Research: Majority of Americans Believe Works Are the Key to Salvation

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Jackson123

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once again. STEVEN WAS NOT IN THE TRIBULATION PERIOD!
Again great tribulation explained in revelation and what it say there

Rev 13:
lol

It don;t say you endure you get to keep eternal life either

Again, I must ask. Why are you trying to save yourself?
Endure save that Jesus say not me
I am not try to save myself, Jesus save me with the requirement loan 3:16 and keep believe till die as Matt 24:13
 

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Again great tribulation explained in revelation and what it say there

Rev 13:
I do not have to explain. Jesus explained it in mattew 24. that is what we are talking about

The great tribulation is the (things which shall take place) aspect of revelation..
Endure save that Jesus say not me
I am not try to save myself, Jesus save me with the requirement loan 3:16 and keep believe till die as Matt 24:13
yes, it is an encouragment to endure, if you make it till the end, you will get to witness the reutn of christ, the defeat of satan and enter the thousand year reign with christ.

If YOU must endure. to be saved (spiritually) you are trying to save yourself.[/QUOTE]
 

Jackson123

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yes, it is an encouragment to endure, if you make it till the end, you will get to witness the reutn of christ, the defeat of satan and enter the thousand year reign with christ.
Rev 13:15
15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed

Refused to worship the beast = killed not physically save
So you dont believe the Bible
It your choice to believe your church teaching more than bible
 

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Rev 13:15
15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed

Refused to worship the beast = killed not physically save
So you dont believe the Bible
It your choice to believe your church teaching more than bible
Lol.

Unlike you I have faith that God will spare some people. I do believe he will issue a proclamation that those who do not will be killed. I do not believe in his ability to find everyone

I also believe Jesus gave people eternal life the moment they believed.

Your the one who does not believe the Bible my friend, You teach conditional life. Not eternal

Jesus did not contradict himsel;f.
 

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Love is Definitely...one of the signs. But I must admit, I do hope


Murder and Adultery are not sins for gentile believers?
I don't think you understood my last post.

Of course murder and adultery are sins because those acts are listed in the law.

Where you have a serious problem with your definition of sin is shown below.

Galatians 5:18-21
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Did you notice these sins, witchcraft, hostilities, outbursts of anger, ambition, factions, envy, etc.

None of these sins above are mentioned in the 10 commandments.

Paul says if you have any of these sinful attributes, your not going upstairs.

It is inescapable, that the law is insufficient in describing all the sinful behavior that you are capable of.

"just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."

Are you saying that you can be ambitious, greedy, a drunkard, selfish, etc. Because this behavior is not listed in the law?
 

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Here is a better viewpoint of what sin is.

Galatians 5:18-21
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior, idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Anything that is not of faith is sin, and that means anything!
 
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FreeGrace2 said:
What verse tells us how to receive eternal life? Do you have one
John 3:16, Matt 24:23 and a lot more
Stephen endure, his physical body not save but his spirit save
Then you should KNOW that lifestyle has NOTHING to do with receiving eternal life.

Why don't you know that?
 

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Unlike you I have faith that God will spare some people. I do believe he will issue a proclamation that those who do not will be killed. I do not believe in his ability to find everyone
Rev 13
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Seem some that endure killed by sword
So endure mean physically save is not biblical
 
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I don't think you understood my last post.
Of course murder and adultery are sins because those acts are listed in the law.
I understood....I gave you those commandments because they are sin, sin as defined by the Law.
And I knew you saw them as sin, and I wanted you to see they are two of the Ten Commandments...commandments we must still keep.
And also, I understand the Law is very difficult for many people to understand, with all the doctrines we have to choose from.

Are you saying that you can be ambitious, greedy, a drunkard, selfish, etc. Because this behavior is not listed in the law?
How many times has the Holy Spirit convicted you of a sin, a sin not listed among the Ten Commandments?
How will you know it's a sin, if you only use the Ten Commandments as your guide?
Many of us, when convicted of a sin by the Holy Spirit, try to Categorize those sins. And if we can't put them under one of the Ten Commandments, we assume they must not be a sin.

A famous example of this was Bill Clinton...a Christian...who didn't believe his sexual act with his Monica.... was a sin, because in his mind.... it didn't fit under the Ten Commandments . Paul was addressing this confusion by listing those sins. The Law of Christ has expanded to more than just those Ten Commandments. The Law of Christ is put into our minds and written on our hearts...some of these Laws for which we are still convicted, are many of the Ten Commandments. Like the Two I mentioned.

