Re: [TruthTalk] Crucial Doctrines

[Marlin Halverson]

"The Bible says we are saved by faith, and since the Bible says it, it is true.  The only question is, what constitutes faith?"  Terry   Dear Izzy, Terry, Perry, Pete, et al.,   Consider faith without works.   JAM 2:18    Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. JAM 2:20    But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? JAM 2:26    For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.   Consider the issue of rewards and works.    REV 22:12   {And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.}   Here is somebody who looses their reward.    {Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him which hath ten talents.  For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.  And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his] sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:} MAT 25:28-34 REV 3:8     {I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.}   Believing God means obedience to Him.  If we do not obey Him, and instead obey our own ideas, we make ourselves into a god.  If we do not obey Him, and instead obey other men's ideas, we make other men into gods.    ROM 6:16    Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?   Love,   Marlin ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Clifton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Crucial Doctrines Dear Izzy:   You have asked "who can answer this" ( question of whether obedience is required in addition to faith in order to have salvation?)     23   "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; (1) DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'  Who can answer this??? Izzy