Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Minimum Requirements (Was Re: the Sabbath & Soul... Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 08:22:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu James Quilty waxes eloquent on his interpretation that keeping the commandments is not necessary to be saved, and that salvation is by faith alone. Such an interpretation begs several questions: 1) How do you explain Jesus' response to the lawyer about how to have eternal life "keep the commandments?" (Including a list of several of them). 2) What other standard exists in the Bible to objectively determine whether or not you are loving God and your neighbor? 3) Why does it matter to you whether keeping the commandments is required for salvation or not? Do you wish to do only the minimum? Which ones (besides the fourth) do you propose to violate? 4) Since you believe you are saved by "faith alone" explain why trying to get this faith is any less "works" than trying to keep the law. (This is not to imply that I don't also believe I'm saved by faith alone) Steve Timm