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Originally Posted by Evangelical
How do we know when we have done enough works to guarantee our salvation? Do you believe we can know we are saved right now?
What do you believe happens if a person is saved as in justified but not saved in the second sense that you mean it?
That salvation is only of faith and not of ourselves means we cannot measure ourselves against others for salvation or boast in our good works.
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"Guarantee our salvation" -- this indicates you can only see one form of salvation -- eternal salvation.
If you are homeless and someone provides you with a place to stay, that can be a temporary salvation. Consider the story the "Pursuit of Happyness". He later came back to that church that was providing the homeless shelter to thank them for their "salvation" to him. That is how the story became known, a man that had been in the homeless shelter later became a millionaire.
That man is not going to judge them for their eternal salvation, at most he will be a witness that appears before the Lord's throne when they are judged. Yet in this lifetime he has justified them by their works.
The same is true of soup kitchens, Clothes bins, etc.
You trivialize this aspect of the Christian life because the Local Church Movement is completely devoid of any charitable giving. Why? Because their donations are going to LSM standing orders to buy books to be put into boxes and stored in the closet, and also for the Legal Defense fund to sue other Christians and other publishers so that no one dares call them a cult.