Clarky, I will respond to your post from the other thread(the one that was closed). Here is the part I will respond to:
Saved by grace thru faith is a partial teaching. Jesus says you have to clothe the naked and feed the hungry as well, or else you rate everlasting ****ation. Matthew 25:31-46 has the entire story.
(Matt. 25:46). Note that the Lord did not make an exception for those who profess a belief in him. A belief in Christ is only of value to those who do the will of the Father.
Feeding the hungry and clothing the poor are good works. And you make it CLEAR by your testimony that you think "the will of the Father" is to feed the poor,etc....But let me show some verses:
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21
"And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." 1 John 2:17
"And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:40
The will of the Father is for man to BELIEVE on the Son(not mere head knowledge, but trusting in His finished work on the cross to save you). If good works were required to get salvation then God should have added that to all the other passages which speak of believing the Son. Dont let anyone fool you to believe that salvation is a process by man, it is a present possession to those who believe(see red highlighted words):
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24
The jailer asked the question directly:
"Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16: 29-31
Since you think feeding the poor, clothing the naked, etc are required to be saved, then the Word of God should have said such things here by your testimony or else Paul/Silas lied. But it does not. Discipleship is something we do AS Christians, not something to attain salvation(because it was Christ's SINLESS sacrifice that saved us, not ourselves):
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10
"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" 1 John 2:1
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Romans 12:1
Reasonable service? Or should that have read "required service or be ****ed"? It is our duty to serve Christ an follow Him, not to attain/keep salvation, but to show others Christ and show our love to Him who redeemed us! I believe you are badly mistaken in your attempt to justify good works as a way to get salvation. This is what God sees your righteous works:
“But we are all as an unclean thing, and ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away” Isaiah 64:60
God wont accept our righteous works to get us in Heaven, but only by the merits of Jesus which one believed/trusted to save him/her. Do you think filthy rags are acceptable to God in terms of justifying us into heaven? This is why I am so concerned. People who truly follow the catholic religion have believed in works to save them. Romans 4:5 doesn't make a distinction between types of works, Ephesians 2:8-9 say it is not of ourselves. The way the catholic church teaches salvation is heresy. We do not co-help Jesus to save us through the sacraments as the council of Trent has declared(they teach justification, grace, and faith completely opposing the Word of God, which is blasphemy). I say this with great sorrow, because those who believe in the council of trent more than God will spend eternity in the lake of fire if they dont stop relying partly in themselves.
“And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But IF IT BE OF WORKS, THEN IT IS NO MORE GRACE: otherwise work is no more work.” Romans 11:6
It is not partly grace and partly works....It is either ALL grace or ALL works......God says it is ALL grace. Please dont die in your sins without Jesus....because you reject him when you try and justify yourself as part of the salvation process. God saves and seals us with the Holy Spirit the moment you believe on the Son(trusting Him as the Savior for your sins).
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." Ephesians 1:13