Saved by faith alone?
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Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Act 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves (or, be saved Σώθητε) from this untoward generation.
Act 2:41
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
When he preached, Peter seems to see more involved in being saved that just believing.
A beautiful gift! ❤
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
Ephesians 2:8 NKJV
“Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.”
Galatians 3:7 NKJV
Yes, and we do not earn or merit it by accepting it, just like at Christmas!
Biblical context??? There is nothing in the Biblical context that supports the shoehorning of any definitive into Eph.2:8-10.
How about simply let the Bible speak without your surmising of its true meaning.
I, unlike you do not need to add a definitive into verses in order to defend my theology.
How about showing your "faith alone" scriptures or fold.
What is there to explain?
Can you not see that you are adding a definitive (alone) into your understanding of Eph. 2:8-10?
By adding "alone" into the meaning of the verse, you have changed a general statement into an all-encompassing declaration.
This is not what Paul meant, if he did he would have written it that way.
Let the Bible speak on its own.
Do you mean to say that Paul believed there was someone other than God who can save?
I AM letting the Bible speak, and it does NOT say that!
This thread is not about "free will".
But I will play along. A simple invitation of three simple words.
Matthew 4:19
Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Now how about you?
Where is your coerced will scripture?
Oh, it does not exist.
It doesn't exist, but misrepresenting what others believe makes things easier, doesn't it?
How do you see this analogy as comparable to the Greek of verse(s) under discussion?
God causes humans to differ from robots and animals by creating them in His image,
which means having God consciousness and moral conscience.
Where is your honesty? I never said the will was coerced. That's what liars say who love to misrepresent.
Next time get some integrity to "play along."
PS also, your verse said zero about free will.