Saved by faith alone?
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While not foretelling the future, this was expected. Once you start exempting yourself from statements like the one you made, it is expected that you'll reject critique.
Free will is not taught in the Bible. We have gone over this before but you would rather misrepresent than apply yourself to understanding. That is why you present your coerced will baloney, which is a logical fallacy and also dishonest since it is not what I believe. Read the Bible someday and you will find that man is enabled (which is not coercion), cannot come to God unless God draws them (blows your fantasy free will out of the water) and that those given to Jesus by God will come to Him, no maybes involved. You may also come to discover that the unregenerated man is a slave to sin, opposed to the spiritual things of God, refusing to come into the light as a lover of darkness, UNABLE to submit to or obey God.
Yep, only I prefer to call it tulipism in order to take personalities out of it and focus on the doctrine that is most heretical.
I'm simply saying I've been there, done that and witnessed it numerous times. I'm exempt from salvation by works and church indoctrination, but I'm not exempt from all areas of critique. I don't claim to be perfect.
I could easily say the same for you.
No one here is suggesting that we need to earn our salvation through works. This is the boogeyman that lives in your head.
humbly back ON topic, eh?
saved by "faith alone"?
Depends:
No more of works? Well, was it before?:
A) God's ( Representation of twelve ) Context :
prophecy / covenants / law With Christ As The Humble Servant,
"minister of the circumcision" and to be future King, on the earth:
John [ the baptizer ], Christ, the 70 sent out, and the twelve, to the
"lost sheep of the house [ 12 tribes ] of Israel", preaching to them,
the gospel of the kingdom
“faith plus works” Scriptural Requirements of this gospel:
1) water baptism "For the remission of sins" (works)
2) keep the law of Moses (works)
3) righteousness Exceeding Pharisees’ (works) (Matthew 5:20 AV)
4) forgive others first, then be forgiven (works) (Matthew 6:14-15 AV)
5) sell all, take up cross, follow Christ (works)
6) endure unto the end (works) (Matthew 24:13 AV)
7) mercy toward others (works) (Matthew 25:34-40 AV)
8) Jews/Hebrews = All the above "mixed with" what, Exactly?
"the twelve tribes of Israel" (James 1:1, 2:17, 20, 26 AV)
gospel of the kingdom
Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15 AV) From “Things That Differ!” (online):
And, Exactly What Is It Now?
The Gospel Of The Grace Of God
B) God's Other ( Representation Of One! [ see Ephesians 4:1-6 AV ] ) Context :
Mystery / Grace With Christ As The Risen and Glorified Head Of
His Church, The One Body Of Christ, and Heavenly Minister Of
Reconciliation:
Paul, one apostle to the [ blinded Jews ] and the [ heathen ] Gentiles,
preaching Jesus Christ, According To [ Given By Christ, From Heaven ]
The Revelation of The Mystery:
The Gospel Of The Grace Of God
1) Paul, Saved By Grace And Mercy, far apart from Jerusalem, the twelve
apostles, and their prophecy, covenants, and law, God Committing to
him "The Dispensation Of The Grace Of God" (Ephesians 3:2 AV), With:
2) Paul, the first 'member' of the One Body Of Christ, Baptized By The
a) the One New man [ not a woman 'bride' ]
b) A New 'creation' (2 Corinthians 5:17 AV), and Now:
c) all members after Paul, In God's Dispensation Of Grace, "follow a pattern":
3) Two Requirements of The Gospel Of The Grace Of God:
4) The 'One Gospel' for Today, In Which God Forbids for another to
be preached, or mixed in, with His Gospel Of The Grace Of God:
Lord, I pray that all brothers and sisters are in agreement with your One
Grace Gospel of today, and will not fall under this horrible curse.
Amen.
saved by "faith alone"?
