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Perhaps to someone who doesn't have all of the Biblical facts it may seem that way, but when you consider that the method of righteousness under the New Covenant is Jesus Himself Jeremiah 23:6, then, because they draw near to Him by trusting in Him (and do not shrink back) it makes perfect sense...

I really wish people would stop saying "OSAS is a license to sin". It is 100% true that OSASers are not following a good line of Scriptural reasoning, but in many cases they have grace to live righteously--and A LOT more grace than many who reject OSAS.

In Galatians, Paul condemns justification by works of the Law, but what he wants them to do instead is "serve one another through love" Galatians 5:13-14 not "just believe".

1. So, you agree eternal life is repaid those who are justified for being doers of the Law as stated in Romans 2:6-16 and Galatians 6:6-10? 2. I am sorry to say that you apparently don't know what "salvation by the blood of the Lamb" is. The Jews were "saved by the blood of the Lamb" but still...

You didn't reply to my points.

The people James was addressing there were Christians, it was a call to repentance. He told them they had the choice to bring their faith to life by adding works. He doesn't claim there is such a thing as a "fake body", which ought to correspond to a "fake faith", only an "incomplete body" which...

1 John also says "And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we might have boldness and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming." I seem to remember another passage about shrinking away... Hebrews 10 26For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the...

We have to state and restate the obvious.

Galatians 2:16 "faith of Jesus Christ" needs to be understood as "faithfulness of Jesus Christ".

1. No, actually, this is just "begging the question" on your part--and is an example of your own commitment to "preconceived beliefs". I take God at His Word when He says people will be blotted out of His Book--this is an example of it. How do people get forgiven? By faith. Now, if you want to...

The righteousness imputed by faith is "being forgiven" Romans 4:6-8 That's not about service today.

If they're really following Paul's doctrine they should talk like Paul. Some of then don't--they speak of the freedom TO sin instead of the freedom FROM sin. This is what they understand "grace" to be. "I will sin and God will have 'grace'". No, "grace" is the method of service, so that you...

"Preconceived"? When I read Scripture, and it tells me all of these things, it informs me that God will remove people from His Book, that righteousness can be forgotten, etc, etc, etc, you, because of your "pre (and ill) conceived beliefs", want me to ignore God? The reality is that you don't...

I interpret Scripture by Scripture. God blots people who sin against Him out of His book Exodus 32:32-33, Psalms 69:28, Revelation 3:1-5. God removes peoples' measures of faith Matthew 25:26. God rescinds saving mercy--a reversal/removal of what saving faith obtained Matthew 18. God forgets...

This was actually the only good point you've ever made. LOL

Sir, "works of the Law" include "internal works"--eg, the greatest Law is "love God". Where is the love? Is it a physical object? Isn't it internal and invisible? "Do not covet" is to govern your thoughts and spirit, your desires, which are internal not external. Et cetera. Example of Paul...

He says "I never knew you" because He is denying them because they denied Him--they're being blotted out of God's Book because they sinned against God Exodus 32:32-33, Revelation 3:1-5. Their righteousness ("faith is counted as righteousness") is being forgotten. Matthew 25:26 shows that the...

I suppose that, other than the fact that we aren't explicitly told Judas did miracles (he may have been sent out to do them but we don't really know if he did them), that would be a good answer for now. Wrong. "Trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity" means "thinks that just...

Isn't defining "faith" as a "work", no matter the intention, going to complicate things (ie, since Paul goes to great lengths, time and again, to draw a distinction between them)?

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