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Compare Matthew 7:21-27
As I’ve mentioned before, one would be hard-pressed — frankly, I think it an impossible task — to construct an argument for the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, without works, from the four New Testament gospels. And this comment from Jesus, whether in its Lukan or its Matthean form, is clearly one of the gospel teachings that advocates of such a doctrine would need to overcome.
I’m quite confident that they have their arguments, but it’s difficult to see how those arguments could be successful in overcoming what seems to be the Lord’s clear intent.
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