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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4761383" data-attributes="member: 63706">0He also said that &quot;he who does not believe is condemned&quot; not &quot;he who is not baptized is comdemned&quot;.But what of it? Believe and be baptized vs just believe. The point is you are not earning your salvation, even the wealthy young man who Jesus acknowledged followed the law could not save himself through acts. James&#039; had the best explanation of salvation by faith vs salvation through good deeds. Faith without works is dead. Good deeds aren&#039;t enough by themselves. Just as baptism is an outward sign of your faith, so are good deeds, but those actions do not save you, your belief in Jesus and He who sent him saves you.If something written by one of the apostles doesn&#039;t quite make sense, I always go to the actual authority, and do my best to interpret what they said within the context of the teachings of Jesus. Even some things Jesus taught I can&#039;t explain, but he is still the one Teacher, the rest of us are brothers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4761383, member: 63706"] 0 He also said that "he who does not believe is condemned" not "he who is not baptized is comdemned". But what of it? Believe and be baptized vs just believe. The point is you are not earning your salvation, even the wealthy young man who Jesus acknowledged followed the law could not save himself through acts. James' had the best explanation of salvation by faith vs salvation through good deeds. Faith without works is dead. Good deeds aren't enough by themselves. Just as baptism is an outward sign of your faith, so are good deeds, but those actions do not save you, your belief in Jesus and He who sent him saves you. If something written by one of the apostles doesn't quite make sense, I always go to the actual authority, and do my best to interpret what they said within the context of the teachings of Jesus. Even some things Jesus taught I can't explain, but he is still the one Teacher, the rest of us are brothers. [/QUOTE]

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