Who or what saves?

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Who or What Saves?

  • My faith

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  • Grace

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  • My works

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  • My choice

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  • My love

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  • My hope

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  • My perseverance

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  • My sinlessness/adherence to the Law

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  • Total voters
    22

notmyown

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May 26, 2016
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#41
going against the flow (shocking!) i have to say salvation is a Trinitarian work.

that's my story and i'm sticking to it. wasn't in the poll, though. lol
 
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Miri

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#42
A long tale based on Psalm 40 - the pit :)

A man fell into a pit.

A subjective person came along and said "I feel for you in that pit."

An objective person came along and said, "well it's logical that someone
would fall into that pit."

A Pharisee came along and said "only bad people fall into pits."

A mathametician came along and calculated how someone fell into
the pit.

A newspaper reporter wanted the exclusive story on the person
in the pit.

A fundamentalist said "you deserve that pit."

A Calvinist said "if you had been saved you would never have
fallen into that pit."

An Armenian said "you were saved and you still fell into the pit."

A charismatic said, "just confess you are not in the pit."

A geologist came along and suggested the man should appreciate
the rock formations of the pit.

A tax officer wanted to know if the man had paid his taxes on the pit.

The Council wanted to know if he had planning permission for the pit.

A self pitying person said "you have not seen anything until you have
seen my pit!

An optimist said, "things could be worse."

A pessimist said, "things will get worse."

Jesus, however seeing the man, reached down and got
him out of the pit.




 
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Guest
#43
going against the flow (shocking!) i have to say salvation is a Trinitarian work.

that's my story and i'm sticking to it. wasn't in the poll, though. lol
And, I was going to go with "God," but feared that would start ye olde "which god" argument. lol
 
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#44
Hi resurrection.

Scripture tells us that Jesus is the door/gate:

John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

Of course, it goes without saying, if we've been saved, we will repent. We are saved by Jesus, through faith (living, genuine) and grace alone :). Eph 2:8-9, James 2:26.
Yes, it says Jesus is the gate, but that might suggest we need to obey Jesus.