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   On 11/28/2025 1:56 PM, Robert wrote:   
   >   
   > My friend, after you have been saved, God is going to talk to you about good   
   > works. Until that time, God is not even interested in your “good works”   
   > because what you call a good work, God calls dirty laundry. The righteousness   
   > of man is filthy rags in His sight (see Isa 64:6). He doesn't want any of   
   > that. He wants to save you. If you do come to Him just as you are, He will   
   > save you, because He has done something for you. He is not asking you to do   
   > something—what could you do for God? After you are saved, after you are a   
   > child of God, then He wants to talk to you about producing good works. He   
   > wants you to get involved in getting out the Word of God to others. [Dr.   
   > McGee]   
      
      
   McGee, J. Vernon. Thru the Bible Commentary: The Epistles (1 and 2   
   Timothy/Titus/Philemon). Electronic ed., vol. 50, Thomas Nelson, 1991,   
   pp. 173–74.   
      
   McGee noted the above, after he proclaimed the gospel that tells people   
   how to be saved:   
      
         “But according to his mercy he saved us.” Because Christ died for   
          us and paid the penalty for our sins, God is prepared to extend   
          mercy to us; it is according to His mercy that He saved us. And   
          He is rich in mercy, which means He has plenty of it. Whoever   
          you are, He can save you today because Christ died for you. He   
          paid the penalty and makes over to you His righteousness!   
      
   Why you didn't include the gospel of Christ's death and resurrection for   
   our sins is not evident to me. It's the power of God unto salvation   
   (Romans 1:16), and the content of saving faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). I   
   don't see how you evangelize someone, without telling them the gospel.   
      
   McGee, J. Vernon. Thru the Bible Commentary: The Epistles (1 and 2   
   Timothy/Titus/Philemon). Electronic ed., vol. 50, Thomas Nelson, 1991,   
   p. 172.   
      
   --   
   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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