PaladinValer
Traditional Orthodox Anglican
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Option 1 is too vague. Single predestination is orthodox, yet double predestination makes God a hypocrite. We are all predestined for heaven, yet there is something more to do with it.
Option 2 is a part of it. Works are an essential part of our salvation, as per the famous line in the Catholic Letter of St. James to all Christians, chapter 2. Yet even in this letter, the author stresses that works alone aren't enough.
Option 3 is a part of it as well. Faith is an essential part of our salvation. Yet faith without works is dead.
Option 4 is the Judaizer heresy.
Option 5 is a part of it as well. We receive Grace through not just faith and works, but through the Sacraments and Sacramentals. Yet a person could literally go through all seven Sacraments and through as many Sacramentals as humanly possible and not be Judged worthy of heaven.
I feel the correct answer is that we are saved, we are in the process of being saved, and we hope to be saved. We are saved because God predestined all to be saved. We are in the process of being saved because we must work with the Holy Spirit in cooperation to live a holy life worthy of salvation. We hope to be saved because we cannot know God's Mind, so we must strive to do the best we can to cooperate with the Holy Spirit.
God's Grace is how we are saved. We receive this Grace through faith, through works, through the Sacraments and Sacramentals, and through being chosen first by God before we were even born. If God wishes to save us, we are saved, no matter who we are.
Option 1 is too vague. Single predestination is orthodox, yet double predestination makes God a hypocrite. We are all predestined for heaven, yet there is something more to do with it.
Option 2 is a part of it. Works are an essential part of our salvation, as per the famous line in the Catholic Letter of St. James to all Christians, chapter 2. Yet even in this letter, the author stresses that works alone aren't enough.
Option 3 is a part of it as well. Faith is an essential part of our salvation. Yet faith without works is dead.
Option 4 is the Judaizer heresy.
Option 5 is a part of it as well. We receive Grace through not just faith and works, but through the Sacraments and Sacramentals. Yet a person could literally go through all seven Sacraments and through as many Sacramentals as humanly possible and not be Judged worthy of heaven.
I feel the correct answer is that we are saved, we are in the process of being saved, and we hope to be saved. We are saved because God predestined all to be saved. We are in the process of being saved because we must work with the Holy Spirit in cooperation to live a holy life worthy of salvation. We hope to be saved because we cannot know God's Mind, so we must strive to do the best we can to cooperate with the Holy Spirit.
God's Grace is how we are saved. We receive this Grace through faith, through works, through the Sacraments and Sacramentals, and through being chosen first by God before we were even born. If God wishes to save us, we are saved, no matter who we are.
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