Not against any. I'm against using works to earn salvation when it is freely given to us in Christ.
Ephesians 2:
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
What do you think this means?
I've got to call it a night, but will check in tomorrow
As long as those works are of the Law, I agree with you.
With the exception of the big ten, none of the Law won't save a man.
"Freely given to us in Christ" is a bit of a misnomer, as the things that get us into Christ are themselves things we must do, for salvation.
I've been chatting with you for some time now Hope and it sounds like you are counting on works to be saved. Scripture clearly says if that is the case, we've fallen from grace and have been cut off from Christ.
You either agree with scripture or you don't. If you feel there is an interpretation issue, you should raise that issue and back it up with scripture.
Ephesians 2:
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
I'll ask the question again. What do you believe these scriptures mean?
Actually, if your reply was your answer, then you have misinterpreted scripture.
A gift is not something you earn. It is freely given, and it clearly states that it is not of ourselves, so that none will boast.
Romans 3:
24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
You seem to want to distinguished between works, and all works that one does to try and gain salvation, all are condemned tor our righteousness is as filthy rags to God.
And we are making a mockery, whether intentional or not, of the incredible sacrifice Jesus went through to free us from our sinful nature because we are basically saying he went through such a sacrifice for nothing; that we can do it on our own.
So it's not about this work or that,
it is about whether you are doing it to earn salvation because we can't.
Hope that helps some.