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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP
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Subject: Behavior counts, too.
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Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 16:34:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 16:34:10 1984
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> [Ed Hall]
>  5. Paul seems to assert that the more a Christian falls in line with
>     ``Christian Behavior,'' the better Christian she/he is.  Might
>     I remind him that Christ himself prefered a Tax Collector and
>     a Prostitute over his own religious leaders (whose *behavior* was
>     essentially beyond reproach, though vacuous and hypocritical)?
>     Paul is treading dangerously close to a ``salvation through works''
>     attitude here.

Certainly, behavior is not enough.  Love is a more important
metric, for instance.  But surely a Christian's behavior should
conform to what God expects of him?  And surely when one's
behavior departs from that expectation, God is not honored.
And, is not faith without works dead (James)?  Works will not
save one, true, but once one is saved, works become imperative
as an expression of God's love through the person.
-- 
Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they
are the rejoicing of my heart.
					Psalm 119:111