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Originally Posted by WillyPete
For me, weird is the reborn christians' emphasis on grace.
Ask them if they get to heaven becauseof their works. They'll spout hellfire and say it's ONLY through grace. Then ask if that means it's ok to live as bad as you want as long as you believe in Jesus' Grace. "Of course not", they reply. You have to live a good life too.
"Ah, so getting to heaven IS dependent on your works?"
Watch the wheels spin in the sand.
That one is beyond my logic. (or do I need a lack thereof to understand it?)
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The answer to your delemia is simple. It is through grace and grace alone that we are saved. Good works do not get you to heaven. No one derserves or earns their way into heaven. No one is worthy of heaven. It is only through the grace of God that we get there.
Can you be a bad person and still go to heaven? No and here is why if you truely believe in Gods grace then good works will come of it. A person would not be able to do evil if he truely belived in the grace of God.