Salvation Not Possible Without Works

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The same one that sold post mortem salvation certificates for deceased relatives and said eating potatoes is a sin....or is it potatos?
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please provide proof for your claims??????????
 

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Jesus can save anyone and everyone. All you have to do is ask Him so salvation is possible
 
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The same one that sold post mortem salvation certificates for deceased relatives and said eating potatoes is a sin....or is it potatos?
Interestingly, those ideas are no longer in existence, and we're never part of the moral dogma, but part of the administrative dogma, which has never held any form of infallibility.

Though, when we're potatoes illegal. Tomatoes were for awhile, since their leaves and vines are poisonous. They are part of the nightshade family.
 
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.....what the...

please provide proof for your claims??????????
Just google "professional pardoners. As to the potato thing....just do a little study of the Irish potato famine and you'll find it there.
 
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Actually, for all practical purposes the Orientals have agreed to rejoin the Orthodox Church. But for now your answer is Eastern.
Seems like they've got some doctrinal humps to overcome.
 
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.....what the...

please provide proof for your claims??????????
The main reason potatoes were considered a sin was because they were so easily grown and fed a large family, so they provided the "peasants" some independence from the ruling class....which happened to be the Catholic church. For a "pillar" of Christ...that church sure seemed to be about control....hmmmm. The more things change the more they stay the same...wouldn't you say?
 
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The main reason potatoes were considered a sin was because they were so easily grown and fed a large family, so they provided the "peasants" some independence from the ruling class....which happened to be the Catholic church. For a "pillar" of Christ...that church sure seemed to be about control....hmmmm. The more things change the more they stay the same...wouldn't you say?
The ruling class was not Catholic. The Irish were Catholic, the aristocracy were English and Anglican, literally anti-Catholic. Study your history.
 
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The ruling class was not Catholic. The Irish were Catholic, the aristocracy were English and Anglican, literally anti-Catholic. Study your history.
the irish were growing potatoes...duh..."the irish potato famine". It was in Europe silly.
 
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Are you being blatantly ignorant or trolling?
Are you saying I'm ignorant for pointing out the influence of the Catholic church on geo-politcial affairs in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries?... And for pointing out the fact that eating the tuber was considered a sinful practice due to it being so easily grown and readily available for the peasants to feed their families, thus giving them some independence from the political class? In those days if you went against the church you would be lucky if they just killed you. Sorry if I blasphemed your idol.
 
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Are you being blatantly ignorant or trolling?
After the restriction on the tuber was lifted by that great institution, all of Europe went crazy planting potatoes....and this brought about the Irish Potato famine....seeins how that was all they was a growin... and it rotted in the ground.....gee whiz....know your history man.
 
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The point being that the Catholic church is a heretical organization built on symony, nepotism and lay investiture. yeehaw...its a good ole boys club.
 
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After the restriction on the tuber was lifted by that great institution, all of Europe went crazy planting potatoes....and this brought about the Irish Potato famine....seeins how that was all they was a growin... and it rotted in the ground.....gee whiz....know your history man.
You realize that the Irish starved because a Protestant aristocracy outlawed the buying, selling, and consumption of beef or pork among the Irish. Without any source of food, since the potato crop was non-existent, the Irish starved. The official stance of the English aristocracy was that it was better for the Irish to die and decrease their odds at self-government.
 
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The Church Christ established with the Apostles as the foundation, which is embodied in the Orthodox today.
The body of Christ is made up of all TRUE believers. The body of Christ transcends denominations. The evidence that one belongs to that body of Christ is the love we have one for another. It is shown by the fruits of the spirit.
 

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She loved the Lord and worshipped him. If you read the chapter you would see the repentant heart. She knew who Christ is and who she was. Notice what she did, would you do such?
Did, Lord have Mercy on me please. technically that is a work, 'I" believe, and now I trust for Father to do this work telling me what he wants through the Holy Spirit the same Holy Spirit that led Christ.
And Christ claimed that he did not do the works, yet the works he did were of from Father
And we here today are so arrogant we want to claim the works?
Not my works, Father yours be done
Not my will, your will Father
 

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Jn 14
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Yes we the vessels do the works at no credit to self, as Jesus took no credit to self, even though the works were done through him. And so all who believe do the works as well, yet not them the Father does them through those that beleive Father, being Father's vessel to be used by Father whenever Father sees fit to do so.

Not my will (works) but your will (works) Father, lead me as you led Son Christ, Thank you for loving us all as deep as you do in Mercy and truth, making us alive in Spirit and truth, dead to the flesh carnal nature in the renewing of our minds
So we Love this way:
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV
 

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so is everyone else covered by His Blood, Col 1:20, II Pet 2:1, I Cor 6:20. Christ's gift of salvation from death and sin does not grant eternal life.
Father through Son took away the sin of the whole world
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

death does not bring life, it brought reconciliation, forgiven, propitiation, redeemed, cleansed, made pure by son's death, so by Son's death we are presented to Father as cleansed, ready to receive new life in Spirit and truth.
So are you ready are you forgiven once and for all, whether you sin or not are you past tense forgiven or not?
While we were still sinners Christ died for us did he not?

So how are we saved then?
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Christ's Death cleared the problem of sin, so we can regive new life in the resurrected Christ in the Spirit not the flesh, carnal nature
 

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John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.


John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Yes and what are these commandments, looking for waht you think these are? Ex: go to Church once a week, read Bible every day, and so forth
Interested in your view