Posted by Philip St. Romain on September 28, 19100 at 12:46:48:
In Reply to: Re: Sins posted by Violet on September 28, 19100 at 09:45:39:
: ..."Paul says that anyone who truly seeks God, believing that God will reward him, will receive the gift of grace. In other words, when anyone follows his conscience, in which the law of God is written, at some point he will meet the grace of Christ,
Fine with me, especially if applied to how we understand Christ working among non-Christians.
But Paul had a lot more to say about grace than this, especially in its relation to faith. I don't think he'd be shouting "amen" to see his teaching reduced to this simple dictum about following conscience. Again and again he says that it is by faith we are saved, and by this he means explicit belief, trust, and surrender to the Christ of history, raised from the dead and ascended to new life with God forever. He also most very definitely absolutely, etc. means for Christian faith to be developed and lived out in the Church.
So, if you would, dear Violet please let your part in this thread end here, and let Guy and I go from here.
Thanks,
Phil
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