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Originally Posted by stmatthew
NOW WAIT A MINUTE. You are adding a work on our part to this. It is no longer JUST believing and obeying!!
Again, instead of answering with scripture, simply answer me. IS it ONLY Faith and Trust, or do you now add repentance into the salvation equation?
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Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God? If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God’s way. For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned. But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.