The effort to be forgiven by works is one that can never be completed because no one knows or can know how much is enough to cancel out the offense; so the seeker must go on year after year paying on his moral debt, here a little, there a little, knowing that he sometimes adds to his bill much more than he pays. The task of keeping books on such a transaction can never end, and the seeker can only hope that when the last entry is made he may be ahead and the account fully paid.<\/p>\n
This is quite the popular belief, this forgiveness by self-effort, but it is natural heresy and can at last only betray those who depend upon it.<\/p>\n
Romans 3:28; Ephesians 2:8\u201310; Titus 3:4\u20137<\/p>\n
That Incredible Christian,<\/i> 118.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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