XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife, alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox   
   From: dr.who@biosphere.orb   
      
   On Sep 16, 2022, pyotr filipivich wrote   
   (in article<68g9ihd27kvjscclfko5mlj96ttuq8iai4@4ax.com>):   
      
   > Dr. Who   on Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:54:15 -0700   
   > typed in alt.christnet.christianlife the following:   
   > > All this by the Word of God.   
   > >   
   > > 1Pe 1:13-25 [snip]   
   > >   
   > > Have faith in God, not any religion.   
   >   
   > And that's a true saying.   
   >   
   > Of course, equally true is that:   
   > I have the True Faith,   
   > You just believe the right things.   
   > They have a religion.   
      
   Jesus the Messiah, set up no religion. If you are calling the Orthodox the   
   "True Faith" then you are dwelling in error.   
   >   
   >   
   > > Any Church should point to Jesus as the author and finisher of our   
   > > salvation. They should never create bylaws.   
   >   
   > Of course. Now is this something you insist upon to be One of the   
   > Elect, or is that just your interpretation?   
      
   To be one of the Elect (AD) one has to be born again, and living it.   
   >   
   >   
   > > Trust not any person who claims to know things that cannot be verified   
   > > written in scripture.   
   >   
   > You do, of course, have scriptural proof of this doctrine?   
      
   Galations 1:8   
   >   
   >   
   > > Receive Christ into your spirit through the Faith of God, and be filled   
   with   
   > > and empowered by Gods Holy Spirit to live your life unto God; only the   
   blood   
   > > of Jesus Christ can wash away our sins. V19   
   >   
   > Could you be a little more specific about this?   
   >   
   > I ask because in the past, when I have said that is/was the path I   
   > followed, I get continually told that I got it all wrong because my   
   > beliefs aren't like the original posters.   
      
   “It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you   
   grew up in. He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an   
   unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it   
   has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God   
   always knew he was going to do this for you. It's because of this sacrificed   
   Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust   
   God, that you know you have a future in God.” (1Pe 1:18-21)   
      
   “and from Jesus Christ—Loyal Witness, Firstborn from the dead, Ruler of   
   all earthly kings. Glory and strength to Christ, who loves us, who   
   blood-washed our sins from our lives,” (Rev 1:5)   
      
   Lots of people follow a path set before them by their religious training, but   
   it is with the Heart that man believes unto righteousness. Not by works lest   
   anyone have cause to boast that they did it, "my Way".   
      
   James puts it another way,“Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest   
   well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” (Jas 2:19)   
      
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