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Originally Posted by Amos
Where in the world did you get that?
You cannot appropriate the benefits of the Blood without obeying the Scriptures--docrine, if you will.
We are saved by grace, through faith.
But you don't even have any idea how to believe without the preaching of the Gospel--and there comes doctrine again.
Why do you want to separate the doctrine from Christ?
John called Him "the Word."
You keep trying to create these false dichotomies.
Doctrine and faith aren't "either-or."
They are inspeparable.
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Excellent post, Amos.
My wife and I have been married for 24 years. We have a relationship.
However, there are some "works" that I must do to maintain that relationship.
Things like not wearing my muddy boots in on her clean carpet. Cleaning the kitchen after dinner when she's tired, buying her roses on our anniversary, etc.
I don't do those works to STAY married and in relationship, I do those things BECAUSE I'm married and in a relationship.
I might agree that in some cases people perform works for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't negate the fact that the works are important.
Faith without works is dead.
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