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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

theophilus

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2. We may not do it perfectly, but we must try musn't we?

Reply to standingtall (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 09:55 PM

Jul 2019

We are new creatures in Jesus Christ and we are created in Him to do Good Works. We trust in Him and believe. We are saved by Grace thru Faith but we are saved with a purpose. We will be judged by our works. We can not do works to be saved but we must work to remain saved. Paul said that the only thing that matters is faith working through love. Our one commandment as Christians is love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Doing that fulfills the Law of Christ. Simple to understand difficult to live.

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No Christian loves their neighbor as they love themselves or loves God with all their heart [View all] standingtall Oct 2017 OP

And as St. John put it so clearly TexasProgresive Oct 2017 #1

We may not do it perfectly, but we must try musn't we? theophilus Jul 2019 #2

If we are going to be judge by our works then all will be found guilty and God demands perfection standingtall Jul 2019 #3

The truth can be found but it is complicated enough to explain a lot of theophilus Jul 2019 #4

The law is everything God everything ever commanded there is no scripture that says it is standingtall Jul 2019 #5

Good thoughts. I will respond to this in a bit but theophilus Jul 2019 #6

Sorry so long. theophilus Jul 2019 #7

Christ fulfilled the whole law period including loving God with all his heart and loving his standingtall Jul 2019 #8

Thank you for your responses. I wish you well. n/t theophilus Jul 2019 #9