OK 2b Luddite?

[MalignD at aol.com]

> <<It seems to go back to the earliest Christian community, given the 
> admonition in James 1:14-17
> 
> "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do 
> not have works?>>
> 
This is really not at all relevant to what Luther means about grace.   
Luther's point was that a lifetime of good work brings one no closer to God.   One 
can't become worthy.   One is worthy even though one is not.   Grace is given.  
 It's a mystery.

It's also all hogwash, but that's what Luther meant.


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