Like I said earlier...Paul taught against the "Works" of the Law of Moses, those Laws which required the Jews to do something. The Ten Commandments do not require you to do anything...so these Laws are not the Law Paul taught against. Paul was simply listing sins, people may commit, but not believing they were sins, simply because they didn't fall under one of the Ten Commandments.
Obviously...they were just as confused then...as we are now.
 

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Rev 13
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Seem some that endure killed by sword
So endure mean physically save is not biblical
smh...

if they were killed. they did not endure

eternal life is eternal not conditional

so saving yourself spiritually by enduring is not in the bible
 

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FreeGrace2 said:
What verse tells us how to receive eternal life? Do you have one

Then you should KNOW that lifestyle has NOTHING to do with receiving eternal life.

Why don't you know that?
You should know as soon as you believe, Jesus in you and change your lifestyle
Jesus in you is love than you bear love not lifestyle of killing or robing
 

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smh...

if they were killed. they did not endure

eternal life is eternal not conditional

so saving yourself spiritually by enduring is not in the bible
Read the verse again friend they killed the one that endure(not worship the image) you change and redo the verse
Bible say not to add or reduce the Word of God
 
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FreeGrace2 said:
What verse tells us how to receive eternal life? Do you have one

Then you should KNOW that lifestyle has NOTHING to do with receiving eternal life.

Why don't you know that?
You should know as soon as you believe, Jesus in you and change your lifestyle
Just how much of the Bible are you aware of? Your comment here is highly naive. No, Jesus DOESN'T change our lifestyle.

In fact, if you would read through all the epistles, every one of them commands a change in lifestyle.

Jesus in you is love than you bear love not lifestyle of killing or robing
Paul told believers to STOP grieving (Eph 4:30) and STOP quenching (1 Thess 5:19) the Spirit. Don't you know this?

And Paul commands believers to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18).

Keep reading the Bible. Then you'll get what Scripture does teach.
 

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FreeGrace2 said:
What verse tells us how to receive eternal life? Do you have one

Then you should KNOW that lifestyle has NOTHING to do with receiving eternal life.

Why don't you know that?

Just how much of the Bible are you aware of? Your comment here is highly naive. No, Jesus DOESN'T change our lifestyle.

In fact, if you would read through all the epistles, every one of them commands a change in lifestyle.


Paul told believers to STOP grieving (Eph 4:30) and STOP quenching (1 Thess 5:19) the Spirit. Don't you know this?

And Paul commands believers to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18).

Keep reading the Bible. Then you'll get what Scripture does teach.
I am reading the Bible and that is say
John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

When you abide in Him or let Jesus in, you will bear fruit
And what is the fruit of the Holy Spirit?
Love, loving life style
 

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Read the verse again friend they killed the one that endure(not worship the image) you change and redo the verse
Bible say not to add or reduce the Word of God
yet here you are adding

When you ENDURE it means you survive, or do what you have to do to remain that way.

These people DIED. so they did not ENDURE until the time Christ died.

Add to the word. You call eternal life conditional. in effect call Christ a liar.

Look inside my friend.
 
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Here are some of the shocking (to me) findings in the poll (2020) cited below...

"A majority of Americans, a new survey finds, no longer believe that Jesus Christ is the way to eternal salvation. Faith (generally) and good works, they say, will do the trick "

"Equally as startling, it was found that a majority of people who describe themselves as Christian (52%) believe that a person can gain eternal salvation by “being or doing good.” That includes close to half of all adults associated with Pentecostal (46%), mainline Protestant (44%), and evangelical (41%) churches. As expected, a much larger share of Catholics (70%) embrace that point of view."

This salvation-can-be-earned perspective, Barna says, fits well with other widely held views identified in the American Worldview Inventory 2020 that are at odds with biblical teaching.
Those have included:


• There is no absolute moral truth (58%)
• Basis of truth are factors or sources other than God (58%)
• Right/wrong determined by factors other than the Bible (77%)
• The Bible is not the authoritative and true word of God (59%)
• People are basically good (69%)

"“If you look at some of the dominant elements in the American mind and heart today, as illuminated by the Inventory, most people believe that the purpose of life is feeling good about yourself,” Barna says. “Most people contend that all faiths are of equal value, that entry into God’s eternal presence is determined by one’s personal means of choice and that there are no absolutes to guide or grow us morally.”

more at: https://outreachmagazine.com/resour...s-believe-works-are-the-key-to-salvation.html

No wonder this country is in the mess it's in.

Do search...ours tells us...... that type of Bible interpretation has only appeared since the 1960's. It is ..... New age religion...... thinking and approach to God's word which began in that era....sadly.