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Old 11-16-2013, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist View Post
I have to try again to say this...the very reason for Christ's death is that we are wholly unable to obtain status with God by good works, a truth which seems diametrically the opposite of the assertion made in the original post as to what makes one a Christian.
A Christian comes to God only upon realizing that "all our righteousness is as filthy rags". We are utterly dependent on the mercy of God to love us in spite of how we are, won by Christ on our behalf.
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Ephesians 2:8
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
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