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[Augustine]

I know that, I was talking about the fall of man.

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Context, context, context! James is saying that true faith shows itself with good works.

[Augustine]

Context, context, context! James is saying that true faith shows itself with good works.

[Augustine]

….I am silent

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[Augustine]

….I am silent

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[Augustine]

I'm saying that the Bible is silent (from what I've read) on that, and where the Scriptures are silent.

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I'm saying that the Bible is silent (from what I've read) on that, and where the Scriptures are silent.

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Isaiah 45:6-7 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

Evil translates to the Hebrew word “ra”, which doesn't mean literal evil. Modern verses usually translate it to “calamity” or “disaster”. God is definitely not the author of evil – as that would make God evil.

Evil is not a being, substance, or entity, evil is the lack of good. Good can exist without evil, but evil cannot exist without good. God created everything and as Genesis describes it, “and it was good.” Evil arose when man used their free will to rebel against God. Evil is a lack of the ultimate good, which is God, like darkness is the lack of light.

God is impeccable in His moral being, He is all good. A being that is all good cannot contain any evil within Him. Hence God is definitely not the author of evil. Theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas first realized that.

[Augustine]

I don't believe that the Bible sheds light on that.

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I don't believe that the Bible sheds light on that.

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In Eph 2:8,9 it is saying that we aren't saved by being “good” and doing things that are charitable but we are saved by the will of GOD and by faith. And we are baptized by faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9 states that we are saved by faith, and faith alone.  Any type of work does not save us.  Titus 3:5 “
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done…“

Being 'baptized by faith' is an excuse, you're adding WORKS to salvation.  Salvation is faith = salvation, but you made it into faith + WORKS = baptism.  You're saying that we have to perform a specific work before are are saved.  Saying that we are 'baptized by faith' changes nothing, because it requires we perform A WORK before we are saved.  

You're no different from a Judaizer, who was a group of Jews that required circumcision for salvation.  The only difference is baptism instead of circumcision.  If St. Peter were here today, he could give you the same harsh rebuke that he did to the Judaizers.

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In Eph 2:8,9 it is saying that we aren't saved by being “good” and doing things that are charitable but we are saved by the will of GOD and by faith. And we are baptized by faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9 states that we are saved by faith, and faith alone.  Any type of work does not save us.  Titus 3:5 “
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done…“

Being 'baptized by faith' is an excuse, you're adding WORKS to salvation.  Salvation is faith = salvation, but you made it into faith + WORKS = baptism.  You're saying that we have to perform a specific work before are are saved.  Saying that we are 'baptized by faith' changes nothing, because it requires we perform A WORK before we are saved.  

You're no different from a Judaizer, who was a group of Jews that required circumcision for salvation.  The only difference is baptism instead of circumcision.  If St. Peter were here today, he could give you the same harsh rebuke that he did to the Judaizers.

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