Re: Trial of the Century: US vs Philip Morris, et. al

From: Phyllis (phyllisnilsson_at_buckeye-express.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 09:05:29 -0400

Have a safe round trip. I hope you'll tell your son (at least for me)
that there are those of us out here who truly and totally thank him for
joining to protect us. I, for one, appreciate it.

Ed Chait wrote:
> "Su" <.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4HN8d.155227$Np2.104245@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
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> I can't speak for other religions, but as far as Christianity goes, that is
> an extremely common misconception.
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> If that was true, then Jesus would not have needed to die in payment for our
> sin. We could simply have gained entrance into heaven through being "nice."
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> Being "nice" is a response of gratitude and love over that sacrificial act,
> but it is not what gains one entrance into heaven.
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> That is gained by belief and faith in the salvation *freely* offered by
> Jesus.
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> ROM 9:32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by
> works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
> ROM 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace
> would
> no longer be grace.*
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> Would love to discuss this further, but I'm going to be in Texas, sans pc,
> for my son's Air Force graduation.
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> Take care all.
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> ed
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