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Ms Jane:

Hi & ce mai faceti. Great to see a guy from Romania. God bless His Word to you.

Just consider: What if someone were convicted in a court of law without any legal advice? down the road s/he could claim that the verdict was unsafe, because s/he didn't even have the opportunity to be represented. For sake of objectivity, lawyers for the defense as well as the prosecution are...

No prob.! BTW, I once wore earrings, but not in a cross design; do you like the idea of an earring with a faith design? Or maybe you'll stick to ink, if you do go get the tattoo. Take care.

6string: Oh we are agreeing! God bless.

Here's a good verse: Galatians 6.14: "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."

...but you sound like as if baptism, which is symbolic, supposedly confers some merit through the water, rather than being a sign of identification with the buried, and risen Christ.

Romans 11.6 has the answer. It must be by grace. Otherwise we are not depending entirely on God's unmerited favor, which are the circumstances under which He is prepared to save sinners. We need to let God be the One who decides how He chooses to save, through Christ.

NHY: ...and the next one is the really long one, 119..... You might want to divide it up..... :)

Mr / Ms r: Well, exactly.

6string: 6string. Although I don't think it's necessary to wear a cross, and in any case what one actually believes about the cross isn't necessarily conveyed by the wearing of one, either, yet I know that cross chain, a cross earring, tattoo, etc are widespread. So I guess you prefer a...

Well, if that's what you mean, I don't agree with the OP, if that's how you interpret it. Ephesians 2 says, 'not of works, lest any man should boast'. James gives the qualification that 'faith without works is dead', but it's not inconsistent with what Paul teaches about saving faith.

Umm.... According to Paul, the church is not Israel, and the nations are not the church or Israel. What is this if not dispensational distinction?

Hi S! Anyway, the coming Rapture of 1 Thess. 4 will be the first event to happen, I believe.

Hi Chris!

Hi f!

Hi, wb

Hi; great to read your testimony. First Thessalonians 5 is a chapter that is very relevant to themes that you mention. God bless His Word to you in your life. Take care.

If you are arguing that works, or baptismal rites, etc, earn merit with God, then I don't see that in Scripture. (Not sure what you mean, anyway.)

Also: Ephesians 2.8&9 says salvation is 'by grace', 'through faith', 'not of works'.