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gepsmith@cablespeed.com wrote...
>
> entropy wrote:
>
> >gepsmith@cablespeed.com wrote...
> >
> >>entropy wrote:

> >>
> >>>How is 'works' supposed to be defined?
> >>>
> >>George Smith says:
> >>
> >>An excellent question! I think that there are as many answers as there
> >>are people in the world. Every action you take, every word you say,
> >>every word you write comprises your "works".
> >
> >I sincerely appreciate your answer.
> >
> >But if works are whatever we do anyway, then why is the verse not
> >"works without faith are dead" rather than the other way around?
> >
> George Smith says:
>
> Very simply, James is telling us that faith is a living thing and can
> die. Works on the other hand are things that do not have life so cannot
> die. Faith saves. Faith with works justifies. An over simplification
> of a very contentious issue.

Again, I appreciate your answer and will leave it there. I think we
agree on the bottom line of what's being said, and so to quibble
about the way the words go in support of the conclusion is an act of
darkness, not light.

In Christ...

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In article <168.20.16.05.519713000@srcbs.org>, entropy says...

>matthew_member@newsguy.com wrote...

>>In article <167.11.08.05.679261000@srcbs.org>, peter.gibbs@charter.net says...

>> >You guys crack me up with your insistence on "right
>> >understanding", "correct doctrine", and, for Christ's sake, proper
>> >spelling?!

>> >I would suggest that: a) there is insufficient evidence to
>> >establish with certainty whether Jesus meant "tell you today",
>> >"today with me in heaven", or for that matter was being
>> >intentionally ambiguous; and

>> >b) it really isn't all that important, as neither right
>> >understanding, correct doctrine, nor proper spelling will save you
>> >(except perhaps in a spelling bee.)

>> >Only by the grace of God, which is a free gift, are we saved.

>> You wont' here this often, but I have to agree with Bart here. You
>> are being contradictory, if not even hypocritical, by insisting
>> that doctrine is not important, but then turning around and
>> repeating a doctrine.

>That's baloney.

Wrong. The 'baloney' is yours.

> What's wrong with your critique is that it equates
>the degree of doctrine in this:

>> >Only by the grace of God, which is a free gift, are we saved.

>...which is basically a direct quote of Scripture, with the degree of
>doctrine repre