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From: coryb@hammer.UUCP (Cory Barker)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Faith
Message-ID: <1562@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 16:53:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 16:53:34 1985
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Reply-To: coryb@hammer.UUCP (Cory Barker)
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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Keywords: faith,salvation,endurance
Summary: 


Peter, I really enjoyed your article and found much good
information therein, but there is one thing that I do not
understand.

If there are no works that we must do to be saved then
how is it determined who is saved and who is not saved?
As you say, we must believe in Christ to be saved.
I however would have to classify believing in Christ as a work.
Perhaps you could clarify what you understand to be a work.
Faith is a gift from God but to receive that gift we must
do something like ask for it or read the scriptures.

Please understand that I do not wish to disagree with you
just to be disagreeable but what you are saying just does
not make sense to me.  Also be assured that I believe that
Jesus Christ atoned for my sins and if he had not done so
then all the works in the world could not save me.

Cory Barker