Jerry Shugart
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I'm pretty sure, though not entirely certain, that God also takes delight in us being compassionate to each other.
It is what Jesus did- he did not turn away anyone who sought him.
Of course you are right.
I'm pretty sure, though not entirely certain, that God also takes delight in us being compassionate to each other.
It is what Jesus did- he did not turn away anyone who sought him.
"Works Required for Salvation Under the Gospel of the Kingdom?"
And what does the Bible propose on how to please God?
We simply have good will to our neighbors.. much of whom are going to Hell as far as what I can deduce from the scriptures.
Which makes our works hardly meaningful, it's in our own willingness- that's what God seeks.
Before a person could be baptized with water that person must first believe, as witnessed by the following exchange between Philip and the eunuch:
"And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God" (Acts 8:36-37).
And by the time when anyone believes he is already saved:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (Jn.3:16).
Of course you in the Neo-MAD camp do not believe what is said there. And besides that, none of you know what the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins was about.
James appears to introduce works into justification, James 2:14..
Do you think that James was in the will of God when, according to you, he introduced works into justification?
James appears to introduce works into justification, James 2:14.