Re: The sacriments=works


"bam" <mcca5761@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "giladan" <giladan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Last that I knew any action equates to a work and salvation is by faith
>> not works so how can any of the sacriments be rationalized as earning
>> salvation?
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> Ask Jesus:
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> Joh 6:53 (6:54) Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you: except
> you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have
> life in you.
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It's an analogy just like the reference to bread in Joh 6:51 is an analogy. Ya
gotta read it in context.


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