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Mark 18:15
15. He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
16. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
John 3:16
16. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
Romans 3:21
21. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24. and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished--
Ephesians 2:8
8. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
9. not by works, so that no one can boast.
From bigsage
. the path to heaven has many roads in potentiality of infinity...
2. the gateway to hell has none...
i cannot judge the actions of another man for my pleasure is in that of serving others in a loving manner...
Originally posted by tracer
Thug..I feel you got it all backwards........the road to hell is wide and easy.....the road to heaven is narrow and hard.......just my opinion.
Originally posted by ThugSniper
LOL UR A FOOL HOW CAN IT BE WEAK? IS KILLING SOMEONE WEAK? DO U HAVE THE BALLS TO KILL SOMEONE? DO U HAVE THE BALLS TO BLOW UP A SHIP OF PEOPLE? INCLUDING CHILDERN.WOMEN,MEN? IF UR GENREAL GAVE U THE ORDERS TO DO SO? ARE U A MAN THAT GETS DONE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? HEAVEN IS EASY ALL U DO IS LOVE LOVE LOVE HOW HARD IS THAT? HOW HARD IS BEING GOOD? I COULD DO IT ITS PRETTY EASY I CHOOSE NOT TO ITS FOR THE WEAK BEING WEAK GETS U KILLED THE "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTIST" I CONDEM GOD AND HEAVEN UR ETHIER GOOD OR BAD WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT U CAN'T HAVE BOTH WAYS SO U GOT TO CHOOSE WHAT WAY UR GONNA CHOOSE AND STICK WIT IT
IF UR GENREAL GAVE U THE ORDERS TO DO SO?
Originally posted by jagdflieger
Sorry about that uIVIa but it has been a long night and notice that I normally quote several passages when I do (so the sin of proof texting cannot be leveled against me). Salvation is not dependent upon the use of gifts; salvation is based on faith in Christ alone. The works we do will give us reward and glorification at the Bama Seat judgement. We do what we can do as the Holy Spirit leads us. These passages you quoted represent how the Faith and works go together to present the Gospel of Christ to the world. If a Christian does no good works, then his faith is dead to the world (but not to God). Indeed when he gets to Heaven, there will be no bands playing for him but he will get in anyway.