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Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Thank you. That is what I commented that "the book" aka "the scripture" said and to my relief it has been confirmed hundreds of years later all the way up until today can ya gimme amen.
SO: The original question. If belief in God and faithfulness to God in that belief is what God counts unto Him towards righteousness - whats with the rules of how you look and what you watch and what you listen to and what percentage you give and all the other things within the church that are "requirements" of church members compared with "what saith the scripture".
Just wonderin'
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The mercy of God was/is common knowledge the people of God know well how good he is! They sing about it, dance about it, rejoice about it! In days of old the didn't even call G_d name with out connecting the word mercy to it (Hashem) in Romans Paul brought up the mercy that was extended to Abraham to help the new/uninformed church understand the ways of this great God that they now serve.
Concerning your question about "requirements" I think you are referring to the principles of being separated from the world, that's a whole different discussion. That concerns staying away from the "unclean things"
1 Peter 1:14-19 (NLT)
So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. [15] But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. [16] For the Scriptures say, "You must be holy because I am holy." [17] And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as "foreigners in the land." [18] For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. [19] It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
Just my thought I'm sure far more learned can better explain this then me.
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