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From the page: "We are not saved by faith, nor by works, or even by a combination of the two; rather, we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and will therefore demonstrate that salvation is present within us by living in obedience to His voice. (Php. 2:12). This is the gospel of Jesus Christ. And I am not ashamed to share it with you, because, "it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes" (Romans 1:16 NKJV)"

From the Pastor's study: "Unsaved people (who are often religious) may confess that a person is saved by grace through faith, but they often contradict themselves by saying that WORKS are ALSO necessary for a person to be saved or to STAY saved.

This teaching is clearly contrary to scripture, as is seen in Rom. 11:6, which says, "And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." (Romans 11:6) Salvation must, therefore, be either by grace or works. It cannot be by grace AND works.

Saved people realize that a person is saved by grace through faith, WITHOUT works, for the Bible says, 8 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2)

Saved people also realize that the object of saving faith is the Lord Jesus Christ, and in particular, the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, even as the apostle Paul wrote, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16)

However, there are saved people who, although they recognize these truths, also claim that a person is saved by saying "THE SINNER'S PRAYER."

Well, which is it?

Is a person saved through faith, through prayer, through a prayer of faith, through faith in a prayer, all of the above, or none of the above?.......................

THE CONDITION OF THOSE WHO PRAY TO BE SAVED

When a person examines the scriptures, he is jolted by the fact that NOBODY in the Bible asked Jesus to come into his heart. NO unbeliever in the Bible asked God to save him for Christ's sake. NO soul-winner instructed a sinner in the New Testament to pray in order to become a Christian.

He learns that Rev. 3:20 was not an instruction to an unsaved man to invite Jesus into his heart, but rather for a saved man in a local church to open the door for the Lord Jesus to have communion with him.

He realizes that TRADITION was what caused him to believe that a person was saved through prayer. He realizes that TRADITION was what caused him to use "the sinner's prayer" in soul-winning.

If he was himself led to the Lord in prayer, he might well question his OWN standing before God. Can a person be saved who prayed "the sinner's prayer?"

It is an unfair conclusion to say that EVERYONE who prayed at his time of "conversion" is lost.

However, God's word teaches that a person is NOT saved by prayer, but through faith. Now, pay attention: if a person trusted in God's answering his prayer rather than in the substitutionary death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, he DID NOT pass from death unto life. If he is saved now, he became saved subsequent to his prayer, at the point he put faith in the gospel. It is doubtful that many Christians were saved at the very moment they CLAIM that they got saved.

A person who is still depending upon his prayer is unsaved to this day."

From the comments section: "By youtuber joyful1001 (3 months ago)

Whoooooa! -- If that won't like your fire the wood is wet! Come on with it- Salvation is all of God, all of grace, all a gift. The sinner is not saved by good works but FOR good works. Plenty of time to work and worship Jesus AFTER getting redeemed"

From the page: "Republicans promised a fight over Reid's bill. "It's going to be a holy war," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) told The New York Times.

The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its evaluation of the Reid bill Thursday, and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois predicted a vote on moving to debate by Saturday.

After his press conference Wednesday night, but before his bill was introduced, Reid was so ebullient that he embraced his fellow senators in a narrow, crowded hallway, hugging Democrats Dodd and Tom Harkin of Iowa and prompting Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to ask, "Whose side are you on?"

With so many interests to please, it's a good question."
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Great comment by fellow stumbler Maxismax:

"From the page: "After briefing Democratic senators behind closed doors, Reid appeared smiling and relieved at an evening press conference to talk up the bill. "It will save lives. It saves money and it's not going to add one dime to the deficit," Reid promised. "In fact, quite the opposite," estimating the deficit would actually be reduced by more than $100 billion through tax increases, cost savings in Medicare and preventative care, among other things."

....and dogs and cats will dine side by side in harmony under rainbows in a clear blue sky while being fed choice morsels from silver platters by unicorns dressed like waiters.

However unlike Max's thumbdown, I'm thumbing this up because we need to track this and know at which stage of the coming medical tyranny we're presently under. The news is important, although its seriously bad news.

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From the page: "Who is profiting from plagues, including this latest swine flu scam?

Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz sheds light on the dark history of disinformation used to advance the H1N1 swine flu vaccination campaign, and with it global genocide. He draws a parallel between getting vaccinated for prevention of infections and getting gassed during World War II for disinfection, all done under the guise of "public health.""

From the page: "On May 19, 2009, researchers presented a study that found children who received the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine [TIV] had a three times greater risk of hospitalization for the flu than kids who were not vaccinated at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego.

To determine whether the vaccine was effective in reducing the number of hospitalizations over consecutive flu seasons for 8 years, the researchers conducted a study of 263 children between the ages of 6 months and 18, evaluated at the Mayo Clinic between 1996 and 2006, with laboratory-confirmed influenza and reviewed records to determine which kids had received a flu shot before the illness and hospitalization.

The CDC currently recommends that "all children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday get a flu vaccine," on its website.

However, according to the study above, not only did the vaccine not prevent the flu, the kids who received it got sicker than those who did not. Which means that for the 8 year period studied, health insurance companies, government programs and parents were bilked for the cost of useless vaccines, doctors office calls and three times more flu-related hospitalizations, with the children following the expert's advice suffering the most."

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