The Bible

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This has to be clarified. Jesus fulfilled, not promoted, the Law of Moses. Matthew 5:17, Jesus speaking: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them “

Romans 4:1-8 describes how Abraham was saved… God transcends time, it doesn’t matter when Jesus made his sacrifice, as long as he did.

1) Paul was not and apostle, though he claimed to be. 2) Paul’s exegesis is confined to his own Epistles. All other parts of the bible stress repentance, following the commandments and overcoming (as in 1 John and the Apocolypse).
3)Believing God was counted as a sign, or confirmation, of Abraham’s righteousness, not a onetime thought providing eternal security. Consider the plight of those that ‘blaspheme the Holy Spirit.’

Romans Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. -James 2:17

How can a dead faith save? It’s dead. It has no life in it.

Believing in God’s forgiveness was their means of salvation, as well as ours today.

Salvation means more that a get-out-of-hell-free card. It also means deliverance from falsity, protection from evil, and internal peace in this world and the next. Christ leads us by his life, not his death.