I agree with the above.
I also don't care for the KJV.
First of all there are some mistranslations in there which are
footnoted..why not just fix them?
It's too difficult to understand....first it needs to be translated!
It's a horrible bible for those of today that are much better off with
the one you mentioned. NLT...would that be The Living Bible? or an
offshoot of it? New Living Translation....The catholic Good News Bible is also good for this reason.
And yes, I also know some parishoners that are more holy than some priests.
This was also true for Protestant pastors when I lived over there.
You don't think asking how many works it takes to stay saved is silly because you don't agree with the concept. If you DID agree with it, it WOULD sound like a very silly question to you.
Isn't Jesus there to forgive us? What did He die for anyway?
So I didn't help a little old lady cross the street yesterday because I was tired or in a bad mood or who knows what. does this make me unsaved? No!
It's not what we do that counts,,,it's our attitude. Maybe I love making dinner...maybe one evening I hate it. So? I mean really, how does one measure faith? How does one measure works? Where's the list of what I'm supposed to do? There isn't one. It's like with a husband. We do our best,, nobody is perfect.
Does he leave us if we make a mistake and he gets upset? Or vice-versa....
It IS a silly question...think about it.
As to more faith being give, which I highlighted.
I've learned that it's grace that is given.
The more grace you need, the more you get.
Exactly how you described it above.
We have a sufficient amount of faith...it's the grace, which could also be called the help of the Holy Spirit, that gives us the strength to do more, if we can and/or want to. I do less now than some years ago. Am I lost?
ok, of course it's faith.
Faith saves us.
No faith and we become lost.
Works keep us saved in the sense that it shows we are obedient to God.
He wants us to give happily....of ourselves. Do we?
If not, there's a problem.
If so, then all is good.
Any amount of work is good because if we all do good deeds it helps the world to be a better place.
Right. There's a balance in raising children.
There could not be enough discipline...or there could be too much.
As to that man you speak of which had a detestable sin...
EVERY sin is detestable to God.
God is so holy that even a lie is hateful to Him.
So that person did not know God personally,,,or he didn't know the God we know.
I never would tell anyone that they have to stop doing anything....I believe that God has to tell them,,,not us. We could only make them aware and encourage.
When the right time comes, the sin will stop. It could take a really long time, the important thing is to keep God close. I used to teach my religion kids this...
they go thru a phase where they know they want to do not nice things (it could be just trying to smoke) so they leave God behind. I used to tell them never to leave God behind...