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I believe that, but I don't center on the cross alone. I just believe everything flows out from there. Many of the posts have been making it sound as though that is all we need to do - believe that He did die on a cross. There is more to believing. That's like people claiming to be Christians when they do not live a Christian life. They have no dedication to the Lord, but they are not Atheists. It doesn't add up.
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That's all we need to do to accept by faith his work for us. That's it. Nada. Nothing else.
However, as a result of this faith, we believe certain things about Jesus. There is also eschatological realities that have taken place (Paul says we are "dead in sin and alive to Christ"). So none of this replaces our responsibilities as children of God. We are talking about the conversion experience only. More expanded, we could say conversion-initiation (that would help TL)
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Yes, this is true, but there are works involved - faith without works is dead. It's not the issue of who is forcing "unbiblical" works. It is about there are works to be done on our part, according to the Word of God.
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We'll get to works and the challenge of "real faith." The thread subject is discussing our way in. We have to know our "way in" before we can talk about our "way around."
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