Is Salvation by faith alone?

[Compassionist]

Is Salvation by faith alone? http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contr ... alone.html I find Christianity to be very confusing. Could a Christian please clarify how Salvation works given all the contradicting verses about it in the Bible? Thank you ever so much.

[otseng]

There are many reasons I don't see the Bible as truthful historical record e.g. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/long.html and http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/number.html You are most welcome to prove that God is real and good and the Bible is true and ethical. It is my studied conclusion that the Bible is false and unethical and the Biblical God is evil (imaginary or real).

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[Compassionist]

There are many reasons I don't see the Bible as truthful historical record e.g. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/long.html and http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/number.html You are most welcome to prove that God is real and good and the Bible is true and ethical. It is my studied conclusion that the Bible is false and unethical and the Biblical God is evil (imaginary or real).

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Thank you for your reply. Could you please move this thread to the C&A section?

[otseng]

Could you please move this thread to the C&A section?

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[The way eternal]

I believe those who have not reached the age of accountability before they die are saved in Jesus Christ. After that we become accountable for our actions according to our knowledge. Jesus said:
(New Testament | John 14:15)

15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

The Bible also states:
(New Testament | Hebrews 5:9)

9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

There are also scriptures about eternal life:

(New Testament | Luke 10:25 - 28)

25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

[2ndpillar2]

Is Salvation by faith alone? http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contr ... alone.html I find Christianity to be very confusing. Could a Christian please clarify how Salvation works given all the contradicting verses about it in the Bible? Thank you ever so much.

Salvation by faith alone is derived from the false gospel of the false prophet Paul (Matthew 7:13-23), and the only true path to "life" is to keep the commandments (Matthew 19:16). Paul, nor his contemporary followers were saved, they are all dead. When his life was in danger in Jerusalem, he called on his lord, Augustus Caesar, for salvation. His salvation came in the form of cohorts of Roman soldiers. Paul was supposedly finally killed by his lord, Augustus Caesar Nero.

If you want to actually know how this contradiction occurred, read Matthew 13, whereas the "good seed", the message of Yeshua, was cast in the same field (book/NT) as the message of the devil, which is lawlessness, better known as the gospel of grace. Believe what I say, and you "surely shall not die/sleep" (Genesis 3:3-4), the same message that the serpent gave to Eve. Keep in mind both Paul and Eve died after believing the serpent/devil.