Originally posted by LouisBooth
"It doesn't appear that Jesus taught sola fide."
yeah he did...The book of matthew was written to a specific audience and thus is structured a different way. now if you want to look at what makes a sheep..lets check out what he says to John when he was SPECIFICALLY talking about salvation, not where he is discussing the end of time okay?
what saves you? BELIEF John 3:18 what condemns you? Not believing, same verse. Pretty easy to get
This passage is essential to understanding what Jesus ment when he spoke about salvation. Here we have a man specifically asking about salvation, and Christ answers him quite simply, "just believe."
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Originally posted by franklin
Hi angl, here is another one we can add to the list of saved by the alone and onlys: We are saved by acts of obedience (Philippians 2:12-13): "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure." And (Hebrews 5:9): "And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." Are we saved by acts of obedience only? These are not works of our own creation. They must be the works of God. The works that God requires of us to do is not a contradiction of the scripture as is so plainly defined by James and Paul. Works outside of Christ as you have described is appalling and I agree, however, as believers we might argue over just what is required, but we cannot argue that some act or acts of obedience are required (even if it is only faith). It is necessary for us to become familiar with the New Testament to determine just what these works are. Do I hear an amen out there? Can I get a witness?
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from Larry, I have to learn how to use this site.
<IMG height=15 alt=Agree src="http://www.christianforums.com/images/icons/icon14.gif" width=15 align=middle>I'll say Amen to your post, you mentioned Heb 11, but I don't think their listening to you, the bible is clear about what true faith in God and what the Word requires. But the problem is that people must be untaught in order to be teachable, sense John Calvin taught this doctrine everyone will no longer let God be true and every man a liar. Somebody need to show us where the bible teaches that a man is saved by faith alone after Jesus went back to heaven. We can learn by example of scripture. The favorite text they use is Eph.2:8-9 and they forget about vs. 6 in the context, which says "And (He) hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus;"
One need's to find out where he raised us up from, and then and only then will one know what the grace of God is.
Good morning LouisBooth, Good morning Miss Shelby,
