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or is it that God predistines those whom he knows *to have faith*? (those whom God knows are faithful) ... If the second is accurate, God predestines certain things for the people who are faithful. The concepts are worlds apart.It all boils down to that God predestines those whom He knows will have faith, being omnipotent
Salvation is a gift from God - according to the Bible, the remission of past sins, and with a requirement to produce fruits in keeping with righteousness. That includes obedience. Certainly, some things have been added to the Biblical list - it remains a fact that there is a Biblical list of things which must be done.How can we take God's gift of Grace, salvation, and turn it into something so complicated with a canon including indulgences, infant baptism, purgatory, penance, and good works when quite simply it is a gift from God? What was the error of the Pharisees? Taking simple truth, and trying to do "good" things, not realizing that God looks at the heart.
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