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From: johnw@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Warren)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: The Splitting of Heave, satan, Angels, and Repentence.
Message-ID: <Aug.26.22.53.24.1990.1057@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 27 Aug 90 02:53:26 GMT
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In article <Aug.19.22.50.28.1990.16440@athos.rutgers.edu> jygabler@ucdavis.edu (Jason Y. Gabler) writes:
>
>So every time we decide
>to refrain from sin, it is a step of Faith in God's omnipresence, and of course
>obedience to, and Love for God
>
>jase
>
It seems you have the cart before the horse here.  The truth is that every time
we take steps of Faith we are refraining from sin, not the other way around.
"That which is not of faith is sin"  (somewhere the New Testament).