i still don't agree.
i don't see this lift as a test. that word to me implies that not only is it not the main event, it is created for the purpose of evaluating the qualities of people. i don't think that's the point at all. creation is an act of love and self-giving, and has no ulterior motive. even when things go wrong, God seeks ways of bringing creation back to God.
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Originally Posted by willypete
they are saved by grace after doing all that they can do
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on this i disagree even more. works *are* important. but grace surely does not follow works. Works follow grace. It isn't homework. Relationship and Co-Creation *are* the outward signs of a life lived in the company of God. Relationship and love is our fufillment as human beings. Grace calls us to this task, forgives us when we fall short, turns us again so that we might try once more, and gives us the strength to do what we could not.