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source OK, if it is the good works of the Catholics that they enter into heaven, then let the Catholic stand on that foundation when they meet Christ. I will stand on my faith alone in Christ for my salvation, with my works a gift to Christ.

Ok, to show you that Paul is speaking of any works we may credit toward salvation, look at what he says of Abraham who lived his life before the Law was given to Moses. Rom. 4:1-4 "What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were...

Will get back with you later this afternoon, Mary. My Mom is in the hospital again and I need to take her some things.

I agree that the Scripture does not contradict, if it seems to we need to find out why. In this case with Paul and James, there is no contradiction, so we need to find out why it seems to be a contradiction. So let me ask you, Mary, when Paul says that the faith for our salvation is apart from...

Well, if we have to do good works in order to be saved, as you say James is referring to, then Paul and James are at odds with one another. When Paul refers to the Law, he is referring to works, that's what Law is. Paul specifically says that if our salvation is of Grace, it is no more of...

Have you ever had a thought from yesterday, the week before, the month before, when it comes to your memory that you didn't do the right thing? What you did was not the standard in which you live your life since you came to Christ? Of course you have, and so have the rest of us! This is the...

The Greek word for "passed away" in Rev. 21:1 is "parerchomai." From what I have read, it never means annihilation, it refers to changing from one condition to another. It seems "the elements will be burned up" as Peter said, is a refurbishing of the face of the existing earth. That is what I...

Strike three, you can count me out!

Yes, Scott, and in that Scripture of God you will find the answers, if God has given that answer. Not in your theories of what you think it should be. That is the wisdom of men that lead us off course.

I don't agree with theories, I get my information from the Scripture.

This is what the Greek means, it does not directly mean heaven as many think. It's an enclosure, compartment, whatever! Strong's Concordance paradeisos: a park, a garden, a paradise Original Word: παράδεισος, ου, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: paradeisos Phonetic Spelling...

LOL, I once heard an evangelist say, you can only show them and then walk away.

That's strange, because Christ said in Luke 16 that the angels carried Lazarus into Abraham's bosom, and there was a great gulf between him and the rich man who was in hell. That one could not pass from one to the other. Abraham's bosom was in a compartment next to hell where all the saved...

The point is that God so loves Israel that He had to smite them for thousands of years in order to prepare them for His great love. Those who smite Israel with the mouth will not go unjudged. Your words are being written down, and you will see them again. Israel is a thorn in the backside of...

Isaiah 60:10-16 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring...

I'll have to go back and pinpoint the OT verses to do that. I don't remember where they are but I can find them. I might start that thread if I get the time, it would take some research to put it together, haven't discussed this in many years.

If you go back to the beginning of chpt. 9, Paul is grieving that his own people are apart from Christ. He explains why, then explains who his countrymen are. Beginning with chpt. 10 he expresses his desire for them to be saved, their problem with self-righteousness, and the faith that saved...

OK, all I can do is show you! I'm happy to go on my way.

LOL, you are a strange one, quietthinker.