Depends:
"What Saith All The Scriptures"? Rightly Divided!:
"And if by Grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise Grace
is no more Grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more Grace:
otherwise work is no more work." (Romans 11:6 AV)
No more of works? Well, was it before?:
A) God's ( Representation of twelve ) Context :
prophecy / covenants / law With Christ As The Humble Servant,
"minister of the circumcision" and to be future King, on the earth:
John [ the baptizer ], Christ, the 70 sent out, and the twelve, to the
"lost sheep of the house [ 12 tribes ] of Israel", preaching to them,
the gospel of the kingdom
“faith plus works” Scriptural Requirements of this gospel:
1) water baptism "For the remission of sins" (works)
2) keep the law of Moses (works)
3) righteousness Exceeding Pharisees’ (works) (Matthew 5:20 AV)
4) forgive others first, then be forgiven (works) (Matthew 6:14-15 AV)
5) sell all, take up cross, follow Christ (works)
6) endure unto the end (works) (Matthew 24:13 AV)
7) mercy toward others (works) (Matthew 25:34-40 AV)
8) Jews/Hebrews = All the above "mixed with" what, Exactly?
"...we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. Let us therefore
fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it.
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."
(Hebrews 3:19-4:1-2 cp Matthew 7:21-23 AV)
Scripturally Confirmed by "faith without works is dead" to"the twelve tribes of Israel" (James 1:1, 2:17, 20, 26 AV)
gospel of the kingdom
Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15 AV) From “Things That Differ!” (online):
And, Exactly What Is It Now?
The Gospel Of The Grace Of God
B) God's Other ( Representation Of One! [ see Ephesians 4:1-6 AV ] ) Context :
Mystery / Grace With Christ As The Risen and Glorified Head Of
His Church, The One Body Of Christ, and Heavenly Minister Of
Reconciliation:
Paul, one apostle to the [ blinded Jews ] and the [ heathen ] Gentiles,
preaching Jesus Christ, According To [ Given By Christ, From Heaven ]
The Revelation of The Mystery:
The Gospel Of The Grace Of God
1) Paul, Saved By Grace And Mercy, far apart from Jerusalem, the twelve
apostles, and their prophecy, covenants, and law, God Committing to
him "The Dispensation Of The Grace Of God" (Ephesians 3:2 AV), With:
2) Paul, the first 'member' of the One Body Of Christ, Baptized By The
One Spirit in Acts Chapter 9, which is:
a) the One New man [ not a woman 'bride' ]
(Ephesians 2:15 cp "man" in Ephesians 4:13 AV), which is:
b) A New 'creation' (2 Corinthians 5:17 AV), and Now:
c) all members after Paul, In God's Dispensation Of Grace, "follow a pattern":
"Howbeit for this cause I obtained Mercy, that in me first
Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern
to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life
everlasting." (1 Timothy 1:16 AV)
+
"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me."
(1 Corinthians 4:16 AV)
"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."
(1 Corinthians 11:1 AV)
"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children"
(Ephesians 5:1 AV)
"Brethren, be followers together of me..."
(Philippians 3:17 AV)
3) Two Requirements of The Gospel Of The Grace Of God:
"By Grace Through faith" ( alive! ) Apart from all works, For God's
Eternal Salvation (Ephesians 2:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4;
4) The 'One Gospel' for Today, In Which God Forbids for another to
be preached, or mixed in, with His Gospel Of The Grace Of God:
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into
The Grace Of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but
there be some that trouble you, and would pervert The Gospel Of Christ.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."
(Galatians 1:6-9 AV)
Lord, I pray that all brothers and sisters are in agreement with your One
Grace Gospel of today, and will not fall under this horrible curse.
Amen.
Claiming openness to critique rings hollow when your heralded faith-alone theology is consistently self-exempted.
After leaving the Roman Catholi church, I came to believe what I believe by studying scripture. No one particular church indoctrinated me to believe what I believe now.
If works "in addition" to faith become the instrumental means by which we obtain salvation, then those works become meritorious towards receiving salvation, which would mean that we merit salvation, at least in part. You can't have it both ways.
2 Peter 3 v 15-16 ~ Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him. He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
If the chosen of God are "UNABLE" to chose to follow God but follow anyway how is this not coerced?
If mankind cannot choose to not be in slavery, how is this not coercion?
Slavery by nature is coercion.
If God is picking who will be in His kingdom and those chosen to be in it cannot refuse or accept, is this not coercion?
You seem to be talking out of both sides of your mouth.
Chosen of God unable? From where do you get these gross misrepresentations?
You now come across like you are completely ignorant of the very argument of free will you staunchly support.
Oh, yes, the Bible teaches that man is a slave to sin. I think there may be a glimmer of hope for you yet...
Though it is more likely you are a Pelagian heretic.