressively taught in the four...
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    Our security

    Heb. 6:4. For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5. and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6. and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them...
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    OSAS= House Built on Sand

    An integral part of that faith is our volitional obedience to Christ, including the performance of the works that he commands us to perform.
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    If homosexuality is a sin, then why didn't Jesus say anything about it?

    In the four gospels, Jesus preached and taught only on those issues that the Jews of His day were confused or conflicted about. They were not confused or conflicted about the issue of homosexual acts. Indeed, they vehemently denied that homosexual acts were committed among themselves, and...
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    How human was the incarnate Christ?

    Did the incarnate Christ (Jesus) have a cardiovascular system like ours? A digestive system like ours? A nervous system like ours?
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    Why didn’t Jesus ever say anything about the grace of God?

    Why didn’t Jesus ever say anything about the grace of God?