<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Do publications count as "good works"?<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Ralph Nielsen <<a href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div>Don't lose hope, my friends, there is more than one way to get saved. Here is the first one. </div><div>______________________________________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">Dr. Steven A. Crane, senior minister at Eagle Christian Church in Eagle, stated (Feb. 5), "It is only through Christ's atoning sacrifice that we can find salvation." Sorry, Rev. Crane, there is more than one way in the Bible to find salvation.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">1. Salvation By Good Works</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">"What good deed must I do to get eternal life?" a young man asks Jesus. Even though he had kept the commandments all his life, Jesus tells him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven" (Matthew 19:16-22; Luke 18:18-25). </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">“And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books” (Revelation 20:12c). </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">Jesus said, “– those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:28-29).</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial">There are still other ways to find salvation in the New Testament, but because I am restricted to only 200 words, I will have to tell you about them in succeeding letters. But I hope I have provided you with good sermon material to use while you are waiting.</font></p></div><div><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Arial"><br></font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet, </span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>