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Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:34
PM
Subject: [TruthTalk] Men's
Doctrines
Amazing...
You Mormon boys may be closer to the Kingdom of God
than some of the professing Christians on TT; you go Blaine.
Will you be able to meet Kevin in SLC on Friday
so that he can evangelize you :>)?
From: "Blaine Borrowman" <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Blaine:
"Greater love hath no man than this--that he give his life for his
friends.
You are my friends if you Keep My
Commandments." I did not bother to look this
scripture up, what I have written I wrote from memory. It is basically
accurate, and it is a fundamental truth.
You will
only be saved if you are willing to keep his commandments--although
works alone will not save you, through both works AND his saving grace--his
mercy--one MAY repent and start from scratch, and thereby be saved.
Otherwise, the justice of God will bind you to your sins, and you will have to
pay for them yourself before you may come out from that prison ruled over by
Satan. Jesus alone has the keys to that prison, and only he stands at
the gate to Heaven--he employs no servant there.
He
will not let just anybody through, for strait is the gate, and narrow the way,
and FEW there be that find it. This scripture tells us not everyone that
saith "Lord, Lord," will be admitted--just a "few."
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] It is grace verses
works, whether Mormon, Baptist,
Catholic or whatever.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
**Red flag; doctrine of men. Grace is no
covering for sin and it is only accessed
by faith...(Romans 5:2) and faith
is dead without corresponding actions (Jame 2:17)
john: Just for the record, Blaine -- God's grace even saves a
works-salvantionist. Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.
A works-salvationist would say "Well, duh." As one who is aware of
his/her continued sinful self (Romans 3:23, IJo 1:8 etc), this statement
"Christ died for us while we yet sinners" must have some relevance other than
the obvious -- I mean all sacrifice for sin is created for those
who are "yet sinners." What is significant about this statement is the
fact that the sacrifice is once and for all time -- that the
flow of the blood is eternal and continual, that our sins are remembered NO
MORE. The problem for the sinner is not sin, it is the
decision to avoid God and, hence, His solution. The problem is
already solved. That is why the gentile (Romans 2) who has no
knowledge of God or Christ but does by nature the things of the law can be
saved -- because the sacrifice was made "while we were yet
sinners."
Does that make sense to you, Blaine? And, are we on the same page
on this?
John Smithson
