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Is the church works based?

 

I’m sorry, I was directing my question to 37818. So what were you attempting to convey?

 

As a side note… perhaps the state of Tennessee would be the place in this country I could escape to… they don’t appear to have all the crazies. Just a thought.

 

Perhaps not without jeopardizing his own for the problematic Servetus if deserving of mercy, and given the behavior of Servetus hardly likely. Remember, Calvin too fled from nation to nation at one point in life and settled down in Geneva for asylum.

 

Degrees in gender studies. I detest whenever seeking healthcare having to fill out personal pronoun information. Mr. should be enough for every pronoun to fall in line.

 

I actually like Calvin but I’m not cracked up with his heavy handed tactics. Still there was darkness before the light. Still, he was a lawyer. I even liked Luther before he had bouts of sanctimonious anger directed at Zwingli and then the Jews. And then there are the darn Catholics…. We Baptists payed a terrible price.

 

Do you get any competent care from these ‘so called’ medical professionals… I personally do not… except one cardiologist who is well educated, and very professional. The rest are dross. This is all about DEI I’m thinking.

 

Not anymore, I avoid socialized medicine like the plague. They can keep their doctors.... which seemingly are scarce today. Instead of Physicians lesser nurses seemingly provide healthcare. So no, to answer your question. No competent care providers. Billing, however, .... is another subject.

 

"the church" as in universal catholic? If so, I agree ideally. However, we both know the reality is quite different. There are tons of works based doctrines and churches which promote them here in my local area. By the way, I am not disagreeing with your statements, merely, acknowledging reality by observation.

 

You could have fooled me then.. I’ve visited with sooo many churches that have bluntly told me the reverse. Tell God you believe in him and then your in…or God does his part, the Devil does his part blah blah blah, come down the isle son, kneel at the alter and we will pray for your conversion.

 

Because, everything hinges on that altar call!

 

Tell me about it… my family are broke, my wife has stage 4 cancer and they are bleeding me dry.

 

Not so with the Primitive Baptists… everything hinges on grace.

 

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If I may, I'd just like to point out the topic Paul speaks about is Justification. For example, the Law was the means of Grace to Israel. The written Law was the form in which the Grace was given. And the Law is for reproof in righteousness. This of course is different than Justification by works, rather, I believe in Justification by Christ alone or Solus Christus in Sola Fide.

Though you had not addressed me friend, I offer my opposition to re-baptizing. This subject resulted in death in times past. If unawares both Catholic and Protestant civil magistrates had anabaptist drowned, at one point in history over 200 drowned at a single time. The allusion given was to making these little ones stumble and tying a millstone around the neck of those that made people doubt their covenantal baptism as if baptism could save them. At times, I believe faith might need strengthening, however, doubting and emphasizing the process of human hands has become a familiar practice. Water does not save, unless Baptismal regeneration was tradition and practice in question.

On the subject of Justification Paul does write about the distinction between the Jews and the Gentiles, the Gentiles having the law written in their hearts, unfortunately, said conscience conviction becomes subject to their judgment rather than strict obedience in the corruptible image bearer.

Phew, I felt like writing for a moment. In summation, faith without works is dead, but as Paul conveyed, and I paraphrase the evidence of which is good works, however, the cause was not the doing of anybody but Jesus. Faith was a gift or Grace, in Ephesians chapter 2 the timing of such gift was stated, "you were dead in sin and trespass." As we know, dead men can do nothing for themselves. G-d made us alive or regenerated (rebirth, new birth, birthed from above) in our corruptible state and resulting death. Truly, we who were born in Adam died in Adam. The evidence of being made alive or regenerated is faith and evidence of faith is good works.

Shalom