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    No Good Works will save you but you will have Good Works if you are Saved.

    [EDITED] I'm not sure about the intended meaning of the OP, but... John 6:28-29, John 6:40, Romans 4:3-8, Romans 7. While the basic premises that the believer is indwelled by the Spirit, therefore God will be at work in that person's life (Ephesians 1:13-14), and that God has prepared good...
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    SEX - Why is God so Concerned About It?

    The key is found in Ephesians 5:22-33 Note in particular, Paul's revelation in Verses 31-32: “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” "This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church." So...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    Thanks! What I was trying to say earlier. Catholics and their close relatives seem bent on portraying protestants (for lack of a better term) as a completely fragmented group when most have much more in common than the various debates over secondary issues like sign gifts and cessation...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    Actually, it is the duty of every believer to separate true doctrine from false: 2 Timothy 2:15: Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. If you concede that the Church is the totality of all individuals who...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    There are many traditions that date back to the apostolic era and are nevertheless wrong. Large portions of Galatians, Jude and 1 John are devoted to this subject. You cannot prove that many of the things taught by Jesus and the apostles are not in Scripture. Any attempt to do so is pure...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    Careful with this. Who is the "we" in this context? There is nothing here to suggest a blanket approval of derived tradition - only an admonition to hold fast to what was being taught by the apostles. And those things being taught were recorded in and are Scripture.
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    The Bereans sought in the Scriptures to see whether the things Paul was teaching were true. And the commendation was for that diligence in evaluating Paul's teaching before blindly accepting it.
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    The Bereans did not use Paul's teaching to evaluate Scripture. They put his teaching on trial, using Scripture to evaluate whether it was true. This would be no different than using Scripture to evaluate whether a Holy Tradition is true. In the case of the Bereans, Paul's information shed new...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    I do apologize for misconstruing your earlier remarks - it sounded like you were obliquely referring to monastery / abby life, etc. I do not have any argument with the notion that one of the functions of the Church is to teach and equip. I would argue against the notion that anything other than...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    I would say that the letter to the Hebrews fairly forcefully and unequivocally repudiates the formal priesthood definition of "man of God." So does Paul's letter to Timothy in the same context as the previous quote: For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ...
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    The issues with Sola Scriptura

    I am surprised that no one has brought this up, but there is an important bit of Paul's instruction to Timothy left off in the OP's quote: 2 Timothy 3 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness...
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    Could an atheist go to heaven?

    In a word - no. A common misconception is that we get to heaven by being "good" and go to hell for being bad. The Bible teaches us that through the Law comes only condemnation and that by deeds of the Law shall no flesh be justified (Romans 3:20, Galatians 2:16). Since some might argue that...
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    Being a Christian vs being Christ-like

    But the ones who imagine that they are saved are the ones who call Jesus Lord and do many wonderful things in his name. Or the Pharisee who credits God with his personal growth and righteousness and thanks Him for it. Instead it is the tax collector (thief) who throws himself simply on God's...
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    Being a Christian vs being Christ-like

    Really? "But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14) And yet, Paul found himself doing what he willed not and not doing what he willed and concluded that he was filled with...
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    Being a Christian vs being Christ-like

    With this I can agree wholeheartedly :) I would; however refer you to 1 John 2:2, 2 Peter 3:9, and 2 Timothy 2:1-4, if I am understanding where this is going.
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