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Originally Posted by Steven Rasberry  Tux,
You are confusing the works of the Old Law with the righteous works that God prepared for His people, that they should be active in. There is no torpedo here, sorry. You need to look more carefully into what you say. No one here said we earn our salvation, it is only our duty to be like God, which includes being active. |
Steven,
My remark was not that we earn our salvation (rather, grace through faith per above), but the loss-of-salvation position would seem to make
maintenance of our salvation - not gaining it - contingent on continuing these works. What I stated in the beginning of the thread is if these righteous works are not naturally (by the Holy Spirit) forthcoming, then the salvation which should be producing them is not lost, it is in fact, false.
Doug