Do Works Really Count?

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Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!

 

[BreezeWood]

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!

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his judgments - his ways!

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really bing, hows that "nothing" ...

where there is a his - there is a works. you can count on it.

 

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He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

 

[Road Runner]

Interesting observation, do You mean in a fundamentalist way,
or really a personal study of the text, tradition?

I am mentally challenged and not sure what you mean by that. Mind explaining?

 

[BreezeWood]

He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

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slandering is usually not the best way to get ahead in life. especially of a deity.

they are a state of purity - attainable also for whoever so makes the attempt for at least the lower levels -

lowest for christians if they make it through purgatory after their sinning and stop referring to the deity as - him. good luck bing .... your going to need it.

 

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I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself

 

[whoisit]

Potterhead2021

At least you seem like a nice man .I think we'er all mentally challenged if we'er awake.

 

[Road Runner]

Potterhead2021

At least you seem like a nice man .I think we'er all mentally challenged if we'er awake.

Woman, but thanks.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Grailhunter had this really interesting theory and I was wondering if he could publicly share it. I say that works are important but they don't save you otherwise Christ's death upon the cross would be rather pointless. However, if somebody is a Christian but all they do is lie, steal, and cheat that's questionable. Yet, I don't think that they are actually a Christian though. I think they just claim to be so they can feel like they can do whatever they want and get away with it,.. but that's just my own personal opinion.

So, who gets to decide who is "a Christian" then?

 

[frigidweirdo]

Potterhead2021

At least you seem like a nice man .I think we'er all mentally challenged if we'er awake.

Woman, but thanks.

Wo in Chinese means "I".

 

[Road Runner]

So, who gets to decide who is "a Christian" then?

Nobody except God and yourself.

 

[Road Runner]

Wo in Chinese means "I".

Interesting.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Grailhunter had this really interesting theory and I was wondering if he could publicly share it. I say that works are important but they don't save you otherwise Christ's death upon the cross would be rather pointless. However, if somebody is a Christian but all they do is lie, steal, and cheat that's questionable. Yet, I don't think that they are actually a Christian though. I think they just claim to be so they can feel like they can do whatever they want and get away with it,.. but that's just my own personal opinion.

I think it is both works and faith. Bending the knee to God. Confessing your sins, living as the book calls for you to. Works are important, but they are not everything.
There are many well meaning, pious Buddhists, Muslims, atheists, and Jews in Hell.

 

[frigidweirdo]

So, who gets to decide who is "a Christian" then?

Nobody except God and yourself.

But.... You said "Yet, I don't think that they are actually a Christian though."

Why would you say that if only that person and God can decide?

 

[Road Runner]

Why would you say that if only that person and God can decide?

Cause actions tend to reflect the attitude of a person.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Why would you say that if only that person and God can decide?

Cause actions tend to reflect the attitude of a person.

So? A Christian is only someone who follows the Bible 100%? Or what percent of the Bible would you have to follow for Potterhead to label someone "a Christian"?

 

[Road Runner]

So? A Christian is only someone who follows the Bible 100%? Or what percent of the Bible would you have to follow for Potterhead to label someone "a Christian"?

I wouldn't know for sure, I would only go by what they were showing me with their actions.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Why would you say that if only that person and God can decide?

Cause actions tend to reflect the attitude of a person.

So? A Christian is only someone who follows the Bible 100%? Or what percent of the Bible would you have to follow for Potterhead to label someone "a Christian"?

Confess your sins to Christ, ask for his forgiveness, and be baptized in water. Obey the Ten Commandments. It's not that complicated. God knows your heart. Talk to him.

 

[frigidweirdo]

So? A Christian is only someone who follows the Bible 100%? Or what percent of the Bible would you have to follow for Potterhead to label someone "a Christian"?

I wouldn't know for sure, I would only go by what they were showing me with their actions.

Doesn't really matter, does it? Seeing how it's God and themselves that decide if they're Christians or not.

Christianity is the most violent religion out there. Maybe being violent and then going to church and being told they've been forgiven if part of being a Christian.