11-23-2015, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by shazeep
It isn't that, as Romans makes clear. And, every, single other "faith" verse you might name. Do you have another NT verse? Because they will all, without exception, lead one to love, and good deeds. Truthfully, many OPs get this, too. It does always seem to be the older ones, no longer paying dues or whatever tho. You just want it to be effortless, a little magic prayer that one can say, and feel better for a while.
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Of course they lead to that. But salvation is being made righteous, and righteousness is a free gift granted before we do a single good deed. And the death of Jesus "as us" must be believed to have that. You deny anything to do with the absolute need for his death as our righteousness. And you're too proud to see you need to learn this.
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