Yes ,what can one do be saved?,it is a very important question, is it faith and works?did the reformers get it wrong when they declared we are saved by faith alone,or did the Roman Catholic Church get it right when they said faith and works save?. Surely the Roman Catholic church were right,after all they were the established church,what right had anybody to question,what the church said?.I have mentioned before the book called ,'The Bad Popes',it is not a anti Catholic book,the writer is just telling how it was,it was deplorable,in the extreme.The foundation on which the reformers based their belief that one is saved by faith alone,was the word of God.The Roman Catholic Church foundation for their beliefs, is built on the Word of God ,plus church tradition,and church teaching,in their eyes they are all equally valid. The question is this, what does one do if church tradition,and church teaching goes against the word of God?. In Ephesians 2 v 20,we read,that the foundation of the church ,'is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,with Christ Jesus Himself as the Chief corner stone.'The truths that we have been given are to be found only in God's word, inevitably those,'add on's', contradict God's word,and must be rejected. We will continue this next time.
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