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Why are we saved by faith?
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<blockquote data-quote="ColoRaydo" data-source="post: 75929454" data-attributes="member: 395206"><p>It sounds like you’ll only accept Jesus as long as you understand everything perfectly. Unfortunately, biblical scholars (Christian and non-Christian) who have dedicated their entire lives to the study of the Bible haven’t been able to agree 100% on everything in over 2,000 years. </p><p></p><p>It’s human nature to prefer to believe that good works bring salvation. That way we can rely on ourselves rather than God. We can also feel better about ourselves by comparing our works to others (“Well, I may have lusted but at least I didn’t rob a bank.”)</p><p></p><p>But where’s the cutoff? If perfection is 4.0 and even if we agree that human perfection is impossible, what’s good enough? 3.9? 3.5? 3.0? What if it’s 3.0 and you achieved 2.9999? Couldn’t you ask for a waiver? Works don’t work and that’s what separates Christianity from the other religions. It’s all or nothing and accepting Jesus’ sacrifice in our place is the only way we get to “claim” perfection.</p><p></p><p>If you’re looking at human behavior, there are some great Christians and lousy atheists, but at the same time there are very lousy Christians and very virtuous atheists. But in either case, that would be measuring faith in oneself rather than faith in Jesus.</p><p></p><p>When I came to the turning point of accepting Christ I had finally asked myself, “Who are you (me) to demand that God explain the reasoning behind his plan to me?” Instead, I surrendered my ego and pride in my own “goodness”, what little of it there was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColoRaydo, post: 75929454, member: 395206"] It sounds like you’ll only accept Jesus as long as you understand everything perfectly. Unfortunately, biblical scholars (Christian and non-Christian) who have dedicated their entire lives to the study of the Bible haven’t been able to agree 100% on everything in over 2,000 years. It’s human nature to prefer to believe that good works bring salvation. That way we can rely on ourselves rather than God. We can also feel better about ourselves by comparing our works to others (“Well, I may have lusted but at least I didn’t rob a bank.”) But where’s the cutoff? If perfection is 4.0 and even if we agree that human perfection is impossible, what’s good enough? 3.9? 3.5? 3.0? What if it’s 3.0 and you achieved 2.9999? Couldn’t you ask for a waiver? Works don’t work and that’s what separates Christianity from the other religions. It’s all or nothing and accepting Jesus’ sacrifice in our place is the only way we get to “claim” perfection. If you’re looking at human behavior, there are some great Christians and lousy atheists, but at the same time there are very lousy Christians and very virtuous atheists. But in either case, that would be measuring faith in oneself rather than faith in Jesus. When I came to the turning point of accepting Christ I had finally asked myself, “Who are you (me) to demand that God explain the reasoning behind his plan to me?” Instead, I surrendered my ego and pride in my own “goodness”, what little of it there was. [/QUOTE]
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