BlueBound: Florida

Links and contact information for flying, skydiving, gliding, soaring, and scuba centers and schools.

Bowling Management Associates

Bowling centers located in Southwest Florida. Events, tournaments, and merchandise.

Florida Chess Association

Tournaments scheduled and links to chess clubs around the state. Bylaws, membership list.

Florida Chess Association

Tournaments scheduled and links to chess clubs around the state. Bylaws, membership list.

Florida High School Activities Association

Governing body for interscholastic athletics in the state. Information on high school baseball, football, track and field.

Florida Lottery

Winning numbers, prize payouts, game information, and the amounts of money contributed to public education.

Florida Racquetball Association

Player rankings, photos, and email addresses for Florida racquetball enthusiasts.

Florida Racquetball Association

Player rankings, photos, and email addresses for Florida racquetball enthusiasts.

Florida Sports Foundation

The official sports promotion and development organization for the State of Florida. Calendar, sports license plate sale, and links to the Sunshine State Games, the Senior Games, amateur leagues and pro teams.

FloridaCarClubs.com

Site offers list of clubs by city with contact and location information provided.

Bart Goddard wrote:
> gkmcnees@comcast.net wrote:
>
>
>
>>Believing is not a work, no matter how often you repeat that
>>it is.
>
>
> Who is doing the believing, man or God? Answer: Man.
> Works righteousness is when the focus is upon man rather
> than God. Again, which is the right answer to the question
> "How do you know you are saved?"
>
> A. Because Jesus died on the cross for me.
>
> or
>
> B. Because I believe.

How do you KNOW A. There are many who believe that
Christ died on the cross, who don't believe it has
a thing to do with them.

Further, A. implies.

Because I believe that Jesus died on the Cross for me
and thereby saved me by suffering for my sins.

B. Is false as it stands.

B must be restated thusly:

I believe that Christ died on the cross for me and thereby
took away my sins and saved me because God said so.

> A. looks to Jesus, B. looks to himself, and makes Christ
> only a walk-on in the story.

Don't agree with the alternatives you present.

A. Because Jesus died on the cross for me.

Means just exactly what? It can mean many things.
There is not enough content in the statement.

The way we know we are saved is because Christ died on the cross for us
and paid the penalty for our sins, and thereby saved us by God's Grace.

>>You ask, "Is it Jesus doing the saving, or is it man?"
>>
>>When a transaction is placed in dollar language one can see the error
>>in your assertion.
>>
>>I offer you a billion dollars American. You can either accept it or
>>reject it. What you are saying is that if you accept it, you somehow
>>are creating this billion dollars yourself!
>
>
> No, I'm saying that by accepting I already believe that
> you really have a billion dollars and that you're really
> going to give it to me. How did I come upon that belief?
> Probably you showed me a big sack of money, in which case
> I was forced into believing that you had the billion.
> (How does "coerce" or "influence" fit into your analogy now?)

Faith comes by "hearing the word of God."
We believe God because He is believable.
But further, what of the 1st commandment.
How does keeping it proffer everlasting life?
The reason for our confidence is in what God has
revealed to us and in us. By His Spirit He has
shown us that we are undone sinners. By His Spirit,
(via the word again as in #1), He has told us how to
obtain righteousness. And 3) He has by His word
told us the end of our selves without Him.

The GOSPEL is the POWER of God unto Salvation,
to whom? All who believe.

>>I think that everyone (save perhaps yourself a