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@m966021 @HHS3239 We aren’t automatons that all believe the same exact thing. If we did, we would be a cult. There can be differing opinions on whether someone is doing a good job of proclaiming the Gospel or not.

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@banterwithb The answer is Christ

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@desertcynic What is ANE/2TJ for the uninitiated.

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@iamAtheistGirl I’m an anarchist. I just believe in one less government than you.

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@AL_J82 Where were the Protestants when Ottomans was enslaving and killing Orthodox Christians?!?! My question makes about as much sense as your dumb question…

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@stackerco @ThoughtfulSaint I don’t have data, but I would guess cognitive dissonance is by far the greatest reason people leave their belief system.

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@ManassehRJones

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@GT_Disciple God bless!

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@GT_Disciple Hang in there! Learning patience and endurance in adversity are vital to the spiritual life! 😊

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 Wait, do you think I don’t believe that faith comes from God? Where have I ever said that?

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@RedPilledAgent0 @ImperiumFirst I don’t think he’s a grifter, I think he’s just a contrarian what impulsively takes the opposite position to anything he deems to be mainstream

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 Yeah… I already said it’s a noun. The same as loyalty and commitment are both nouns. I’m not clear on the relevance here.

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 What? Loyalty is a noun. Called is the verb. How did we go from discussing theology to 9th grade English class?

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 The word “faith” is a translation of the Greek word “pisteos”. This is the Greek word for fidelity, loyalty, commitment. We are called to loyalty to Christ.

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 It makes perfect grammatical sense to say “in”. Works of the Law are referring to the Jewish Law. The verse is saying that we must have fidelity (faith) to Christ, not to the Jewish Law if we wish to be justified.

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 Not in the context of that verse.

Now I will answer yours. The word “of” doesn’t exist in that verse the Greek or in any other translation. It was a bad translation that was fixed when the NKJV was done.

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 I’ll answer yours after you answer mine. I asked first. 🙂

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 What do you think “works of the law” means?

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@ManassehRJones @pbcmike98 It seems awfully presumptuous of you to think that you know whether my faith is salvific or not. I think I will rely on God to make that decision.