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Originally Posted by self_aware_sinner
I ask this question because it is tied in with salvation. What do you feel virtue is? In families? Among friends? In public?
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The only virtue one can possibly tie to Salvation is faith, dear. Love won't save your soul, nor kindness, nor being a good person: the LORD values belief above all else -- belief in
Him, that is. Certainly the other virtues are nice enough, but they are lesser virtues in His Eyes.
If you have been, say, a sadistic child molester prior to finding God, He won't care one little bit as long as you sincerely
believe in Him,
believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose again, etc. Belief, not love, is the key to Eternal Life. It's an interesting glimpse into the Mind of GOD, is it not? I'm not quite sure what to make of it though ... but I'm going to continue to have faith, to believe that God is Good.