----- Original Message -----
From: "breusswane" <breusswane@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Infant Salvation



> Sola fide didn't change the gardenic reality.  It merely shifted the terms
> of man's participation in the eternal life... i.e. someone else would obey
> on his behalf and sola fide became the means by which that obedience is
> appropriated to the sinful man.  We tend to confuse man's ability to obey
> with a "change in the ground rules" for salvation.
>
> Deeds are the ground for entering into eternal life.  Rome and
Shepherd/NPP
> get that right... but they're dead wrong in that it's not my deeds, but
His
> deeds.  Salvation is still by works... His works.

[Chris] Agreed, Chad. I was speaking purely in terms of human merit, and
that anyone seeking to enter Heaven by their OWN deeds was doing so unto
their own destruction.