Usted
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Pronoun
usted m, f, pl ustedes abbr. Ud(s). or Vd(s).
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Stephen M. Adams
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>
> "Not by faith alone."
Plus what, Stephen? Human effort?
>
> In other words, without works, there is no saving faith. It is NOT faith
> alone that saves. Repeating, James says:
>
> You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
>
> Trying to slough this off as a message to the "Jews" is a copout. The
> text is plain and simple. "Faith alone" does not, nay, can not, save.
Neither does faith + human effort.
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"Bart Goddard"
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> matthew_member@newsguy.com wrote:
>
>
> >>Your spitting and hissing carries no weight for us,
because
> >>1. we already knew that we daily sin much and are
guilty
> >>of breaking all the commandments and 2. we're confident
in
> >>our forgiveness.
> >
> > And that confidence is the 'confidence' of those who say
> > "Lord, Lord", yet not do what the Lord commanded.
>
> Note to Gary: Maybe you're enjoy the fact that Matthew
seems
> to be on your side. But note that he, unabashadly,
espouses
> a "faith plus works" formula for salvation. You should
> take it to heart that your chief ally in the battle of
> "free will" preaches works righteousness.
I'm here Bart.
Which is worse, preaching a salvation of grace and works
(but where even the "works" are of grace as Augustine and
Matthew proffer), or teaching a god who is infinitely more
evil than Satan? I'll leave the answer to you and those
lurking.
Gary
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