"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousnes of God in him. " [NKJV}
The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Church in Corinth...a Church which had come out of a pagan licentious background ...
IF YOU HAVE 1% ....or ....99%........................ and the pass mark is 100 %....
YOU HAVE FAILED THE EXAM
All have come short of the Glory of God ...[ROMANS 3 :]
therefore, OUR FAITH IS N O T IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE....
..BIBLE KNOWLEDGE.
..BAPTISM..
. FELLOWSHIP...
.CHOIR MEMBERSHIP.
..SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE...
ETC. ...ETC. ....ETC...
ALTHOUGH THESE THINGS ARE MOST BENEFICIAL TO THE CHURCH.....
OUR F A I T H ...MUST ONLY AND FOREVER BE IN THE ONCE-FOR-ALL SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY...
AND HIS RESSURECTION FROM THE DEAD...FOLLOWED BY HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN....
THE BIBLE SAYS IT....I BELIEVE IT....AND THAT SETTLES IT.... !!!..................AMEN.
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.