The Christian life is not merely an intellectual life.
Full text:
https://bionicmosquito.substack.com/p/good-works-and-salvation-part-one?publication_id=2189155&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=y7h5a&utm_medium=email And then, this warning:
Matthew 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Which would then exclude those who do not do the will of the Father.
Conclusion
OK, one quote for now, taken from Liberati:
Augustine: “Good works do not precede them that are to be justified, but follow them that are justified.”
We cannot do good works before justification. The will of the Father is that we do good works. If good works do not follow justification, then it seems one is not justified.
In the second part of this examination, I will offer a look at several quotes taken from the essay by Liberati.
