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    Justification

    You may believe whatever you like but it will not alter what is written in the holy scriptures.
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    Justification

    Saint James wrote "a man is justified by works and not by faith alone" which is of great significance because saint James was fighting against a perversion of the gospel that apparently asserted that once one believes one is justified without regard to how one lives. Saint James expressed it in...
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    Justification

    Saint James wrote, while inspired by the Holy Spirit, a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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    Justification

    A Ch contributor wrote "If OUR works are what justifies, then we are justified by our works - not Jesus'." and saint James the brother of the Lord Jesus Christ wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit "So you see, a man is Justified by works and not by faith alone." The contrast is shocking.
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    Justification

    Yes, you did remember it incorrectly. That's okay. It is "righteous deeds" that are said to be "filthy rags" in the translation you've chosen. Isaiah 64:1 As when fire sets brushwood ablaze and causes water to boil, make the nations know your name, and your enemies tremble. 2 Let them witness...
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    Justification

    I do not recall any passage saying that people are like filthy rags. Perhaps you've remembered it erroneously?
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    Justification

    Who does "God grab"? Is God's decision to grab random, like tossing a coin?
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    Justification

    Okay, I wrote You appear to agree that the gospel is preached to people who are not Christians. Good. That was what I said was obvious. Then you say that I confuse gospel & law. What? Where does that come from. It has nothing whatever to do with what I wrote. Then you say that I've said...
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    Justification

    The gospel is preached to all the world, most appear to not be Christians and that would make them non-believers. I am not sure what you mean by "unbelievers" but you can explain it if you like. Mark 16:15 Then he told them, “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation...
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    Justification

    MC has the good sense to let the holy scriptures say what they say. Mark 1:14 After John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee and began preaching the Good News of God. 15 He said, “The time has come; the kingdom of God is at hand. Change your ways and believe the Good News.” 16 As Jesus was...
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    Justification

    That's right. They are inseparable. The come together. Neither is first. That's wrong. Your post is self contradicting. "They are together" is not "faith comes first then comes repentance". It is repentance and faith. It is "repent and believe" not "believe and then repent". I don't buy into...
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    Justification

    Sorrow, perhaps godly sorrow, usually precedes conscious knowledge of the gospel message in christian experience.
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    Justification

    Amen.
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    Justification

    That is correct. Maybe it uses "and" because the two things are inseparable and neither precedes the other; that is why I pointed it out, but some here like to argue that "believe and be baptised" must mean that faith comes before baptism so why not point to "repent and believe" as using a...
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    Window shopping one's religion.

    A Catholic becomes a member of a Catholic parish by attending mass at one of the parish's church buildings - my parish has three church buildings but one is in an isolated location and hasn't been used for masses for several years, the other two are in weekly and daily use. IN my country...
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    Justification

    Holy scripture says "repent and believe" which may imply that repentance precedes faith.
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    Window shopping one's religion.

    Is it better to be a window shopper rather than a buyer in religion? What I mean is this. Are you better off just attending a church or meeting or group but not buying into it by becoming a member and committing to its mission and programs? Or are you best off by joining and committing and...
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    Could it all be a fraud?

    Judge Rutherford of The International Bible Students Association (later renamed to Jehovah's witnesses) wrote that religion is a snare and a racket! Religions certainly receive a lot of money for services that are - by and large - immaterial services so do you think you get value for money after...
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    Justification

    Do you reckon that repentance is a work?
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    Justification

    What your post proposes is not "the separation" it's just the dilemma created by Lutheran vocabulary & theology. What is at at stake is what saint James wrote - Think of our father Abraham. Was he not justified by the act of offering his son Isaac on the altar? ... So you see, a person is...
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