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Sometimes the bible will say 2 things which are not quite contradictory, but seem to push different ideas. I’m wondering how people decide whether 1 passage is more important than another, or that one passage can be ignored and we’ll just look at what the other one is saying about that issue.
For example, lots of people will quote the bible saying that we are saved by God’s gace, or by our faith, or something like that. And then they will say that this means that you don’t need to do good works to get into heaven, because those bible passages are really important. But what about other passages that look at it from a different point of view - like Matthew 25:31-46 (about ‘for I was hungry and you fed me’)? Why isn’t that passage important? It’s not contradictory to being saved by God’s grace - I would never say that God can’t make his own decisions about who will go to heaven and who won’t - but I’ve always wondered why people can say you don’t need to do good works, after Jesus was saying that the ‘goats’ who refused to show any sort of kindness to anyone, would be condemned?
For example, lots of people will quote the bible saying that we are saved by God’s gace, or by our faith, or something like that. And then they will say that this means that you don’t need to do good works to get into heaven, because those bible passages are really important. But what about other passages that look at it from a different point of view - like Matthew 25:31-46 (about ‘for I was hungry and you fed me’)? Why isn’t that passage important? It’s not contradictory to being saved by God’s grace - I would never say that God can’t make his own decisions about who will go to heaven and who won’t - but I’ve always wondered why people can say you don’t need to do good works, after Jesus was saying that the ‘goats’ who refused to show any sort of kindness to anyone, would be condemned?